title: Effects of a psychoeducational program for chronic pain management.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate the impact of an eight-week psychoeducational program focused on pain intensity, disability and depressive symptoms of patients with chronic pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  79 patients with chronic pain of different etiologies composed the sample. Patients were assessed before, at the end of the intervention and six months after the intervention. The program was developed by a nurse using cognitive-behavioral strategies and was conducted by a multidisciplinary team. The Wilcoxon test was used to compare repeated measures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the participants' mean age was 53 years old, most were female (91%), with an average of 9.5 years of schooling and an average pain duration of 9.9 years. Significant reduction in pain intensity (p<0.001), disability (p<0.001) and depressive symptoms (p<0.001) was found at the end of the program.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the psychoeducational program was effective in reducing pain intensity, reducing disability and in controlling depressive symptoms in this sample.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Faculdade de Ciências Medicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brazil. mgsalvet@fcm.unicamp.br
authors.forename: Marina de Góes
authors.initials: Mde G
authors.lastname: Salvetti
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cobelo
authors.forename: Patricia de Moura
authors.initials: Pde M
authors.lastname: Vernalha
authors.forename: Carmen Ilca de Almeida
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Vianna
authors.forename: Luciana Cristina Carvalho Costa Campos
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Canarezi
authors.forename: Renata Gomes Lacerda
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Calegare
mesh_terms: D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic