Triage Decision-Making in Interdisciplinary Pediatric Chronic Pain Programs

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BACKGROUND: Interdisciplinary pediatric chronic pain programs are ideal treatment settings for youth with chronic pain who are complex from a biopsychosocial perspective. There is currently no evidence-based clinical decision support to guide nurses triaging patients to such programs, which increases the risk for haphazard triage decisions.

AIMS: To explore and describe the decision-making practices of and contextual influences on nurses triaging patients to interdisciplinary pediatric chronic pain programs.

DESIGN: A qualitative exploratory descriptive design.

SETTINGS: Interdisciplinary Pediatric Chronic Pain Programs.

PARTICIPANTS/SUBJECTS: In all, 12 nurses across 11 different interdisciplinary pediatric chronic pain programs participated in this study.

METHODS: Individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using concurrent content analysis, guided by the Cognitive Continuum Theory and the Theoretical Domains Framework.

RESULTS: Findings focused on the complexity of the pediatric chronic pain population and the leading role nurses play in triage without evidence-based guidance. Analysis generated three prominent themes: (1) nurse-led triage determinants; (2) process of triage decision-making; and (3) external influences on triage decision-making.

CONCLUSIONS: Triage decision making in the setting of interdisciplinary pediatric chronic pain programs is complex and often led by nurses. There is a desire amongst nurses to adopt an evidence-based clinical decision support triage tool (CDS), which may streamline the referral and triage process and foster a system whereby patients in highest need for interdisciplinary care are best prioritized.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses - 25(2024), 2 vom: 04. Apr., Seite 170-180

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Greenough, Megan J [VerfasserIn]
Lewis, Krystina B [VerfasserIn]
Bucknall, Tracey [VerfasserIn]
Jibb, Lindsay [VerfasserIn]
Leese, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Lamontagne, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Squires, Janet E [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 16.04.2024

Date Revised 16.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1016/j.pmn.2023.12.003

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NLM369380711