Electronic Delivery of Pain Education for Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the impact of educational materials for chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPCs), the feasibility of delivering materials online, and to explore its impact on self-reported self-management applications at 3-month follow-up.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Online.

Subjects

Individuals from a university-wide active research repository with ≥1 coded diagnostic COPC by ICD-9/10 in the medical record.

Methods

We determined the number of COPCs per participant as indicated by diagnostic codes in the medical record. Consenting participants completed self-report questionnaires and read educational materials. We assessed content awareness and knowledge pre- and post-exposure to education. Comprehension was assessed via embedded que

SUBMITTER: McKernan LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8677459 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature