title: An Evaluation Model for a Multidisciplinary Chronic Pelvic Pain Clinic: Application of the RE-AIM Framework.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a prevalent, debilitating, and costly condition. Although national guidelines and empiric evidence support the use of a multidisciplinary model of care for such patients, such clinics are uncommon in Canada. The BC Women's Centre for Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis was created to respond to this need, and there is interest in this model of care's impact on the burden of disease in British Columbia. We sought to create an approach to its evaluation using the RE-AIM (Reach, Efficacy, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance) evaluation framework to assess the impact of the care model and to guide clinical decision-making and policy.
  
  
  METHODS
  The RE-AIM evaluation framework was applied to consider the different dimensions of impact of the BC Centre. The proposed measures, data sources, and data management strategies for this mixed-methods approach were identified.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The five dimensions of impact were considered at individual and organizational levels, and corresponding indicators were proposed to enable integration into existing data infrastructure to facilitate collection and early program evaluation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The RE-AIM framework can be applied to the evaluation of a multidisciplinary chronic pelvic pain clinic. This will allow better assessment of the impact of innovative models of care for women with chronic pelvic pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa ON; School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC.
authors.forename: Innie
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Money
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Allaire
mesh_terms: D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D018710:Pain Clinics; D059408:Pain Management; D010348:Patient Care Team; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D015397:Program Evaluation
keywords: RE-AIM; chronic pelvic pain; multidisciplinary; program evaluation