Evaluation of a non-pharmacological interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation and functional restoration program for chronic pain in veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To conduct a quality improvement evaluation of the Empower Veterans Program (EVP), an interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation/functional restoration program option for functional restoration for high-impact chronic pain, offered in a large metro-area Veterans Health Administration (VHA) system.

Data sources

VHA Corporate Data Warehouse electronic medical record data for patients treated by EVP between 2015 and 2019.

Evaluation design

This retrospective design first compared EVP patients considered engaged or not engaged in completing treatment in terms of demographic characteristics and post-treatment changes in clinical measures related to opioid use and mental health. We then compared mortality risk between matched groups of treated and untreated patients wi

SUBMITTER: Ward R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10012215 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature