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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 5/2018

01-05-2018 | Capsule Commentary

Capsule Commentary on Turner et al., Randomized Trial of Chronic Pain Self-management Program in Community or Clinic for Low-Income Primary Care Patients

Author: Lauren S. Penney, Ph.D.

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 5/2018

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This parallel group trial by Turner et al.1 evaluated two tailored interventions for low-income, mostly Hispanic chronic pain patients who had been prescribed opioids for more than 2 months. Participants were randomized to either to (1) nine group community lectures or (2) monthly one-on-one meetings with community health workers. At the end of the intervention (6 months), subjects in both community and clinic experienced improvement in multiple functional outcome measures, though only those receiving one-on-one meetings saw significant improvement in the 6-min walk test and SF-12 physical component scale in ITT analyses. …
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Metadata
Title
Capsule Commentary on Turner et al., Randomized Trial of Chronic Pain Self-management Program in Community or Clinic for Low-Income Primary Care Patients
Author
Lauren S. Penney, Ph.D.
Publication date
01-05-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 5/2018
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4370-5

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