2012-05-24T14:18:05Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/pain-management.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000151.html Feb 24, 2011 Feb 24, 2011

Depression treatment improves mental health and reduces the effects of pain on work among individuals with both chronic pain and depression.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110057.html Dec 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2010

This study provides descriptive information about 1,655 applicants in California who sought a physician's recommendation for medical marijuana, the conditions for which they sought treatment, and the diagnoses made by the physicians.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100112.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

<p>This study of the factors associated with clinician's intention to treat pain symptoms suggests that useful targets for improving pain management include bolstering clinicians? confidence in their own pain management skills and improving their trust in pain ratings.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100091.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

For prevalence studies of interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome, the best approach may be to use two definitions of the syndrome that yield a range. Case definitions developed in the RAND Interstitial Cystitis Epidemiology study can be used for this purpose.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100161.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

Although pain is a common reason for seeking medical care, pain screening at intake is often inaccurate.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090016.html Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

<p>A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial for anxiety treatment in primary care. Participants with panic disorder (PD) and/or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) were randomized to either their primary-care physician's usual care or a 12-month course of telephone-based collaborative care.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20081215.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>Estimates the minimally important difference for a fatigue visual analog scale (VAS) using patient-reported anchors (fatigue, pain, and overall health). This information can aid in interpreting fatigue VAS in day-to-day care in clinical practice.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080104.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>These data can be used to develop specific cognitive-behavioural programmes for men with CP/CPPS who are refractory to standard medical therapy.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080716.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>Primary care patients with reports of muscle pain, headache, or stomach pain are approximately 2.5-10 times more likely to screen positively for panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, or major depressive disorder.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080728.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>Shares insights from the landmark National Institutes of Health-funded Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network studies, which have improved management of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080324.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>In patient decisions to seek care for chronic pain, the first option was to go to the popular sector, then a general physician, and then a specialist. Illness behaviour should be seen as a process combining the use of different health care sectors.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080923.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>Finds that questions addressing the effect of pain on day-to-day functions are an important addition to standardized pain assessments in nursing homes, particularly for persons who report intermediate levels of pain severity.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080117.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>Assesses evidence about interventions to improve palliative and end-of-life care.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070119.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>There is strong evidence that pain is undertreated in black and Hispanic patients.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060626.html Dec 31, 2005 Dec 31, 2005

<p>No measures or indicators were available to evaluate the quality of supportive pediatric cancer care. Basic research is urgently needed to address measurement in populations with impaired self-report. Funding field testing of highest quality measures should be an urgent patient and family-centered priority to meet the needs of patients with cancer.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050609.html Dec 31, 2004 Dec 31, 2004

<p>Prediction rules have yet to be published for the interventions listed as brief pain-management programmes, but there is evidence that some tools are useful in detecting psychosocial aspects of low back pain and are predictive of poor outcomes.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050513.html Dec 31, 2004 Dec 31, 2004

<p>This paper studied foot pain and treatment options for children with juvenile arthritis, in particular the use of custom-made orthotics.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20030515.html Dec 31, 2002 Dec 31, 2002

<p>Comorbid pain among persons with depression is associated with more intensive use of general medical services but lower rates of use of mental health services.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19960040.html Dec 31, 1995 Dec 31, 1995

<p>Examines bedside charting of pain levels in hospitalized patients with cancer to see if it yields an improvement in pain control in cancer patients.</p>