Yarning about pain: Evaluating communication training for health professionals at persistent pain services in Queensland, Australia.

Background: Providing cultural education to health professionals is essential in improving the quality of care and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients. This study reports the evaluation of a novel training workshop used as an intervention to improve communication with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients of persistent pain services.

Methods: In this single-arm intervention study, health professionals undertook a one-day workshop, which included cultural capability and communication skills training based on a clinical yarning framework.

: Experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people managing pain in Queensland, Australia.

Background: Pain management requires a multidisciplinary approach and a collaborative relationship between patient-provider in which communication is crucial. This study examines the communication experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Hospital Liaison Officers (ATSIHLOs), to improve understanding of how pain is managed in and through patient-health professional communication.

Methods: This qualitative study involved a purposive sample of patients attending three persistent pain clinics and ATSIHLOs working in two hospitals in Queensland, Australia.

A randomized controlled pilot study examining immediate effects of embodying a virtual reality superhero in people with chronic low back pain.

Purpose: In virtual reality, avatar embodiment can spur perceptions and behaviours related the avatars' characteristics. We tested whether embodying superhero-like avatars can change self-perceptions in people with chronic low back pain (CLBP).

Design: A non-blinded pilot randomized controlled trial.

"It made you feel like you've still got it": experiences of people with chronic low back pain undertaking a single session of body image training in virtual reality.

Introduction: Embodying fit avatars in virtual reality (VR) is proposed as a possible treatment for cortical body representations and pain-related self-perceptions.

Objective: To explore consumer perceptions of a novel VR intervention (VR-BiT) for chronic low back pain.

Methods: Adults (n = 17, mean age(SD) = 52(14)) with chronic low back pain who had undergone a single session of VR-BiT as part of a randomized controlled trial underwent a semi-structured interview using open-ended questions.

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

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.