Développement de recommandations pour soutenir l’enseignement structuré au patient lors d’un suivi du syndrome de conflit sous-acromial en physiothérapie

La douleur, fréquemment rencontrée lors d’atteintes musculosquelettiques, est un phénomène complexe influencé par une combinaison multifactorielle de déterminants biopsychosociaux. Elle présente un important taux de chronicité avec près de huit millions de personnes au Canada atteintes de douleur chronique (douleur qui perdure plus de trois mois), c’est-à-dire un Canadien sur cinq. Les troubles musculosquelettiques incluent le syndrome de conflit sous-acromial (SCSA), une atteinte fréquente à l’épaule, qui a une forte tendance à se chroniciser. Un an après le début des symptômes, environ la moitié des personnes avec ce syndrome présentent de la douleur et une limitation de la fonction persistantes. Des facteurs psychosociaux seraient prédictifs de la chronicité pour le SCSA. Toutefois, dans les guides de pratique qui orientent la prise en charge de cette atteinte, les interventions ciblant ces facteurs sont limitées et parfois même manquantes. En physiothérapie, une discipline fréquemment impliquée dans la réadaptation de cette atteinte, des approches englobant les facteurs biopsychosociaux seraient à privilégier. L’enseignement au patient, une modalité faisant partie intégrante de la physiothérapie, mais pour laquelle les recommandations sont limitées pour en guider la réalisation, serait une avenue pertinente. Cette thèse vise à développer des recommandations qui soutiennent l'enseignement structuré auprès des patients ciblant l’autonomisation (implication active pour la prise de décision et la gestion de la condition) de la personne dans le suivi du SCSA en physiothérapie. Elles intègrent les données scientifiques, expérientielles et contextuelles et les composantes de la Classification internationale du fonctionnement, du handicap et de la santé. La première phase de cette thèse contient une revue systématique de la portée qui visait à répertorier l’étendue de la littérature sur les interventions d’enseignement au patient lors de la prise charge du SCSA. Cette revue a permis d’identifier des cibles initiales d’enseignement au patient issues de la littérature, utilisées pour orienter la phase suivante du projet. La deuxième phase a utilisé une consultation d’experts par des groupes de discussion focalisée intégrant des professionnels de la réadaptation et des patients-partenaires pour explorer les cibles et décrire les stratégies d’enseignement (plan pour atteindre un objectif d’enseignement visé). Cette consultation a été analysée de manière qualitative en vue de faire ressortir les thématiques principales d’enseignement au patient émergeant des discussions. Cette étape a mené au développement de recommandations préliminaires. La troisième phase visait à obtenir un consensus sur la pertinence et la formulation de recommandations détaillées encadrant les interventions d’enseignement au patient en physiothérapie pour le SCSA à l’aide d’une consultation par approche Delphi. À la suite de ces trois phases, sept recommandations générales encadrant les stratégies d’enseignement au patient et six recommandations touchant des cibles d’interventions spécifiques d’enseignement ont été développées. Un outil d’aide à la décision guidant l’utilisation de ces recommandations d’enseignement structuré lors du suivi des personnes atteintes d’un SCSA a aussi été élaboré. Ces recommandations sont les premières existantes pouvant soutenir l’enseignement structuré au patient lors du suivi du SCSA. Celles-ci sont pertinentes pour guider l’enseignement prodigué basé sur la littérature et un consensus d’experts. Les cibles d’autogestion et d’engagement actif de la personne sont pertinentes pour intervenir sur les facteurs psychosociaux et ainsi potentiellement réduire la chronicité de cette atteinte.Pain, frequently encountered in musculoskeletal injuries, is a complex phenomenon influenced by a multifactorial combination of biopsychosocial determinants. It has a high rate of chronicity with nearly eight million people in Canada suffering from chronic pain (pain lasting more than three months), i.e., one in five Canadians. Among musculoskeletal disorders, subacromial pain syndrome (SAPS), a frequently encoutered shoulder disorder, has a high propensity to become chronic. One year after the onset of symptoms, about half of individuals with SAPS have persistent pain and functional limitations. Psychosocial factors are predictive of SAPS chronicity, however, in the clinical practice guidelines that guide the management of this condition, interventions targeting these factors are limited and sometimes absent. Approaches that target biopsychosocial factors should be favoured, among others, in physiotherapy, a discipline frequently involved in the rehabilitation of this condition. Patient education, a modality that is an integral part of physiotherapy, but for which there is limited evidence and recommendations to guide its implementation, would be a relevant avenue. Therefore, this thesis aims to develop recommendations that support structured patient education. These recommendations focus on the person's empowerment and self-management during the follow-up of SAPS in physical therapy. They are based on scientific, experiential and contextual data as well as components of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. The first phase of this thesis contains a systematic scoping review that aimed to map the extent of the literature on patient education interventions in the management of SAPS. This review identified the initial patient education targets from the literature that were used to guide the next phase. The second phase used expert consultation through focus groups involving rehabilitation professionals and patient-partners to explore targets and outline strategies for structured patient education interventions in physical therapy for the follow-up of individuals with SAPS. The development of the interview guide and the analysis of these discussions were based on the initial educational targets and strategies (plan to conduct the educational intervention) extracted from the previous phase. This consultation was qualitatively analyzed to identify the main patient education themes resulting from the discussions. The main themes led to the development of preliminary recommendations. The third phase aimed to reach consensus on the relevance and formulation of detailed recommendations framing patient education interventions in physical therapy for the follow-up of individuals with SAPS using a Delphi consultation approach. As a result of these three phases, seven general recommendations framing patient teaching strategies and six recommendations for specific teaching interventions targets were developed. A decision support tool guiding the use of these structured patient education recommendations in the follow-up of people with SAPS has also been developed. These recommendations are the first that can comprehensively support structured patient education intervention during the follow-up of individuals with SAPS. They are relevant to guide patient education interventions that are based on the literature and expert consensus. The goals of self-management and active engagement of the person are relevant to intervene on psychosocial factors and thus potentially reduce the chronicity of this condition

