Medication review improves pain management and quality of life in chronic pain: a pilot randomized controlled study.

ABSTRACT: Chronic pain is a complex condition that benefits from a multidisciplinary approach. This pilot parallel-group single-blinded randomized controlled study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability and adherence by patients and physicians of pharmacist-led medication review on chronic pain patients. Trends in pain intensity, quality of life and patient satisfaction were examined. Twenty adults were recruited from two primary care units in Porto, Portugal, and randomly assigned to either the medication review (MR) group, (n = 10) using the Dader method, or the usual care (UC) group, (n = 10) and given general advice, for 16-weeks. Pain intensity decreased by 2.07 (MR group) and increased by 0.52 (UC group), yielding an adjusted mean difference of 2.77 (95% CI, -4.93 to -0.62; p = 0.008). Pain

SUBMITTER: Duarte N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12749731 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature