Understanding Persistent Pain Using a Decision Aid Tool in a Scottish Pharmacy Setting.

The digital DAT will ask people about their current pain levels, medications and physical activity. Following this, it will include a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE)-like component with a series of questions that ask users to choose between different pain management packages. Similar to a standard DCE, packages (or plans) are described by attributes and levels, which include broad categories of guideline-based pain management strategies routinely available in clinical practice. The descriptors used for the attributes and levels were informed by a previous qualitative research study and based on therapeutic options that are helpful and important to people with persistent pain .