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Papers: 13 Apr 2019 - 19 Apr 2019

RESEARCH TYPE:
Psychology


Human Studies


2019 Aug


Eur J Pain


23


7

Health-related quality of life change in patients treated at a multidisciplinary pain clinic.

Authors

Vartiainen P, Heiskanen T, Sintonen H, Roine RP, Kalso E
Eur J Pain. 2019 Aug; 23(7):1318-1328.
PMID: 30980782.

Abstract

Multidisciplinary pain management (MPM) is a generally-accepted method for treating chronic pain, but heterogeneous outcome measures provide only limited conclusions concerning its effectiveness. Therefore, further studies on the effectiveness of MPM are needed to identify subgroups of patients who benefit, or do not benefit, from these interventions. Our aim was to analyze health-related quality of life (HRQoL) changes after MPM and to identify factors associated with treatment outcomes.