Talking to teens about pain: a modified Delphi study of adolescent pain science education
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2019
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Leake, H.B.
Heathcote, L.C.
Simons, L.E.
Stinson, J.
Kamper, S.J.
Williams, C.M.
Burgoyne, L.L.
Craigie, M.
Kammers, M.
Moen, D.
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Canadian Journal of Pain, 2019; 3(1):200-208
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Background: Persistent pain is a prevalent condition that negatively influences physical, emotional, social and family functioning in adolescents. Pain science education is a promising therapy for adults, yet to be thoroughly investigated for persistent pain in adolescents. There is a need to develop suitable curricula for adolescent pain science education.
Methods: An interdisciplinary meeting of 12 clinicians and researchers was held during March 2018 in Adelaide, South Australia. An a priori objective of the meeting was to identify and gain consensus on key learning objectives for adolescent pain science education using a modified-Delphi process.
Results and Conclusion: Consensus was reached via a modified Delphi process for seven learning objectives to form the foundation of a curriculum: 1) Pain is a protector; 2) The pain system can become overprotective; 3) Pain is a brain output; 4) Pain is not an accurate marker of tissue state; 5) There are many potential contributors to anyone’s pain; 6) We are all bioplastic and; 7) Pain education is treatment. Recommendations are made for promising areas for future research in adolescent pain science education.
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Data source: Supplemental material, https://doi.org/10.1080/24740527.2019.1682934
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Copyright 2019 the authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)