Experiencing COMFORT: Perceptions of Virtually-delivered Nonpharmacologic Therapies in Adults Prescribed Opioids for Chronic Pain

Chronic pain remains an important and ubiquitous public health issue and, in 2019, it was affecting one in five adults in the United States (U.S.), a rate which has remained virtually unchanged since 2016 (Dahlhamer  et al., 2016; Zelaya et al., 2020). Management of chronic pain in the U.S. often includes treatment with opioids; however, efforts have been made to reduce opioid use, most notably in 2016 with the release of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Guidelines for Prescribing Opio ids for Chronic Pain (Dowell et al., 2016).
Source: Pain Management Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Original Research Source Type: research