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Papers: 21 Dec 2019 - 27 Dec 2019


Human Studies


2020 02 01


Pain Med


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Pain Management Telementoring, Long-term Opioid Prescribing, and Patient-Reported Outcomes.

Authors

Flynn D, Doorenbos AZ, Steffen A, McQuinn H, Langford DJ
Pain Med. 2020 02 01; 21(2):266-273.
PMID: 31876948.

Abstract

Benefits of primary care provider (PCP) participation in pain management telementoring have been reported; however, no studies have examined within-patient changes in dose or discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy (LOT). The objectives of this nonrandomized study were to evaluate the relationship between telementoring participation and 1) LOT dose reduction and 2) LOT discontinuation and to 3) explore the relationship between LOT dose changes and patient-reported outcomes.