Fostering clinical reasoning in physiotherapy: Comparing the effects of concept map study and concept map completion after example study in novice and advanced learners

Background: Health profession learners can foster clinical reasoning by studying worked examples presenting fully worked out solutions to a clinical problem. It is possible to improve the learning effect of these worked examples by combining them with other learning activities based on con

A strategic initiative to facilitate knowledge translation research in rehabilitation

While there is a growing body of literature supporting clinical decision-making for rehabilitation professionals, suboptimal use of evidence-based practices in that field persists. A strategic initiative that ensures the relevance of the research and its implementation in the context of rehabilitation could 1) help improve the coordination of knowledge translation (KT) research and 2) enhance the delivery of evidence-based rehabilitation services offered to patients with physical disabilities. This paper describes the process and methods used to develop a KT strategic initiative aimed at building capacity and coordinating KT research in physical rehabilitation and its strategic plan; it also reports the initial applications of the strategic plan implementation

Example-based learning: comparing the effects of additionally providing three different integrative learning activities on physiotherapy intervention knowledge

Background: Example-based learning using worked examples can foster clinical reasoning. Worked examples are instructional tools that learners can use to study the steps needed to solve a problem. Studying worked examples paired with completion examples promotes acquisition of problem-solving skills more than studying worked examples alone. Completion examples are worked examples in which some of the solution steps remain unsolved for learners to complete. Providing learners engaged in example-based learning with self-explanation prompts has been shown to foster increased meaningful learning compared to providing no self-explanation prompts. Concept mapping and concept map study are other instructional activities known to promote meaningful learning. This study compares the effects of self-explaining, completing a concept map and studying a concept map on conceptual knowledge and problem-solving skills among novice learners engaged in example-based learning. Methods: Ninety-one physiotherapy students were randomized into three conditions. They performed a pre-test and a post-test to evaluate their gains in conceptual knowledge and problem-solving skills (transfer performance) in intervention selection. They studied three pairs of worked/completion examples in a digital learning environment. Worked examples consisted of a written reasoning process for selecting an optimal physiotherapy intervention for a patient. The completion examples were partially worked out, with the last few problem-solving steps left blank for students to complete. The students then had to engage in additional self-explanation, concept map completion or model concept map study in order to synthesize and deepen their knowledge of

