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ArticleAfrican journal of primary health care & family medicine2023

Clinical recommendations for chronic musculoskeletal pain in South African primary health care.

Dawn V Ernstzen, Romy Parker, Tasleem Ras, Klaus Von Pressentin, Quinette A Louw

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Article in African journal of primary health care & family medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Context factors for implementation of clinical recommendations for chronic musculoskeletal pain.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2024
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Dawn V ErnstzenDivision of Physiotherapy, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town. dd2@sun.ac.za.
Romy Parker
Tasleem Ras
Klaus Von Pressentin
Quinette A Louw

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChronic musculoskeletal pain (CMSP) is prevalent globally and places a significant burden on individuals, healthcare systems and economies. Contextually appropriate clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) on CMSP are advocated to translate evidence into practice.

aimThis study aimed to investigate the applicability and feasibility of evidence-based CPG recommendations for adults with CMSP in the primary health care (PHC) sector of South Africa (SA).

settingThe PHC sector in South Africa (SA).

methodsConsensus methodology was used, comprising two online Delphi rounds and a consensus meeting. A multidisciplinary panel of local healthcare professionals involved in CMSP management was purposefully sampled and invited to participate. The first Delphi survey considered 43 recommendations. In the consensus meeting, the results of the first Delphi round were discussed. The second Delphi round reconsidered the recommendations with no consensus.

resultsSeventeen experts participated in the first Delphi round, 13 in the consensus meeting and 14 in the second Delphi round. In Delphi round two, 40 recommendations were endorsed, three were not endorsed and an additional recommendation was added.

conclusionA multidisciplinary panel endorsed 41 multimodal clinical recommendations as applicable and feasible for the PHC of adults with CMSP, in SA. Although certain recommendations were endorsed, they may not be readily implementable in SA because of context factors.Contribution: The study forms the basis of a model of care for contextually relevant PHC of CMSP. Future research should explore factors that could influence the uptake of the recommendations into practice to optimise chronic pain care in SA.

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Chronic PainMusculoskeletal PainAdultDelivery of Health CareDelphi TechniqueHumansPrimary Health CareSouth Africachronic musculoskeletal painclinical practice guidelinesconsensus methodscontextually relevant.multidisciplinaryprimary health care

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PMID37132561
PMCPMC10157417

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