Chronic Pain

Most American adults use alternatives to opioid drugs such as complementary medicine to manage their pain, but psychological therapies are infrequently implemented, researchers say.

EaseVRx is designed for home use and is available by prescription to patients with clinically diagnosed lower back conditions, FDA says.

Group-based CBT intervention produced modest, but sustained, reductions in measures of pain, pain-related disability

Findings show noninferior outcomes at three months versus cognitive behavioral therapy

Prescription opioid use highest for those aged 45 to 64 years; more likely among women, unemployed adults

Nearly 60% of adults reported experiencing chronic physical pain in 2019, with seniors having much of the burden. Women, non-Hispanic white adults, and people with incomes well below the poverty line were...

Even the best, multimodal treatment strategies may be only 30% effective, say the authors of a new review and pain management guide.

Nursing home care providers were able to more smoothly adopt evidence-based pain management guidelines when they had the support of specially trained registered nurses, a study in Sweden has found.

An evidence-based model of therapy increased participant engagement in their own care, resulting in better mobility, decreased pain and improved quality of life, the lead therapist said.

At 12 months, fully 56% of participants who received phone-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy were still in remission from insomnia, compared with 26% of the control group.