Determining chronic pain data elements as a first step towards improving quality of care and research in chronic pain
Chronic pain data elements for improving quality of care
Keywords:
Chronic pain, Registry, Minimum dataset, Pain managementAbstract
Background: Chronic pain is a significant clinical problem in the world. There is still no quite effective treatment for this pain due to its complex nature. Timely retrieval of accurate and comprehensive information through organized clinical and epidemiological studies is an essential prerequisite for providing high quality clinical care and more accurate health planning. We aimed to determine minimum set of data needed as a first step in design and development of a chronic pain registry system.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive-applied study was carried out in three phases; identifying necessary minimum data, preparing a primary minimum dataset, and surveying experts by questionnaire.
Result: The literature review revealed that, the primary minimum dataset consisted of 51 elements, which were reduced to 41 after applying the experts’ opinion. This dataset covered six areas: demographic information (8 elements), initial pain assessment (12 elements), medical history (8 elements), mental health and well-being (6 elements), diagnostic measures (3 elements), and diagnosis and treatment plan (4 elements).
Conclusion: Determining minimum set of chronic pain data will be an effective step towards integrating and improving information management of patients with chronic pain. It will also allow for proper storage and retrieval of information related to these patients.
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3. Turk DC, Okifuji A. Psychological factors in chronic pain: Evolution and revolution. J Consult Clin Psychol 2002;70(3):678.
4. Turk D, Okifuji A, Sinclair JD, Starz T. Pain, disability, and physical functioning in subgroups of patients with fibromyalgia. J Rheumatol 1996;23(7):1255-1262.
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10. Shahmoradi L, Ahmadi M, Sadoughi F, Piri Z, Gohari MR. A comprehensive model for executing knowledge management audits in organizations: a systematic review. Health Care Manager 2015;34(1):28-40.
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12. Maghooli K, Langarizadeh M, Shahmoradi L, Habibi-koolaee M, Jebraeily M, Bouraghi H. Differential diagnosis of Erythmato-Squamous Diseases using classification and regression tree. Acta Inform Medica 2016;24(5):338.
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15. Mahmoudvand Z, Kamkar M, Shahmoradi L, Nejad AF. Determination of minimum data set (msd) in echocardiography reporting system to exchange with iran’s electronic health record (ehr) system. Acta Inform Med 2016;24(2):116.
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17. Shahmoradi L, Ahmadi M, Rezaei P. Electronic health records: the structure, content and assessment. Tehran: Jafari Publications; 2008.
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46. Lawshe CH. A quantitative approach to content validity 1. Personnel psychol 1975;28(4):563-75.
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49. Zamanzadeh V, Ghahramanian A, Rassouli M, Abbaszadeh A, Alavi-Majd H, Nikanfar A-R. Design and implementation content validity study: development of an instrument for measuring patient-centered communication. J Car Sci 2015;4(2):165.
50. Szklo M, Nieto FJ. Epidemiology: beyond the basics: Jones & Bartlett Publishers; 2014.
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Baradaran A, Rahimzadeh P, Gholamzadeh M, Shahmoradi L. Determining chronic pain data elements as a first step towards improving quality of care and research in chronic pain: Chronic pain data elements for improving quality of care. Acta Biomed [Internet]. 2021 Sep. 2 [cited 2024 Jul. 18];92(4):e2021272. Available from: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica/article/view/9651
