This study explored if a self-management training program was feasible for a predominantly older rural Latino adults with chronic pain who had limited access to non-pharmacologically based pain treatment. Physical therapy doctoral students delivered the six-week low-literacy low-cost patient-centered program. The intervention was feasible to the participants (n=38) who showed improvement in a majority of the eight outcome measures at 6-week posttest and three measures at 18-week followup. The changes in pain severity, pain interference and pain-related physical functions reached minimally clinically important difference at follow-up. A randomized controlled trial with long-term follow-up is needed to test the program effectiveness in partnership with community health centers to increase access to pain management in rural communities.
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Yin, Z., Li, S., Ortega, C., Bobadilla, R., Winkler, P. L., Hernández, A. E., & Simmonds, M. J. (2021). Impacts on patient-centered outcomes of a chronic pain self-management program in a rural community: A feasibility study. Geriatric Nursing, 42(5), 1198–1203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.06.026
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