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Group-Based Integrative Pain Management in Primary Care: A Study Protocol for Multilevel Interventions to Address Health Disparities.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Assessing group medical visits for the management of chronic pain in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Gerontologist · 2026Pooled it
- Social Support in Group Medical Visits for Chronic Pain in Primary Care.Annals of family medicine · 2026Trial
- Group-Based Integrative Pain Management: Feasibility of a Factorial Randomized Trial in Safety-Net Primary Care.Journal of primary care & community healthTrial
- Dignity-Based Care: Lessons for Today from Two Turning Points in the Histories of Acupuncture.Journal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2025Article
- Implementing an Integrative Medicine Group Visit Facilitator Training Program to Improve Chronic Pain Management in the Safety-Net.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
- Characteristics of Hospitalized Patients Referred for Complementary and Integrative Health Services at a Large Metropolitan Academic Medical Center.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
- SuperVive-Comunidad App: Advancing Integrative Health Equity for the Hispanic Community Through Social Connection.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
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Abstract
Background: Socioeconomically disadvantaged populations have a high prevalence of chronic pain, exacerbated by social isolation, intersectional stigma, and disparities in pain assessment and treatment. Effective interventions using a multilevel, biopsychosocial approach are needed to decrease the unequal burden of pain. Group-based integrative pain management in primary care safety net clinics is a promising model to improve pain care for racially and ethnically diverse low-income people. Objective: To describe a study protocol to test the impacts of 2 group-based models - group acupuncture and integrative group medical visits - on multilevel pain-related outcomes. Methods: The study uses a 2x2 factorial randomized clinical trial to test two 12 week group-based models: group acupuncture and integrative group medical visits (IGMV, with psychoeducation, mind-body approaches, and social support). English or Spanish-speaking adults with chronic pain for ≥3 months receiving care in San Francisco Department of Public Health primary care clinics are eligible for the trial. All participants will receive usual care and be randomized to group acupuncture, IGMV, both, or waitlist control. The primary outcomes are changes from baseline to 3 month follow-up in pain impact and in social support for chronic pain. Secondary outcomes include pain interference, pain intensity, depression, anxiety, quality of life, and social isolation. Data will include patient-reported outcomes, electronic health record data, and qualitative interviews, focus groups and observations to assess multilevel individual, interpersonal and organizational outcomes. Discussion: Multilevel approaches are needed to advance health equity in pain management. Our study contributes to knowledge of group-based integrative pain management in primary care safety net clinics to address multilevel barriers and disparities in pain care.
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