%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation of uptake and effect on patient
%A Joanna K Anderson
%A Louise M Wallace
%J British Journal of Pain
%@ 2049-4645
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/2049463717734015
%X In the United Kingdom, chronic pain affects approximately 28 million adults, creating significant healthcare and socio-economic costs. The aim was to establish whether a programme designed to use best evidence of content and delivery will be used by patients with significant musculoskeletal pain problems. Of 528 patients recruited, 376 participated in a 7-week-long group-based self-management programme (SMP) co-delivered by clinical and lay tutors. Of these, 308 patients (mean age, 53 years; 69% females, 94% White) completed at least five SMP sessions. Six months after pre-course assessment, participants reported significantly improved patient activation and health status, lower depression and anxiety scores, decreased pain severity and interference, and improved self-management skills. There were no improvements in health state and pain self-efficacy. Uptake rate was 71% and completion 82%. The results should be of value to commissioners of pathways of care for the large numbers of patients attending the English NHS for chronic musculoskeletal pain
%K Chronic pain
%K self-management
%K patient activation
%K self-efficacy
%K service evaluation
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2049463717734015