Group-based Integrative Pain Management in Primary Care Safety Net Clinics

Description

Socioeconomically disadvantaged populations have a high prevalence of chronic pain, exacerbated by social isolation, intersectional stigma, and disparities in pain assessment and treatment options. Effective interventions using a multilevel, biopsychosocial approach are needed to decrease the unequal burden of pain. The proposed study will test group-based integrative models of pain management in primary care safety net clinics to improve pain care for racially and ethnically diverse low-income patients.

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Socioeconomically disadvantaged populations have a high prevalence of chronic pain, exacerbated by social isolation, intersectional stigma, and disparities in pain assessment and treatment options. Effective interventions using a multilevel, biopsychosocial approach are needed to decrease the unequal burden of pain. The proposed study will test group-based integrative models of pain management in primary care safety net clinics to improve pain care for racially and ethnically diverse low-income patients.

Group-based Integrative Pain Management: A Multi-level Approach to Address Intersectional Stigma and Social Isolation in Diverse Primary Care Safety Net Patients With Chronic Pain

Group-based Integrative Pain Management in Primary Care Safety Net Clinics

Condition
Chronic Pain
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

San Francisco

Tom Waddell Urban Health Clinic, San Francisco, California, United States, 94102

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Adults aged ≥ 18
  • * Fluency in English or Spanish
  • * Panelled to a primary care provider at one of the study clinics
  • * Diagnosis of chronic pain (\> 3 months)
  • * Had a primary care visit for chronic pain within the past six months
  • * Ability to provide a phone number
  • * Able to participate in groups
  • * Intent to be available for up to 24 weeks
  • * Received group-based pain management in the past 3 months
  • * Received acupuncture treatment for pain in the past 3 months
  • * Active cancer treatment
  • * Inability to provide informed consent due to mental illness or cognitive impairment

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, San Francisco,

Maria Chao, DrPH, MPA, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, San Francisco

Study Record Dates

2027-04-30