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Do Sleep and Psychological Distress Mediate the Association Between Neighborhood Factors and Pain?

Understanding how sleep problems, psychological distress, and neighborhood characteristics contribute to pain can help shape interventions to reduce pain-related disparities.

Jun 27, 2018
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Massage for Pain: An Evidence Map

More research is needed to establish confidence in the effect of massage therapy for pain.

Jun 27, 2018
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Veteran Experiences Seeking Non-pharmacologic Approaches for Pain

Veterans are interested in complementary non-pharmacologic approaches to manage pain but they cite a range of barriers to access, including poor communication with providers and poor care coordination.

Jun 1, 2018
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"It Encourages Them to Complain": A Qualitative Study of the Unintended Consequences of Assessing Patient-Reported Pain

This article describes potential unintended consequences of implementing routine pain screening in primary care.

Apr 11, 2018
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Benefits and Harms of Cranial Electrical Stimulation for Chronic Painful Conditions, Depression, Anxiety, and Insomnia: A Systematic Review

There is insufficient evidence that cranial electronic stimulation has clinically important effects on fibromyalgia, headache, neuromusculoskeletal pain, joint pain, depression, or insomnia; low-strength evidence suggests a modest benefit for anxiety and depression.

Mar 22, 2018
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The Evaluation of Medical Inpatients Who Are Admitted on Long-term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain

Outpatient guidelines can help hospitalists evaluate inpatients on long-term opioid therapy, but more work is needed to help providers make decisions for inpatients that balance effective pain treatment and opioid risk reduction.

Feb 13, 2018
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Cost-effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Versus Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or Usual Care Among Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain

CLBP is expensive in terms of healthcare costs and lost productivity. Mind-body interventions have been found effective for back pain, but their cost-effectiveness is unexplored.

Jan 31, 2018
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Barriers to Using Nonpharmacologic Approaches and Reducing Opioid Use in Primary Care

Decreasing the reliance of VA providers on opioid prescribing for chronic pain requires local availability of nonpharmacologic pain therapies (NPTs) as well as provider efficacy in prescribing NPTs.

Dec 14, 2017
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A Cost-Analysis of an Interdisciplinary Pediatric Chronic Pain Clinic

An interdisciplinary approach to management of chronic pediatric pain can reduce costs for hospitals and insurers.

Dec 14, 2017
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The Impact of Practice Guidelines on Opioid Utilization for Injured Workers

Guidelines designed to reduce the prescription of opioids following an injury did not reduce opioid use.

Dec 7, 2017
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine Services in the Military Health System

Complementary and alternative medicine services are offered in the majority of military treatment facilities to address service members' pain and mental health needs.

Oct 31, 2017
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Challenges to Teaming for Pain in Primary Care

Better understanding task distribution related to chronic pain assessment and management can help improve team-based pain care.

Aug 23, 2017
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Development and Feasibility of a Structured Goals of Care Communication Guide

Studies demonstrate the benefits of discussing goals of care and advance care planning, yet many patients with serious illness do not engage in such discussions with healthcare providers.

May 30, 2017
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Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Prescription Drug Misuse Among Active-Duty Service Members

This report presents the framework of an analytic tool that can help the military predict future trends in PDM based on current demographics of active-duty service members and rates of injury and prescribing of prescription drugs.

Jan 4, 2017
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Integrative Pain Management Centers in the Military: The Challenges

Integrative medicine might be the appropriate model for pain management in the military; however, the structural and process elements to bring it about are not yet in place or fully understood.

Oct 10, 2016
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Mindfulness Meditation for Chronic Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Chronic pain patients increasingly seek treatment through mindfulness meditation. This study aims to synthesize evidence on efficacy and safety of mindfulness meditation interventions for the treatment of chronic pain in adults.

Oct 7, 2016
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Mindfulness Meditation for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review

RAND researchers conducted a systematic review that synthesized evidence from trials of mindfulness meditation interventions to provide estimates of their efficacy and safety in alleviating chronic pain.

Oct 4, 2016
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Factors Associated with Family Reports of Pain, Dyspnea, and Depression in the Last Year of Life

Family reports of patients' experiences with pain, difficult breathing, and depression near the end of life suggest strategies at the clinical and population level for assessing and managing symptoms.

Aug 23, 2016
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Longitudinal Associations Among Pain, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms, and Stress Appraisals

Comorbidity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and pain is well documented, but the mechanisms underlying their comorbidity are not well understood.

Mar 2, 2016
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Out-of-pocket Expenditures on Complementary Health Approaches Associated with Painful Health Conditions in a Nationally Representative Adult Sample

National surveys suggest that millions of adults in the United States use complementary health approaches such as acupuncture, chiropractic manipulation, and herbal medicines to manage painful conditions such as arthritis, back pain and fibromyalgia.

Sep 14, 2015

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RAND Topic:
Pain Management

Topic Synonyms:
Pain Relief

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