ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2023
Healthcare Access and Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic for Black Veterans with Chronic Pain: a Qualitative Study.
Article in Journal of general internal medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03562793 (Communication and Activation in Pain to Enhance Relationships and Treat Pain With Equity), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.
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Communication and Activation in Pain to Enhance Relationships and Treat Pain With Equity (COOPERATE)
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2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Veterans' views of PARTNER-MH, a peer-led patient navigation intervention, to improve patient engagement in care and patient-clinician communication: A qualitative study.Patient education and counseling · 2023Trial
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Peer Support Services in the Veterans Health Administration: Lessons for Healthcare Organizations.Administration and policy in mental health · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic led to significant disruptions in healthcare and rapid increases in virtual healthcare delivery. The full effects of these shifts remain unknown. Understanding effects of these disruptions is particularly relevant for patients with chronic pain, which typically requires consistent engagement in treatment to maximize benefit, and for Black patients, given documented racial disparities in pain treatment and telehealth delivery.
objectiveTo understand how Black patients with chronic pain experienced pandemic-related changes in healthcare delivery.
designIn-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews
participantsBlack veterans with chronic pain. KEY
resultsParticipants described decreased ability to self-manage their chronic pain, obtain nonpharmacological services such as physical therapy, see their primary care providers, and schedule surgery. Most did not believe telehealth met their needs, describing feeling inadequately assessed for their pain and noting that beyond renewing prescriptions, telehealth visits were not that useful. Some believed their communication with their providers suffered from a lack of in-person contact. Others, however, were willing to accept this tradeoff to prevent possible exposure to COVID-19, and some appreciated the convenience of being able to access healthcare from home.
conclusionsBlack patients with chronic pain described mostly negative effects from the shift to telecare after the pandemic's onset. Given existing disparities and likely persistence of virtual care, research on the longer-term effects of virtual pain care for Black patients is needed.
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