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Caring for patients with pain during the COVID-19 pandemic: consensus recommendations from an international expert panel.
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127 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 220 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of COVID-19 related lockdown restrictions on musculoskeletal health: a systematic review.Rheumatology international · 2023Pooled it
- Autogenic Training for Reducing Chronic Pain: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Burnout status of healthcare workers in the world during the peak period of the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Rehabilitation setting during and after Covid-19: An overview on recommendations.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2021Pooled it
- COVID-19 and Headache Medicine: A Narrative Review of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug (NSAID) and Corticosteroid Use.Headache · 2020Pooled it
- Medications in COVID-19 patients: summarizing the current literature from an orthopaedic perspective.International orthopaedics · 2020Pooled it
- Depression, anxiety, pain and chronic opioid management in primary care: Type II effectiveness-implementation hybrid stepped wedge cluster randomized trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Trial
- An Exploratory Evaluation of an Interactive Smartphone-Based Telephysiotherapy Application for Temporomandibular Disorders: A Multicentre Observational Study.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2026Observational
- Intrathecal pump refills at home or at the hospital: Protocol for a randomized controlled crossover trial-The IMPROVE study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Competition or Complementarity Among Telemedicine Tools in Ambulatory Care Practice: Cross-Sectional Analysis.JMIR medical informatics · 2025Article
- An interdisciplinary virtual group program addressing the FINER points of chronic pain management: An exploratory analysis of functional outcomes.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2025Article
- Transforming Chronic Pain Care Through Telemedicine: An Italian Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Acceptance, Satisfaction, and Preference With Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2021-2022: Survey Among Patients With Chronic Pain.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Physician perspectives on chronic pain management: barriers and the use of eHealth in the COVID-19 era.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Substances of abuse and their effect on SAR-CoV-2 pathogenesis.NeuroImmune pharmacology and therapeutics · 2023Review
- Effects of physical activity level on quality of life, stress, and dietary behavior in people living with HIV/AIDS: A pilot study.Medicine · 2023Article
- How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected patients' experience of pain management therapy?British journal of pain · 2023Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on chronic pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Healthcare provider knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes regarding opioids for chronic non-cancer pain in North America prior to the emergence of COVID-19: A systematic review of qualitative research.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2023Review
- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on chronic pain and opioid use in marginalized populations: A scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
67 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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10 authors at 10 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
Chronic pain causes significant suffering, limitation of daily activities and reduced quality of life. Infection from COVID-19 is responsible for an ongoing pandemic that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome, leading to systemic complications and death. Led by the World Health Organization, healthcare systems across the world are engaged in limiting the spread of infection. As a result, all elective surgical procedures, outpatient procedures and patient visits, including pain management services, have been postponed or cancelled. This has affected the care of chronic pain patients. Most are elderly with multiple comorbidities, which puts them at risk of COVID-19 infection. Important considerations that need to be recognised during this pandemic for chronic pain patients include: ensuring continuity of care and pain medications, especially opioids; use of telemedicine; maintaining biopsychosocial management; use of anti-inflammatory drugs; use of steroids; and prioritising necessary procedural visits. There are no guidelines to inform physicians and healthcare providers engaged in caring for patients with pain during this period of crisis. We assembled an expert panel of pain physicians, psychologists and researchers from North America and Europe to formulate recommendations to guide practice. As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve rapidly, these recommendations are based on the best available evidence and expert opinion at this present time and may need adapting to local workplace policies.
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