<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec><h3>Objective</h3><p>The aim of this scoping review was to provide evidence for health practitioners to improve patient education practice for chronic pain management.</p></sec><sec><h3>Methods</h3><p>A scoping review was guided by Arksey and O'Malley's (2005)<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_fon-2020-0040_ref_001_w2aab3b7b6b1b6b1ab2b1b1Aa">1</xref></sup> five-stage framework, investigated contemporary patient education programs (2007–2018) for chronic pain management in education content, formats of delivery, and tools used for evaluation. Content analysis and description were used for the outcome report.</p></sec><sec><h3>Results</h3><p>Seven quantitative studies were included. Education content consisted of General information, Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), Self-management, and Pain neurophysiology (PN). Education delivery formats varied from workbook to workbook, face-to-face, online, when given for a group or individual or in a combined way. In total, 19 tools were reported for the evaluation of the education programs.</p></sec><sec><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>There is a variety in the education content and the delivery formats. The majority of programs showed effectiveness in patients’ chronic pain management based on their selected evaluation tools. This review showed that patient education programs can be useful in chronic pain management. The effectiveness of patient education programs focuses on the improved patients’ physical function and quality of life rather than the cessation of pain only.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectiveThe aim of this scoping review was to provide evidence for health practitioners to improve patient education practice for chronic pain management.MethodsA scoping review was guided by Arksey and O'Malley's (2005)1 five-stage framework, investigated contemporary patient education programs (2007–2018) for chronic pain management in education content, formats of delivery, and tools used for evaluation. Content analysis and description were used for the outcome report.ResultsSeven quantitative studies were included. Education content consisted of General information, Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), Self-management, and Pain neurophysiology (PN). Education delivery formats varied from workbook to workbook, face-to-face, online, when given for a group or individual or in a combined way. In total, 19 tools were reported for the evaluation of the education programs.ConclusionsThere is a variety in the education content and the delivery formats. The majority of programs showed effectiveness in patients’ chronic pain management based on their selected evaluation tools. This review showed that patient education programs can be useful in chronic pain management. The effectiveness of patient education programs focuses on the improved patients’ physical function and quality of life rather than the cessation of pain only.

Education programs for people living with chronic pain: a scoping review

Frontiers of Nursing

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ObjectiveThe aim of this scoping review was to provide evidence for health practitioners to improve patient education practice for chronic pain...

Education programs for people living with chronic pain: a scoping review

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Jan 05, 2021

Page range: 307 - 319

Received: Mar 07, 2020

Accepted: May 17, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0040

Keywords
patient education, chronic pain management, scoping review, taxonomy, pain, patient education

© 2020 Hai-Ying Wang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Education programs for people living with chronic pain: a scoping review

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Jan 05, 2021

Page range: 307 - 319

Received: Mar 07, 2020

Accepted: May 17, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0040

Keywordspatient education, chronic pain management, scoping review, taxonomy, pain, patient education

© 2020 Hai-Ying Wang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
patient education, chronic pain management, scoping review, taxonomy, pain, patient education