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Title: | Chronic pain: Overlap and specificity in multimorbidity management. | Authors: | Bruggink L Hayes C Lawrence G Brain K Holliday S |
Keywords: | multimorbidity chronic disease Chronic Pain primary health care |
Issue Date: | 3-Oct-2019 | Source: | 48(10):689-692 | Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) frequently co-occurs with other chronic conditions, resulting in multimorbidity. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this article is to summarise current approaches to CNCP management and explore areas of specificity and overlap with chronic conditions in general. DISCUSSION: The biomedical component of the management of chronic conditions may be condition-specific. However, mind-body, connection, activity and nutrition components entail significant overlap and are helpful across conditions. Effective practice avoids overemphasis on medical treatments at the expense of evidence-based, multidimensional lifestyle approaches. CNCP management illustrates the case for reconceptualising chronic condition management using a generic lifestyle-based approach. This capitalises on overlapping treatments, creates system efficiency and allows patients with multimorbidity to be treated more effectively in primary care, with only a small subgroup referred to condition-specific tertiary services. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11055/885 |
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