An investigation of multidisciplinary complex health care interventions – steps towards an integrative treatment model in the rehabilitation of People with Multiple Sclerosis

TY - JOUR

T1 - An investigation of multidisciplinary complex health care interventions – steps towards an integrative treatment model in the rehabilitation of People with Multiple Sclerosis

AU - Skovgaard, Lasse

AU - Bjerre, Liv

AU - Haahr, Niels

AU - Paterson, Charlotte

AU - Boesen, Finn

AU - Nissen, Michael

AU - Ottesen, Maibritt

AU - Mortensen, Christina

AU - Olsen, Annette

AU - Borch, Søren

AU - Mortensen, Birthe

AU - Rasmussen, Gudrun

AU - Sietam, Kirsten

AU - Staalkjær, Frank

AU - Pedersen, Karin

AU - Søndermark, Kirsten

AU - Launsø, Laila

PY - 2012/4/23

Y1 - 2012/4/23

N2 - Background: The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Society initiated a large-scale bridge building and integrative treatment project to take place from 2004-2010 at a specialized Multiple Sclerosis (MS) hospital. In this project, a team of five conventional health care practitioners and five alternative practitioners was set up to work together in developing and offering individualized treatments to 200 people with MS. The purpose of this paper is to present results from the six year treatment collaboration process regarding the development of an integrative treatment model.Discussion: The collaborative work towards an integrative treatment model for people with MS, involved six steps: 1) Working with an initial model 2) Unfolding the different treatment philosophies 3) Discussing the elements of the Intervention-Mechanism-Context-Outcome-scheme (the IMCO-scheme) 4) Phrasing the common assumptions for an integrative MS program theory 5) Developing the integrative MS program theory 6) Building the integrative MS treatment model. The model includes important elements of the different treatment philosophies represented in the team and thereby describes a common understanding of the complexity of the courses of treatment.Summary: An integrative team of practitioners has developed an integrative model for combined treatments of People with Multiple Sclerosis. The model unites different treatment philosophies and focuses on process-oriented factors and the strengthening of the patients' resources and competences on a physical, an emotional and a cognitive level.

AB - Background: The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Society initiated a large-scale bridge building and integrative treatment project to take place from 2004-2010 at a specialized Multiple Sclerosis (MS) hospital. In this project, a team of five conventional health care practitioners and five alternative practitioners was set up to work together in developing and offering individualized treatments to 200 people with MS. The purpose of this paper is to present results from the six year treatment collaboration process regarding the development of an integrative treatment model.Discussion: The collaborative work towards an integrative treatment model for people with MS, involved six steps: 1) Working with an initial model 2) Unfolding the different treatment philosophies 3) Discussing the elements of the Intervention-Mechanism-Context-Outcome-scheme (the IMCO-scheme) 4) Phrasing the common assumptions for an integrative MS program theory 5) Developing the integrative MS program theory 6) Building the integrative MS treatment model. The model includes important elements of the different treatment philosophies represented in the team and thereby describes a common understanding of the complexity of the courses of treatment.Summary: An integrative team of practitioners has developed an integrative model for combined treatments of People with Multiple Sclerosis. The model unites different treatment philosophies and focuses on process-oriented factors and the strengthening of the patients' resources and competences on a physical, an emotional and a cognitive level.

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1472-6882

VL - 23;12(1):50. [Epub ahead of print]

JO - BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

JF - BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

ER -