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Evaluation Of The Bunbury Chronic Pain Management Program, Samar Aoun, Carmen Gregg
Evaluation Of The Bunbury Chronic Pain Management Program, Samar Aoun, Carmen Gregg
Research outputs pre 2011
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a six-week program in pain management for patients with chronic pain referred by GPs in Bunbury, Australind, Harvey, Collie, and Donnybrook. The evaluation consisted of a retrospective analysis of patient data from the first 3 courses of the program (November 1996 to March 1997), and satisfaction surveys for 26 clients, 26 GPs and the 7 staff in the multidisciplinary team.
A comparison of pre-program and post-program pain inventory psychometric measures revealed a significant decrease in the amount pain interfered with general activity, social activities, normal work, sleep and mood. …