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Our team at the Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis are hoping to shed some light on children\u2019s lived experiences of pain to improve their long-term outcomes. We want to do this by exploring similarities and differences in pain characteristics that children experience, as well as other pain influences, such as pain beliefs or behaviours. Our recent study found that children and young people with musculoskeletal conditions in specialist rheumatology clinics can experience differences in their pain management (Lee et al., 2020)<\/a>. One factor for these differences in pain assessment and management may be the pain beliefs that healthcare professional\u2019s hold in relation to musculoskeletal pain. \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n To determine the most appropriate methods for pain management we first need to explore what pain beliefs, and pain assessment and management decisions healthcare professionals currently hold, and whether they believe these align with what actually occurs in everyday clinical practice. At a later stage in the project, we will be examining children\u2019s and young peoples\u2019 lived pain experiences in depth, such as collecting pain characteristics across time (e.g., pain intensity, number of pain locations, frequency of pain) and their own pain beliefs.<\/p>\n By exploring and comparing both the healthcare professional\u2019s perspectives and the children\u2019s and young peoples\u2019 experiences then their health-related and pain-related outcomes can be improved<\/em>.<\/p>\n Watch the video on this page to hear more from Danielle Mountain, a PhD researcher within the Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, who is carrying out this project, funded by the Pain Relief Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\nWhy do we want to explore healthcare professional\u2019s pain beliefs and management decisions?<\/h2>\n