"Living Well with Chronic Pain": Integrative Pain Management via Shared Medical Appointments.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary, nonpharmacological, integrative approach that uses shared medical appointments to improve health-related quality of life and reduce opioid medication use in patients with chronic pain.

Design

This is a retrospective, pre-post review of "Living Well with Chronic Pain" shared medical appointments (August 2016 through May 2018).

Setting

The appointments included eight 3-hour-long visits held once per week at an outpatient wellness facility.

Subjects

Patients with chronic, non-cancer-related pain.

Methods

Patients received evaluation and evidence-based therapies from a team of integrative and lifestyle medicine professionals, as well as education about nonpharmacological therapeutic approaches,

SUBMITTER: Znidarsic J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7861469 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature