Objectives: Social and interpersonal factors may impact chronic pain self-care and self-
management; however, no integrated measure exists to assess the interplay of these factors …

Objectives: Social and interpersonal factors impact the trajectory of chronic pain. We
previously developed and validated a 2-factor, 7-item measure to assess interpersonal …

Objective. To identify barriers and facilitators to self-management of chronic musculoskeletal
pain among patients with comorbid pain and depression. Design. A qualitative study using …

While effective self-management of chronic pain is important, clinic-based studies exclude
the more typical pattern of self-management that occurs in the community, often without …

Maria has significant, chronic knee pain from osteoarthritis that she feels has worsened
through years of bending over and kneeling during her career as a licensed practical nurse …

Objective The goal of multidisciplinary treatment for chronic pain is to help patients actively
self-manage pain. In this study, we examined predictors of 2 measures of readiness to self …

Objectives To assess the efficacy of a self-management group intervention in improving
physical functioning, mood, and pain among elderly persons with chronic pain, and to …

Chronic pain requires affected individuals to self-manage their health. This study compared
barriers and facilitators of self-management in two groups of people with chronic pain: those …

Objective. This article has the following two primary objectives: 1) to provide a discussion of
the self-management of pain for older adults in relation to therapist-assisted cognitive …

Objectives. Chronic pain is prevalent, costly, and is associated with profound psychological
effects. Although pain is prevalent in returning veterans of the recent military conflicts in …