Comparing the Effects of Pain Coping Interventions on Functioning and Quality of Life: A Quasi-Experiment

Comparing the Effects of Pain Coping Interventions on Functioning and Quality of Life:
A Quasi-Experiment

Abstract
Objective: To determine the extent to which an intervention aimed at increasing client participation in their own care (?) improves outcomes in the treatment of recalcitrant chronic pain.

Participants: Participants have experienced a variety of other treatments without success. They are referred by physicians to the “experimental” arm (Arm I), which is funded by public insurers; or to the “control arm (Arm II), which is not. Treatment is cognitive-behavioural therapy (?) in both arms; but Arm I also involves ….. (?)

Methodology: Quasi-experimental design, pre-...