UNLABELLED There is little research in Southeast Asia focusing on patients' experiences of seeking psychological treatment for chronic pain. OBJECTIVE This study aims to understand the experiences of patients seeking psychological treatment for chronic pain in this region. SETTING Outpatient pain clinic at a tertiary hospital in Singapore. SUBJECTS People with experiences of attending psy...

The association among race, neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES), and chronic pain has not been well examined in older people. Clinical data was obtained from older adults (>50 years old) presenting to a tertiary care pain center. The relative roles of race and neighborhood SES on the chronic pain experienced in older black and white adults were assessed. Older blacks experienced more affect...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Prior research indicates that primary care physicians have predominantly negative attitudes toward chronic pain patients, and chronic pain patients have predominantly low satisfaction with the care and treatment they receive in primary care. This current state of affairs highlights the need for Patient-centered Medical Home (PCMH) innovations for the treatment of chron...

BACKGROUND Patients with chronic conditions require frequent care visits. Problems can arise during several parts of the patient visit that decrease efficiency, making it difficult to effectively care for high volumes of patients. The purpose of the study is to test a method to improve patient visit efficiency. METHODS We used Patient Flow Analysis to identify inefficiencies in the patient vi...

SETTING Two Australian public hospital multidisciplinary pain centers (MPCs) situated on opposite sides of the country. OBJECTIVE   Restructuring our services to become patient-centred and patient-driven by enabling entry to our MPCs through an education portal, inclusive of both knowledge and self-management skills, and to then be free to select particular treatment options on the basis of e...

This study examined the role of religious and nonreligious cognitive-behavioral coping in a sample of 61 chronic pain patients from a midwestern pain clinic. Participants described their chronic pain and indicated their use of religious and nonreligious cognitive-behavioral coping strategies. Results supported a multidimensional conceptualization of religious coping that includes both positive ...

OBJECTIVE Chronic musculoskeletal pain is a very common and costly health problem. Patients presenting to rheumatology clinics with chronic pain can be difficult to manage. We studied 354 patients referred to a rheumatology chronic pain clinic over 5 yrs to identify factors affecting their self-efficacy and intensity of pain. METHODS We collected data for each patient, covering demographic an...

The objectives of this study were to (1) determine the frequency of the MMPI profile types identified by Marks and Seeman (1963) among chronic pain patients, and (2) determine the predictive validity of the profile types found. One thousand, six hundred and seven valid MMPIs from chronic pain patients seen at a multidisciplinary pain center for possible inpatient treatment were categorized into...

OBJECTIVES Catastrophizing is often the primary target of the cognitive-behavioral treatment of chronic pain. Recent literature on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) suggests an important role in the pain experience for the concepts mindfulness and acceptance. The aim of this study is to examine the influence of mindfulness and general psychological acceptance on pain-related catastrophizi...

BACKGROUND Waiting list management at chronic pain clinics has become a serious problem throughout Canada. We analyzed the waiting list at the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) Pain Centre. METHODS The present study is an observational, prospective study. We used a specifically designed survey questionnaire. Survey findings were analyzed with descriptive statistical method...