ReviewScandinavian journal of pain2025
An action plan: The Swedish healthcare pathway for adults with chronic pain.
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Who is providing pain care? Mapping chronic pain services across Scotland using freedom of information requests.British journal of pain · 2026Article
- The importance of partnership in chronic pain - co-creation of tomorrow's pain care by working together in research, implementation, and knowledge dissemination.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Yearning for movement. A qualitative interview study exploring physical activity in the context of endometriosis-associated chronic pain.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
objectivesChronic pain is a major global public-health issue. In Sweden, 20% adults report moderate to severe chronic pain, with 7% continuously seeking healthcare. Shortcomings in treatment, accessibility, and knowledge in healthcare for chronic pain have previously been reported. A generic treatment structure from primary to specialized care and rehabilitation was missing. This study aims to describe the development process for the creation of a person-centered and coherent care (P3C) pathway for adults with chronic pain in Sweden.
methodsA National Action Group with expertise in pain medicine, rehabilitation medicine, psychiatry, anesthesiology, neurosurgery, general medicine, nursing, psychology, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and patient representation was commissioned to develop the pathway following a stepwise co-designed approach, which included mapping current situation, goals, measures and indicators of the pathway, assessment of consequences and anchoring the process.
resultsGoals were based on challenges identified in the mapping, including improvements in patient's well-being, continuity during and between care contacts, timely self-management, communication between levels of care, and knowledge about pain. Points of pathway entrance and exit were described. Measures focused on areas such as early pain analysis, biopsychosocial approach to assessment and treatment, early rehabilitation plan, teamwork, dialogue and joint plans between levels of care, patient participation, and education on pain and its consequences. Process and outcome indicators, and a report on benefits and risks for patients, ethical aspects, costs, and impacts of the pathway on other areas of healthcare were included.
conclusionsThe P3C pathway addressed the challenges described by patients and practitioners. By being person-centered and coherent, it can promote patient empowerment and equality in care, with emphasis on early and timely interventions, dialogue between patients and practitioners and between levels of care, self-management of pain instead of prolonged medical intervention, value-driven and coordinated care contacts, and increased knowledge about chronic pain, based on existing evidence and experience.
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