- Title
- Chronic pain Overlap and specificity in multimorbidity management
- Creator
- Bruggink, Laura; Hayes, Chris; Lawrence, Gali; Brain, Katherine; Holliday, Simon
- Relation
- Australian Journal of General Practice Vol. 48, Issue 10, p. 689-692
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.31128/AJGP-06-19-4966
- Publisher
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Background: Chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) frequently co-occurs with other chronic conditions, resulting in multimorbidity. Objective: The aim of this article is to summarise current approaches to CNCP management and explore areas of specificity and overlap with chronic conditions in general. Discussion: The biomedical component of the management of chronic conditions may be condition-specific. However, mind-body, connection, activity and nutrition components entail significant overlap and are helpful across conditions. Effective practice avoids overemphasis on medical treatments at the expense of evidence-based, multidimensional lifestyle approaches. CNCP management illustrates the case for reconceptualising chronic condition management using a generic lifestyle-based approach. This capitalises on overlapping treatments, creates system efficiency and allows patients with multimorbidity to be treated more effectively in primary care, with only a small subgroup referred to condition-specific tertiary services.
- Subject
- chronic pain; chronic disease; lifestyle; multimorbidity; primary healthcare; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1469877
- Identifier
- uon:48329
- Identifier
- ISSN:2208-794X
- Language
- eng
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