An Assessment of the Efficacy of an Online Pain Management Programme During the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Background: Following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated social distancing requirements, Pain Services were no longer able to deliver face-to-face Pain Management Programmes (PMP). As an alternative, the Bury Integrated Pain Service developed an interactive, online programme, delivered via Microsoft Teams videoconferencing technology. However, the efficacy of such programmes is unclear.

The role of self-efficacy and catastrophizing in explaining improvements in disability, pain and fatigue among patients with chronic widespread pain treated with physiotherapy: an exploratory analysis.

Objectives: Most research exploring the relationship between cognitive factors (catastrophizing and self-efficacy beliefs) and levels of pain, disability and fatigue in patients with chronic widespread pain has been performed in multidisciplinary environments. It is less clear whether these associations are valid in other clinical environments. This study therefore aimed to establish whether changes in cognitive factors were related to changes in pain, disability and fatigue among patients treated in a physiotherapy-led symptom management programme.

Cognitive factors are associated with disability and pain, but not fatigue among physiotherapy attendees with persistent pain and fatigue.

Objectives: Most research exploring the relationship between cognitive factors and pain, disability and fatigue in patients with persistent pain/fatigue has been performed in multi disciplinary environments. It is unclear whether these associations are consistent in other contexts. This study therefore aimed to establish the relationships between these factors in patients with persistent pain/fatigue referred for physiotherapy treatment.