A University of Michigan study published in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine suggests that a new, mostly digital program supported by trained medical assistants may help reduce how much pain interferes with day-to-day life for people with chronic pain.
The study tested a program called Promoting Resilience with Innovative Self-Management, which combines traditional cognitive behavioral therapy skills for pain with additional activities intended to promote resilience and positive emotion.
Promoting Resilience with Innovative Self-Management and CBT builds on established CBT skills with resilience-building exercises focused on gratitude, acts of kindness and savoring.
While patients in the group saw similar overall results as those in the other groups at the end of the eight-week program, researchers noted a significant long-term improvement in symptom impact (a global measure of fibromyalgia-related health and function) versus usual care a year later.
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