JPGN Reports · 4 authors, 7 centres
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A cross-sectional survey of 101 pediatric GI healthcare professionals across 51 ImproveCareNow sites found that 92% considered psychosocial care very important, yet limited availability of psychosocial providers (endorsed by 92%) was the most commonly reported barrier.
A total of 101 participants from 51 of 98 ICN sites (52%) responded, with 88% being pediatric gastroenterologists. At the participant level, 92% of HCPs rated psychosocial care as very important, 80% felt very comfortable working with psychosocial providers, and 64% reported their clinical thresholds had shifted to engage psychosocial providers earlier in care. The most endorsed barriers were limited psychosocial providers (92%), provider availability (87%), and patients' lack of openness to psychosocial care (85%). At the site level, 75% of ICN sites reported outpatient and 94% reported inpatient psychosocial care access. Exploratory ANOVAs by HCP length of experience were not statistically significant on perceived understanding or perceived changes in clinical threshold.
