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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Chronic pain -- Treatment."”.
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The Effects of Perceived Locus of Control and Dispositional Optimism on Chronic Pain Treatment Outcomes.
… for health care and lost productivity due to chronic pain has been estimated at over $70 billion per year. Researchers have attempted to discover the psychosocial and personality factors that discriminate between people who learn to cope well with chronic pain and those who have difficulty …
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The relationship of antidepressant use, depression, depressive symptomatology and reported pain to multidisciplinary chronic pain treatment outcome measures
… to analyze various objective measures of treatment outcome among patients that participated in a multidisciplinary chronic pain treatment program and to compare these measures to the absence or presence of antidepressant medication, the level of depression, and the quality of pain and …
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Examining the Effects of Contextually-Imposed Cognitive Load on Providers' Chronic Pain Treatment Decisions for Racially and Socioeconomically Diverse Patients
… low SES are more likely to receive suboptimal pain care. One potential contributor to these disparities is biased provider decision-making—there is compelling evidence that providers are influenced by patient race and SES when making pain treatment decisions. According to the dual process …
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Psychological and Family Variables Associated with the Treatment of Pediatric Idiopathic Pain
<p>The present study examined variability in treatment outcomes of children with idiopathic chronic pain. Specifically, the biopsychosocial model was used as a framework to consider the way that symptoms of depression and anxiety as well as parent response to pain contributed to the change in a …
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Association Between Health-Related Perceptions and Treatment Outcomes in an Interdisciplinary Pain Management Program
BACKGROUND: Adherence to treatment recommendations, specifically chronic pain treatment, is a particular area of importance in the elderly. It has been suggested that patient beliefs/perceptions play a role in treatment outcome, and the current study seeks to further explore this relationship in …
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Health (Internal-External) Locus of Control in Patients With Soft Tissue Chronic Pain, and Treatment With Art Therapy
<p>Specialists working in the field of Chronic Pain Treatment, have taught the general medical community that the old approach of treating chronic pain as acute pain has created a host of problems for the chronic pain patient, including poor recovery rates, drug addiction, increased and persistent …
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Using the Electronic Medical Record to Ensure Compliance with Opioid Prescription Laws in Texas
… by an overreliance on opioid medications for the treatment of chronic pain. The state of Texas medical board (TMB) enacted a law change that restricts and regulates the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances with respect to patients experiencing chronic pain. LOCAL PROBLEM: At the …
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The theory of planned behavior and adherence to a multidisciplinary treatment program for chronic pain.
… (TBP) and adherence to a multidisciplinary pain center (MPC) treatment program for chronic pain. While the results of several studies have provided support for the efficacy of MPC treatment in chronic pain, the problems of adherence and attrition are important. TPB is a cognitive/social …
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Automated Detection And Quantification Of Pain Using Electroencephalography
Effective pain assessment and management strategies are needed to better manage pain. In addition to self-report, an objective pain assessment system to detect, quantify, and track the intensity of pain reduces the uncertainty of treatment outcome and provides a reliable benchmark for longitudinal …
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Neural Mapping of Pain and Addiction: Visualizing Dopaminergic Modulation in the Mesocorticolimbic System
… pathway is crucial for implementing new treatments for addiction. We apply our novel microstimulation experimental system in rat pups perinatally exposed to nicotine. By using our self-fabricated photo-stimulation (PS) device, we can stimulate the VTA and collect dialysate, which is then …
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ANAESTHESIA AND PAIN MANAGEMENT IN COMPANION ANIMALS
In the last decades, pain management has become central to small animal practice. Alleviating pain is not only a professional obligation but also a key contributor to successful case outcomes. Although acute and maladaptive chronic pain management is now an established component of therapy, the …
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Practice Patterns and Influential Factors of Nurse Practitioners Managing Chronic Pain
<p>Chronic pain impacts 100 million adult Americans in their lifetime, comprises the third-highest category of all health spending, and is responsible for up to 20% of primary care visits. Chronic pain treatment guidelines: recommend a biopsychosocial, multimodal management approach that addresses …
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Treatment efficacy in a chronic pain population: Pre- to post-treatment.
… investigate the effects of a multidisciplinary pain management program on five measures of subjective psychosocial factors. Ninety-five participants in the comprehensive multidisciplinary treatment group and the standard medical intervention control group were surveyed about various psychosocial …
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A Culturally Sensitive Intervention in Pain Management Settings: Use of Dichos in Multi-Ethnic Pain Groups.
… improved group climate within multi-ethnic chronic pain groups. Use of this form of figurative language fits within psychological theory identifying use of metaphor as a means of promoting change and creating new meaning. Further, metaphor use is consistent with the broader aims of …
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The Application of Dialectical Behavior Therapy to Chronic Pain Management
<p>Pain affects more than 50 million Americans annually, costs over 150 billion dollars each year in healthcare and legal expenses, and results in decreased work productivity and missed work days (Ballantyne, 2006; Boll, Raczynski, & Leviton, 2004; Thom, 2004). It is estimated that chronic pain …
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The Effectiveness of Biopsychosocial Interventions at the Dallas Spinal Rehabilitation Center: Applying the NIDRR Logic Model
… Standard primary care facilities have treated chronic pain with narcotic medications; however, controversies surrounding the lack of long-term efficacy, risk of addiction, and the physical and psychological side effects of these medications continue to be heavily debated. There is strong …
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Computer-Administered Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) and Psychiatric Screening in Outpatient Pain Patients: Effect of a Point-of-Care Biopsychosocial Patient Health Report on Treatment Outcomes
RATIONALE: Chronic pain is a widespread health problem that carries steep costs for both individuals and society. Pain-related complaints represent one of the most common presenting symptoms across ambulatory care settings. Individuals with chronic pain often have comorbid psychiatric symptoms …