ArticlePain and therapy2020
Feasibility of Imported Self-Management Program for Elderly People with Chronic Pain: A Single-Arm Confirmatory Trial.
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- Chronic Pain Self-Management Strategies for Older Adults: An Integrative Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Neuroimaging Mechanism of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Pain Management.Pain research & management · 2022Review
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introductionMultidisciplinary pain management programs incorporating a cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) approach have been reported to be helpful for elderly people with chronic pain. However, it is unclear whether the same program for elderly people with chronic pain would translate to different cultures. This study investigated whether a multidisciplinary program based on that of Nicholas et al. (Pain 154(6):824-835, 2013) in Australia would be effective for elderly people with chronic pain in Japan.
methodsTwenty-seven community-dwelling elderly people with chronic pain were enrolled to confirm changes (effect size d = 0.5) in pain disability, which were previously reported by Nicholas et al. The multidisciplinary program consisted of eight sessions (2 sessions a week for 4 weeks). Pain disability was assessed using the Pain Disability Assessment Scale (PDAS) as the primary outcome at the baseline, the beginning and the end of the program, and the 1- and 3-month (final) follow-up. We also assessed the pain severity, catastrophizing, pain self-efficacy, and physical function with the Timed Up and Go test (TUG) and the two-step test as secondary outcomes.
resultsPDAS, pain catastrophizing, and pain self-efficacy were significantly improved immediately after the program compared with baseline, and these effects were maintained at 3-month follow-up. The effect size (d) for the PDAS score was a medium size (0.54) from baseline to 3-month follow-up. Those who showed improvements in TUG immediately after the program tended to report improved psychometric measures at 3-month follow-up.
conclusionThese results suggest that the Japanese multidisciplinary program has a similar effect on pain disability as that reported by Nicholas et al. This finding has important implications for the development of pain services in community-dwelling elderly Japanese.
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