Stepped collaborative care for pain and posttraumatic stress disorder after major trauma: a randomized controlled feasibility trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine feasibility and acceptability of providing stepped collaborative care case management targeting posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and pain symptoms after major traumatic injury.

Materials and methods

Participants were major trauma survivors in Victoria, Australia, at risk of persistent pain or PTSD with high baseline symptoms. Participants were block-randomized, stratified by compensation-status, to the usual care (n = 15) or intervention (n = 17) group (46% of eligible patients). The intervention was adapted from existing stepped collaborative care interventions with input from interdisciplinary experts and people with lived experience in trauma and disability. The proactive case management intervention targeted PTSD and pain management f

SUBMITTER: Giummarra MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10937328 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature