An interdisciplinary program for familiar faces with chronic pain visiting the emergency department-randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the effect of a collaborative interdisciplinary pain assessment program on pain and health-related quality of life among individuals with chronic pain who frequently visit the emergency department (ED).

Methods

Individuals with chronic pain who frequented the ED (ie, ≥8 visits within the previous 12 months) were randomly assigned to a collaborative chronic pain management program or treatment as usual. Primary outcomes were change in physical function and visits to the ED from baseline to 12 months using validated measures. Secondary measures included physical and emotional functioning, insomnia, health-related quality of life, risk of aberrant opioid use, and health care use. Mixed model analyses of variances were used to evaluate intervention effecti

SUBMITTER: Shergill Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8783380 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature