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Pain rehabilitation’s effect on people in chronic pain: A prospective cohort study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, ISSN: 1660-4601, Vol: 18, Issue: 19
2021
  • 5
    Citations
  • 0
    Usage
  • 40
    Captures
  • 0
    Mentions
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    Social Media
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Metrics Details

  • Citations
    5
    • Citation Indexes
      5
  • Captures
    40

Article Description

Multidisciplinary long-term pain rehabilitation programs with a team of healthcare professionals are an integrated approach to treat patients with chronic non-malignant pain. In this longitudinal prospective cohort study, we investigated the long-term effects of multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation on the self-reported causes of pain, pain self-management strategies, sleep, pain severity, and pain’s interference with life, pre-and post-treatment. Eighty-one patients, aged 20–69 years, with chronic pain responded. The two most frequently reported perceived causes of pain were fibromyalgia and accidents. The difference in average self-reported pain severity decreased significantly at one-year follow-up (p < 0.001), as did pain’s interference with general activities, mood, walking ability, sleep, and enjoyment of life. At one-year follow-up, participants (21%) rated their health as good/very good and were more likely to state that it was better than a year before (20%). No change was found in the use of pain self-management strategies such as physical training at one-year follow-up. The intervention was effective for the participants, as reflected in the decreased pain severity and pain interference with life.

Bibliographic Details

Skúladóttir, Hafdís; Björnsdottir, Amalia; Holden, Janean E; Gunnarsdóttir, Thóra Jenný; Halldorsdottir, Sigridur; Sveinsdottir, Herdis

MDPI AG

Environmental Science; Medicine

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