Primary Care Clinician Adherence to Guidelines for the Management of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Results from the Study of the Effectiveness of a Collaborative Approach to Pain

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1490-1501

  Corson, Kathryn ^a,b   Doak, Melanie N ^a   Denneson, Lauren ^a   Crutchfield, Megan ^a   Soleck, Geoffrey ^a   Dickinson, Kathryn C ^a   Gerrity, Martha S ^a   Dobscha, Steven K ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic Pain; Pain Management; Quality of Healthcare; Randomized Controlled Trial

Indexed keywords

OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DROWSINESS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN PROCESS CHECKLIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRURITUS; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE SCORE; SIDE EFFECT; SWEATING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VETERAN; VOMITING;

EID: 80255138295     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01231.x     Document Type: Article

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