Huvudbild för Vitalis 2026

Implementation of shared decision-making in the multidisciplinary treatment of chronic pain: A developmental project [PCC231]

Torsdag 7 maj 2026 09:00 - 13:30 Poster Arena

Spår: Poster session, Implementation & Knowledge Translation

Background: Multidisciplinary treatment of chronic pain involves numerous small decisions made by different healthcare providers, calling for structured methods to facilitate person-centered care and adequate treatment. Shared decision-making (SDM) is an essential approach to promoting person-centered care and meaningful treatment pathways. Therefore, this development project aimed to develop and implement SDM in chronic pain treatment.  Methods: The ongoing project was initiated in 2024 and is taking place at a Danish Multidisciplinary Pain Center, led by a project nurse in collaboration with the Centre for Patient Involvement. Preliminary patient interviews and observations revealed that patients felt little influence over treatment decisions, underscoring the need to treat patients as equal partners. Selected multidisciplinary healthcare providers were trained by the Centre for Shared Decision-making as key figures in the SDM principles and were responsible for teaching their colleagues. As a method to practice SDM, a structured conversation tool was tailored to the chronic pain area in collaboration with patient representatives and included a decision-helper to guide patient-provider conversations and decision cards to enable patients to make treatment choices based on transparent, systematic information. Along the process, iterative workshops engaged the healthcare providers. Using the structured conversation tool in clinical patient encounters is the next step. The level of implementation will be monitored by the question from the National Danish Survey of Patient Experiences: “Were you involved in decisions about your examination/treatment?”  Outcomes: The implementation process so far has been time-consuming, requiring re-examination of the substance of multidisciplinary collaboration and adjustments to workflows. The efforts are expected to lead to more appropriate treatment decisions aligned with patient preferences by involving the patients at every step of their treatment, thus reducing reliance on individual healthcare providers. Ultimately, we assume that using the structured conversation tool to achieve SDM and person-centered care will improve patient satisfaction. 
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English

Konferens

GCPCC

GCPCC Kod

PCC231