Background. Traditional unimodal interventions may be insufficient for treating complex pain, as they do not address cognitive and behavioural contributors to pain. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and physical exercise (PE) are empirically supported treatments that can reduce pain and improve quality of life. Objectives. To examine the outcomes of a pain self-management outpatient program b...

An exploratory survey of the pain management education needs of 197 nurses working with older people with dementia was undertaken in a regional area of Queensland, Australia. The analysis indicated that nurses in this setting might not have the knowledge base to manage pain effectively; and that respondents have essentially negative perceptions of the availability and appropriateness of current...

s The Journal of Pain S117 (564) A successful outcome using an interdisciplinary approach in the treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia: a case report J Patel and R Calisoff; Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Center for Pain Management, Chicago, IL Post-herpetic neuralgia often presents with neuropathic pain and is caused by the Varicella Zoster virus. Treatment options can include anticonvuls...

Pain is a significant problem for cancer patients and is of particular concern for the elderly. This article reports on the development and implementation of a pain management educational intervention for elderly cancer patients and their family caregivers. This patient education program was developed within a research study funded by the American Cancer Society. Subjects were stratified as eit...

BACKGROUND Chronic non-cancer pain is a common problem that is often accompanied by psychiatric comorbidity and disability. The effectiveness of a multi-disciplinary pain management program was tested in a 3 month before and after trial. METHODS Providers in an academic general medicine clinic referred patients with chronic non-cancer pain for participation in a program that combined the skil...

BACKGROUND Over the last decade various guidelines for quality assurance in pain medicine have been published for cancer pain, acute postoperative pain and other pain conditions. However, quality assurance for interventional pain management procedures has yet to be addressed. An interventional pain program should at least evaluate 1) efficacy of pain relief; 2) complication rate; and 3) patient...

INTRODUCTION One of the most frequent issues nurses encounter with after or during cancer-related surgeries is pain. For postoperative pain relief, different nonpharmacologic interventions, such as nurse-patient communication, mental support, preoperative education, and consultation can be used. Doing such interventions may decrease postoperative pain. However, the research results regarding th...

BACKGROUND Eradication of pain is seldom an option in chronic pain management. Hence, mindfulness meditation has become popular in pain management. OBJECTIVE This pilot study compared the effect of a 13-weeks cognitive behavioural therapy program with integrated mindfulness meditation (CBTm) in patients with chronic non-malignant pain with a control condition. It was hypothesised that the CBT...

Background: Pain has physiological and psychological effects on a child's life and various body systems. Tactile stimulation affects the central nervous system and releases analgesic drugs resulting in the inhibition of pain. Aim: The main purpose of this study was effect of touch on the intensity and duration of pain during venipuncture in school-age children. Methods: This clinical trial was ...

OBJECTIVE To qualitatively explore the information and service needs of young adults (YAs) with chronic pain to inform the development of a web-based chronic pain self-management program. METHODS A convenience sample of YAs (n=17; aged 18 to 29 y) with chronic pain was recruited from 2 adult tertiary care multidisciplinary chronic pain clinics in Ontario. Interdisciplinary health care profess...