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Table 1 Stage 1 – health professionals’ (n = 22) appropriateness ratings for components included within the trial intervention

From: Development of a complex intervention for people with chronic pain after knee replacement: the STAR care pathway

Component

Mean ratinga

Range

Assessment clinic

 Clinics should be held with patients who have pain at 3 months or more after knee replacement

7.0

4–9

 Assessment should be tailored to each individual patient

8.5

6–9

 Conducted by a nurse or extended scope practitioner

7.5

5–9

 Treatment should be guided by standardised assessment of pain

7.6

6–9

 Standardised assessment of pain includes assessment of pain severity and impact

8.0

5–9

 Possible onward referral pathways

 Monitoring (by a nurse or self-monitoring) as treatment

7.0

4–9

 Referral to surgeon if signs of infection, malalignment or instability

8.5

6–9

 Referral to General Practitioner if signs of depression

7.7

4–9

 Referral to pain specialist if severe or interfering pain with indications of neuropathic or complex regional pain syndrome

7.9

5–9

  1. aMean appropriateness ratings ranked from 1 to 9 (not appropriate to very appropriate)