title: [Patients with chronic pain syndromes. Impact of an individual outpatient therapy program on pain and health-related quality of life].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The study was performed to reveal the effect of an individualized personal outpatient therapy program, based on a multidisciplinary assessment, on pain and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty patients were prospectively evaluated before and 3 months after establishment of an individualized outpatient therapy program. Health-related quality of life, pain and pain-related disability, depression and motivation to adopt self-management of chronic pain were assessed. Therapy adherence was tested with a structured interview.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Only marginal improvements were observed in terms of pain and health-related quality of life. Therapy adherence varied between the different therapies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An individualized personal outpatient therapy program has only marginal effects on pain and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic pain.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anaesthesiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Campus Grosshadern, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 München. vhuge@med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Huge
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beyer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kraft
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Azad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
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