TABLE 3.

FOCUS GROUP QUESTIONS TO ELICIT FACILITATORS AND BARRIERS TO CHANGES IN PAIN ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

What is the biggest remaining challenge to effective pain management?

From your perspective, what things were most helpful in adopting the algorithms and other pain management practices?

How useful were the classes, videorecordings, algorithm handbook, resource manual, examples of documentation forms, follow-up consultation sessions, assistance forming a pain team, and booster items in facilitating changes in your facility?

What things were barriers to the adoption of new pain management practices?

What made it difficult for your facility to adopt new pain assessment and management practices?

What is needed to continue improvements made in pain assessment and management practices?