Moving pain management programmes into the digital age: development and evaluation of an online PMP for people with chronic pain

Herron, Katie, Bradshaw, Alison, Liptrot, Matthew, Wieringa, Gina, Mathews, Kerry, Wiles, John and Johnson, Selina ORCID: 0000-0001-8788-4512 (2024) Moving pain management programmes into the digital age: development and evaluation of an online PMP for people with chronic pain. Frontiers in Pain Research, 5. 1337734-.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2024.1337734

Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Introduction</jats:title><jats:p>In response to Coronovirus Disease (COVID-19) health care restrictions, the pain management programme delivered group treatment digitally (OPMP). We aimed to: 1) evaluate pain related outcomes of the OPMP, 2) evaluate patient satisfaction and qualitive feedback of the OPMP and 3) compare OPMP outcomes with the pre-pandemic face to face (F2F) PMP outcomes.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>Age, gender, pain duration, occupational status, referral information and patient satisfaction data were collected. Pre- and post-treatment pain related outcomes were compared by calculating mean difference, benchmarking with effect size (Cohen's <jats:italic>d</jats:italic>) and determining clinically significant change (CSC) for OPMP and F2F PMP.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>Two-hundred and thirty-seven patients provided outcome data, with 60 completing the OPMP and 177 completing the F2F PMP. OPMP patients were 10 years younger than the F2F PMP (44.8 vs 53.3), more were female (6.5:1 vs 2.8:1), more were working (45% vs 27%) and fewer were retired (3% vs 17%). The OPMP showed improvements comparable to the F2F PMP. Large effect size was reported across all outcome domains including objective physical outcomes. Eighty-one percent of OPMP patients were ‘extremely likely’ to recommend the programme but just over 50% of patients felt F2F would provide greater clinical benefits.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title><jats:p>The results support that OPMP is effective for carefully selected patients following a multidisciplinary team assessment however more complex cases still require F2F PMP.</jats:p></jats:sec>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	online, outcomes, pain management programme, quality of life, remote
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	17 Apr 2024 09:40
Last Modified:	23 Apr 2024 11:03
DOI:	10.3389/fpain.2024.1337734
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2024.1337734
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3180400