Fostering clinical reasoning in physiotherapy: Comparing the effects of concept map study and concept map completion after example study in novice and advanced learners

Background: Health profession learners can foster clinical reasoning by studying worked examples presenting fully worked out solutions to a clinical problem. It is possible to improve the learning effect of these worked examples by combining them with other learning activities based on concept maps. This study investigated which combinaison of activities, worked examples study with concept map completion or worked examples study with concept map study, fosters more meaningful learning of intervention knowledge in physiotherapy students. Moreover, this study compared the learning effects of these learning activity combinations between novice and advanced learners. Methods: Sixty-one second-year physiotherapy students participated in the study which included a pre-test phase, a 130-min guided-learning phase and a four-week self-study phase. During the guided and self-study learning sessions, participants had to study three written worked examples presenting the clinical reasoning for selecting electrotherapeutic currents to treat patients with motor deficits. After each example, participants engaged in either concept map completion or concept map study depending on which learning condition they were randomly allocated to. Students participated in an immediate post-test at the end of the guided-learning phase and a delayed post-test at the end of the self-study phase. Post-tests assessed the understanding of principles governing the domain of knowledge to be learned (conceptual knowledge) and the ability to solve new problems that have similar (i.e., near transfer) or different (i.e., far transfer) solution rationales as problems previously studied in the examples. Results: Learners engaged in concept map completion outperformed those engaged in concept map study on near transfer (p =.010) and far transfer (p <.001) performance. There was a significant interaction effect of learners' prior ability and learning condition on conceptual knowledge but not on near and far transfer performance. Conclusions: Worked examples study combined with concept map completion led to greater transfer performance than worked examples study combined with concept map study for both novice and advanced learners. Concept map completion might give learners better insight into what they have and have not yet learned, allowing them to focus on those aspects during subsequent example study

Fostering clinical reasoning in physiotherapy : Comparing the effects of concept map study and concept map completion after example study in novice and advanced learners

Background: Health profession learners can foster clinical reasoning by studying worked examples presenting fully worked out solutions to a clinical problem. It is possible to improve the learning effect of these worked examples by combining them with other learning activities based on concept maps. This study investigated which combinaison of activities, worked examples study with concept map completion or worked examples study with concept map study, fosters more meaningful learning of intervention knowledge in physiotherapy students. Moreover, this study compared the learning effects of these learning activity combinations between novice and advanced learners. Methods: Sixty-one second-year physiotherapy students participated in the study which included a pre-test phase, a 130-min guided-learning phase and a four-week self-study phase. During the guided and self-study learning sessions, participants had to study three written worked examples presenting the clinical reasoning for selecting electrotherapeutic currents to treat patients with motor deficits. After each example, participants engaged in either concept map completion or concept map study depending on which learning condition they were randomly allocated to. Students participated in an immediate post-test at the end of the guided-learning phase and a delayed post-test at the end of the self-study phase. Post-tests assessed the understanding of principles governing the domain of knowledge to be learned (conceptual knowledge) and the ability to solve new problems that have similar (i.e., near transfer) or different (i.e., far transfer) solution rationales as problems previously studied in the examples. Results: Learners engaged in concept map completion outperformed those engaged in concept map study on near transfer (p =.010) and far transfer (p <.001) performance. There was a significant interaction effect of learners' prior ability and learning condition on conceptual knowledge but not on near and far transfer performance. Conclusions: Worked examples study combined with concept map completion led to greater transfer performance than worked examples study combined with concept map study for both novice and advanced learners. Concept map completion might give learners better insight into what they have and have not yet learned, allowing them to focus on those aspects during subsequent example study

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