ArticleJournal of addiction medicine
The feasibility and acceptability of groups for pain management in methadone maintenance treatment.
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- Development and Preliminary Evaluation of an Integrated Cognitive-Behavior Treatment for Chronic Pain and Substance Use Disorder in Patients with the Hepatitis C Virus.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2016Trial
- Pain as a predictor of heavy drinking and any drinking lapses in the COMBINE study and the UK Alcohol Treatment Trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2015Trial
- Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Empowered Relief in Patients With Chronic Pain Taking Methadone or Buprenorphine: Single-Arm National Pilot Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Associations Among Sleep, Pain, and Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: a Scoping Review.Current addiction reports · 2024Article
- A Feasibility Study of a Peer-Facilitated Physical Activity Intervention in Methadone Maintenance.Mental health and physical activity · 2021Article
- Chronic non-cancer pain among adults with substance use disorders: Prevalence, characteristics, and association with opioid overdose and healthcare utilization.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Article
- Pain catastrophizing and pain acceptance are associated with pain severity and interference among methadone-maintained patients.Journal of clinical psychology · 2019Article
- Reductions in physical pain predict lower risk of relapse following alcohol treatment.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2016Article
- Characterizing pain and associated coping strategies in methadone and buprenorphine-maintained patients.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2015Article
- Physical Pain in Alcohol-Dependent Patients Entering Treatment in Poland—Prevalence and Correlates.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectivesEffective and safe pain management interventions in methadone maintenance treatment are needed.
methodsWe examined the feasibility (ie, single-session attendance) and acceptability (ie, patient satisfaction and booster session attendance) of cognitive-behavioral therapy-informed groups for pain management-Coping With Pain, Relaxation Training, Group Singing, and Mindful Walking. Pre- and postsession measures were collected.
resultsA total of 349 (out of a census of approximately 800) methadone-maintained patients attended at least 1 of the groups. Group satisfaction was high. Booster session attendance was numerically lower in Mindful Walking (14%) than in the other groups (at least 40%). Repeat attendance at Coping With Pain was associated with reduced characteristic pain intensity and depression, whereas repeat attendance at Relaxation Training was associated with decreased anxiety.
conclusionsCoping With Pain, Relaxation Training, and Group Singing are transportable, affordable, adaptable, and tolerated well by patients with pain and show promise as components of a multimodal pain management approach in methadone maintenance treatment.
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