Online self-management program
May 4th 2010 20:05
AAPM: Online Program Helps Manage Pain
People helping each other cope
Published: February 09, 2010
SAN ANTONIO -- A personalized, online self-management program helped patients with pain syndromes improve coping skills and reduce stress and depression in two studies reported here.
Patients randomized to the self-management program demonstrated significant improvement in multiple social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes after six months (P<0.05 to P<0.01). Improvement in some parameters occurred within one month. A control group that was not exposed to the program showed no significant improvement.
"Our goal is to help people communicate better with providers, understand better how they can use social support, understand the comorbid conditions, like anxiety and depression, and develop cognitive skills to help get them through their pain episodes," said Emil Chiauzzi, PhD, of Inflexxion, the Newton, Mass. company that developed the program.
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