Health and wellness coaching positively impacts individuals with chronic pain and pain-related interference.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Health and wellness coaching (HWC) interventions have been reported to improve health outcomes for individuals with chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or cancer. However, HWC also holds potential as an effective intervention within a biopsychosocial chronic pain management framework. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of HWC on individuals with chronic pain.

Methods

Participants were referred by their primary care provider or insurance company to a comprehensive telephonic 12-month pain management HWC program. Relationships between pain outcomes and physical and psychological factors were retrospectively analyzed. Mixed linear-effects modeling explored whether physical and psychological variables were associated with p

SUBMITTER: Rethorn ZD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7384647 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature