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Clinician Perspectives of Communication with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Managing Pain: Needs and Preferences

2022; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 19; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/ijerph19031572

1661-7827

Christina M. Bernardes, Stuart Ekberg, Stephen Birch, Renata Meuter, Andrew Claus, Matthew Bryant, Jermaine Isua, Paul Gray, Joseph P. Kluver, Daniel Williamson, Corey Jones, Kushla Houkamau, Marayah Taylor, Eva Malacova, Ivan Lin, Gregory Pratt,

Pain Management and Placebo Effect

Poor communication is an important factor contributing to health disparity. This study sought to investigate clinicians' perspectives about communicating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients with pain. This multi-site and mixed-methods study involved clinicians from three pain management services in Queensland, Australia. Clinicians completed a survey and participated in focus groups. Clinicians rated the importance of communication training, their knowledge, ability, and confidence in communicating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients using a 5-point Likert scale. Rating scores were combined into low (scores 1-2); moderate (score 3) and high (scores 4-5). Informed by an interpretive description methodology, thematic analysis of focus group data was used to identify the communication needs and training preferences of clinicians. Overall (