title: Interdisciplinary Practice Models for Older Adults With Back Pain: A Qualitative Evaluation.
abstract: Older adults seek health care for low back pain from multiple providers who may not coordinate their treatments. This study evaluated the perceived feasibility of a patient-centered practice model for back pain, including facilitators for interprofessional collaboration between family medicine physicians and doctors of chiropractic.
  
  
  
  This qualitative evaluation was a component of a randomized controlled trial of 3 interdisciplinary models for back pain management: usual medical care; concurrent medical and chiropractic care; and collaborative medical and chiropractic care with interprofessional education, clinical record exchange, and team-based case management. Data collection included clinician interviews, chart abstractions, and fieldnotes analyzed with qualitative content analysis. An organizational-level framework for dissemination of health care interventions identified norms/attitudes, organizational structures and processes, resources, networks-linkages, and change agents that supported model implementation.
  
  
  
  Clinicians interviewed included 13 family medicine residents and 6 chiropractors. Clinicians were receptive to interprofessional education, noting the experience introduced them to new colleagues and the treatment approaches of the cooperating profession. Clinicians exchanged high volumes of clinical records, but found the logistics cumbersome. Team-based case management enhanced information flow, social support, and interaction between individual patients and the collaborating providers. Older patients were viewed positively as change agents for interprofessional collaboration between these provider groups.
  
  
  
  Family medicine residents and doctors of chiropractic viewed collaborative care as a useful practice model for older adults with back pain. Health care organizations adopting medical and chiropractic collaboration can tailor this general model to their specific setting to support implementation.
authors.affiliation: Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research, Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa.
authors.forename: Stacie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Salsbury
authors.affiliation: Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research, Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa.
authors.forename: Christine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Goertz
authors.affiliation: Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research, Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa.
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Vining
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.
authors.forename: Maria A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hondras
authors.affiliation: Quad City Genesis Family Medicine Residency Program, Davenport, Iowa.
authors.forename: Andrew A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Andresen
authors.affiliation: Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research, Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa.
authors.forename: Cynthia R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Long
authors.affiliation: Center for Collaborative Research, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Kevin J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Lyons
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnosis & Radiology, Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa.
authors.forename: Lisa Z
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Killinger
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, The University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa.
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002684:Chiropractic; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D010346:Patient Care Management; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010820:Physicians