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Cohesion and chronic pain: A case for assessing an overlooked process variable
Sean Woodland1, Randy Gilliland2, John Blue Star3
1Chronic Pain Management Department.
Abstract:
Chronic pain management services are often provided in group formats, as they are cost effective, increase access to care, and provide unique and needed social support to patients, but mixed outcomes for these groups indicate room for improvement. A small but growing body of research suggests routine assessment of and feedback on group cohesion may improve individual patient outcomes, though this has not been studied among chronic pain groups. Provided in this article is a rationale for assessing group cohesion in pain management programs, along with considerations for how and when to use routine outcome monitoring of cohesion in clinical practice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
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