TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a complex intervention for people with chronic pain after knee replacement
T2 - the STAR care pathway
AU - Wylde, Vikki
AU - Howells, Nick
AU - Bertram (Annear), Wendy
AU - Moore, Andrew
AU - Bruce, Julie
AU - McCabe, Candy
AU - Blom, Ashley
AU - Dennis, Jane
AU - Burston, Amanda
AU - Gooberman-Hill, Rachael
PY - 2018/1/23
Y1 - 2018/1/23
N2 - BackgroundApproximately 20% of people who have total knee replacement experience chronic pain afterwards, but there is little evidence about effective interventions for managing this type of pain. This article describes the systematic development and refinement of a complex intervention for people with chronic pain after knee replacement. The intervention is a care pathway involving an assessment clinic and onward referral, with telephone follow-up as required. In the design of this multi-stage study, we chose to focus on ensuring that the intervention was deliverable, implementable and acceptable.MethodsIn line with the UK Medical Research Council’s recommendations for comprehensive development of complex interventions, multiple phases of work were undertaken. Following on from initial development work to design the intervention, the draft intervention content was refined through consensus questionnaires with 22 health professionals and discussion at meetings with 18 healthcare professionals. Testing of intervention delivery and acceptability to patients was undertaken by two health professionals delivering the assessment clinic to 10 patients. Views about future implementation within the context of a randomised trial were evaluated through a questionnaire based on the Normalisation Measure Development (NoMAD) instrument with 10 health professional stakeholders.ResultsConsensus work with health professionals ensured the components of the intervention were appropriate and informed a number of substantive changes to improve the intervention. Testing of intervention delivery identified a number of logistical issues that were then addressed in the development of a comprehensive intervention training manual. Engagement with stakeholders indicated that the intervention could be successfully implemented in a clinical setting for evaluation in a randomised trial. ConclusionsThis work has informed the development and refinement of a complex intervention for people with chronic pain after knee replacement. The next stage is to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the STAR care pathway in a multi-centre randomised trial.
AB - BackgroundApproximately 20% of people who have total knee replacement experience chronic pain afterwards, but there is little evidence about effective interventions for managing this type of pain. This article describes the systematic development and refinement of a complex intervention for people with chronic pain after knee replacement. The intervention is a care pathway involving an assessment clinic and onward referral, with telephone follow-up as required. In the design of this multi-stage study, we chose to focus on ensuring that the intervention was deliverable, implementable and acceptable.MethodsIn line with the UK Medical Research Council’s recommendations for comprehensive development of complex interventions, multiple phases of work were undertaken. Following on from initial development work to design the intervention, the draft intervention content was refined through consensus questionnaires with 22 health professionals and discussion at meetings with 18 healthcare professionals. Testing of intervention delivery and acceptability to patients was undertaken by two health professionals delivering the assessment clinic to 10 patients. Views about future implementation within the context of a randomised trial were evaluated through a questionnaire based on the Normalisation Measure Development (NoMAD) instrument with 10 health professional stakeholders.ResultsConsensus work with health professionals ensured the components of the intervention were appropriate and informed a number of substantive changes to improve the intervention. Testing of intervention delivery identified a number of logistical issues that were then addressed in the development of a comprehensive intervention training manual. Engagement with stakeholders indicated that the intervention could be successfully implemented in a clinical setting for evaluation in a randomised trial. ConclusionsThis work has informed the development and refinement of a complex intervention for people with chronic pain after knee replacement. The next stage is to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the STAR care pathway in a multi-centre randomised trial.
KW - Total knee replacement
KW - chronic pain
KW - complex intervention development
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
VL - 19
JO - Trials
JF - Trials
SN - 1745-6215
IS - 61
ER -