Using collaborative logic analysis evaluation to test the program theory of an intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment for youth with pain-related disability
Date
2020
Authors
Hurtubise, Karen
Brousselle, Astrid
Camden, Chantal
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Publisher
Paediatric & Neonatal Pain
Abstract
Intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment (IIPT) involves multiple stakeholders.
Mapping the program components to its anticipated outcomes (ie, its theory) can be
difficult and requires stakeholder engagement. Evidence is lacking, however, on how
best to engage them. Logic analysis, a theory-based evaluation, that tests the coherence
of a program theory using scientific evidence and experiential knowledge may
hold some promise. Its use is rare in pediatric pain interventions, and few methodological
details are available. This article provides a description of a collaborative logic
analysis methodology used to test the theoretical plausibility of an IIPT designed for
youth with pain-related disability. A 3-step direct logic analysis process was used.
A 13-member expert panel, composed of clinicians, teachers, managers, youth with
pain-related disability, and their parents, were engaged in each step. First, a logic
model was constructed through document analysis, expert panel surveys, and focusgroup
discussions. Then, a scoping review, focused on pediatric self-management,
building self-efficacy, and fostering participation, helped create a conceptual framework.
An examination of the logic model against the conceptual framework by the
expert panel followed, and recommendations were formulated. Overall, the collaborative
logic analysis process helped raiseawareness of clinicians’ assumptions about
the program causal mechanisms, identified program components most valued by
youth and their parents, recognized the program features supported by scientific and
experiential knowledge, detected gaps, and highlighted emerging trends. In addition
to providing a consumer-focused program evaluation option, collaborative logic analysis
methodology holds promise as a strategy to engage stakeholders and to translate
pediatric pain rehabilitation evaluation research knowledge to key stakeholders.
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Keywords
interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation program, intervention theory, logic analysis, logic model, pediatric chronic pain, theory-based evaluation
Citation
Hurtubise, K., Brousselle, A., & Camden, C. (2020). Using collaborative logic analysis evaluation to test the program theory of an intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment for youth with pain-related disability. Paediatric & Neonatal Pain, 2(4), 113-130. https://doi.org/10.1002/pne2.12018.