ArticleBMC medical education2022
An exploration of primary care healthcare professionals' understanding of pain and pain management following a brief pain science education.
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An Exploration of the Impact of Pain Education on GP Practice Staff: a Mixed Methods Study
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Pain Science Education for People With Persistent Pain on NHS Waiting Lists: A Mixed Methods Study.Pain research & management · 2026Observational
- Pain science knowledge among healthcare Professionals: A cross-sectional survey within the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.Musculoskeletal science & practice · 2025Article
- What does collaborative healthcare for people with musculoskeletal-related conditions look like? A scoping review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Health care utilization patterns of patients enrolled in an interdisciplinary program for back pain.North American Spine Society journal · 2025Article
- Advancing pain education: a cross-sectional study in the Portuguese medical schools.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- From didactic explanations to co-design, sequential art and embodied learning: challenges, criticisms and future directions of patient pain education.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Conceptualization of pain in Croatian adults: a cross-sectional and psychometric study.Croatian medical journal · 2024Article
- Exploration and Analysis of the Educational Management of University Students in the Context of Environmental Constraints.Journal of environmental and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPersistent pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide yet implementation of clinical guidelines that recommend a biopsychosocial approach remains a challenge in clinical practise. Limited pain understanding amongst clinicians may be partly responsible for this. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: 1) Qualitatively explore the experience of receiving PSE, understanding of PSE and operationalisation of PSE-related principles in routine clinical practice. 2) Quantitatively explore pain knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours of general practitioners (GPs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) before and after pain science education (PSE).
methodsAn exploratory, single-site, mixed-methods study in north-east England. Fifteen NPs/GPs completed questionnaires and a case-vignette before and after a 70-min face-to-face PSE lecture. Qualitative data were thematically analysed from two focus groups after the intervention.
resultsClinicians' relatively high prior levels of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour were similar after PSE. Qualitative themes described facilitation of self-reflection on pain management behaviours, and difficulties in operationalising PSE principles in practise including: limited patient rapport; short appointment times; patients' passive and often oppositional biomedical treatment expectations; and clinicians' lack of readily understandable language to communicate with patients.
conclusionThe findings highlight the value of PSE perceived by these clinicians who were already favourably inclined towards biopsychosocial pain management. They sought more resources for their personal learning and for communication with patients. Even with such favourable disposition, the practicalities and environment of clinical practice impeded the operationalisation of PSE-related principles.
trial registrationThis study was prospectively registered at ClinicalTrials.Gov ( NCT04587596 ) in October 2020.
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