Enablers and barriers of people with chronic pain for engaging in remote-delivered intervention programs

• Grant number: 19/14032-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: November 01, 2019
• End date: October 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
• Principal Investigator: Bruno Tirotti Saragiotto
• Grantee: Lívia Gaspar Fernandes
• Host Institution: Pró-Reitoria de Pós-Graduação, Pesquisa e Extensão. Universidade Cidade de São Paulo (UNICID). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/24217-7 - The effectiveness of a telerehabilitation program for chronic musculoskeletal pain: the e-Rehab program, AP.JP

Abstract

Chronic pain is a major public health problem worldwide, leading to interferences in the biological, psychological and social spheres of the patients' life. Self-management strategies have a central role in chronic pain treatment. Self-management are dependent on the patients' individual skills to drive the patient through behavior changes in an active way. Appropriate interaction with health-related information is needed for the implementation of self-management strategies. The Internet is an accessible mean to disseminate information and overcome barriers such as distance for the implementation of remotely-delivered rehabilitation programs. Objectives: To understand factors involved on seeking, understanding and interacting with health information from chronic pain patients' perspectives. Methods: The research will be structured in two main studies: I) Clinimetrics properties of the Digital Health Literacy Instrument. The instrument will be analyzed regarding its internal consistency and construct validity in people with chronic pain; II) Qualitative study: semi-structured interviews will be performed with primary care chronic pain patients aiming to understand facilitators and barriers faced during seeking for health-related information on Internet. Data will be collected until saturation. Thematic analysis will be conducted. Expected results: Results will bring achievable data for future development of remote delivery interventions addressing chronic pain population' main needs. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FERNANDES, LIVIA G.; DEVAN, HEMAKUMAR; KAMPER, STEVEN J.; WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER M.; SARAGIOTTO, BRUNO T.. Enablers and barriers of people with chronic musculoskeletal pain for engaging in telehealth interventions: protocol for a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis. SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS, v. 9, n. 1, MAY 31 2020. (19/14032-8, 16/24217-7)

FERNANDES, LIVIA G.; DEVAN, HEMAKUMAR; FIORATTI, IURI; KAMPER, STEVEN J.; WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER M.; SARAGIOTTO, BRUNO T.. t my own pace, space, and place: a systematic review of qualitative studies of enablers and barriers to telehealth interventions for people with chronic pai. Pain, v. 163, n. 2, p. E165-E181, FEB 2022. (16/24217-7, 19/14032-8)

FIORATTI, IURI; FERNANDES, LIVIA G.; REIS, FELIPE J.; SARAGIOTTO, BRUNO T.. Strategies for a safe and assertive telerehabilitation practice. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL THERAPY, v. 25, n. 2, p. 4-pg., 2021-03-01. (19/14032-8)