title: The development and delivery of a female chronic pelvic pain management programme: a specialised interdisciplinary approach.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a physically and psychologically debilitating condition. European Association of Urology (EAU) Guidelines (2013) and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) guidelines (2012) place strong emphasis upon multi-speciality assessment and liaison, as well as interdisciplinary assessment and intervention in reference to the management of CPP.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim was to introduce and describe the development and delivery of an interdisciplinary pain management programme (PMP), at a Specialised Pain Management Centre in Liverpool, United Kingdom, for women diagnosed with CPP.
  
  
  METHODS
  The format and content of the CPP PMP at The Walton Centre, Liverpool, is described and the preliminary results from the CPP PMP are presented.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Preliminary data suggest that outcomes on the specialised CPP PMP indicate that patients are able to make clinically important change across a range of outcome measures. Moreover, these results compare favourably to the established PMP for generalised chronic pain when comparing clinically significant outcomes with the Walton Centre's (a tertiary-level pain management centre) 2013 PMP Audit document. Patients attending the CPP PMP positively appraised the PMP and felt it was useful and supportive to be in a group dedicated to CPP.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This article presents some preliminary results that suggest there is value in delivering a specialised multidisciplinary PMP for this group. There is a clear need for further clinical research into the effectiveness of similar interventions for CPP, including the early identification of those CPP patients who may benefit from both multi-specialty and interdisciplinary management.
authors.affiliation: Pain Management Programme, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Twiddy
authors.affiliation: Pain Management Programme, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.affiliation: Pain Management Programme, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chawla
authors.affiliation: Pain Management Programme, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Selina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Pain Management Programme, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bradshaw
authors.affiliation: Gynacology and Obstetrics, Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, Southport, UK.
authors.forename: Shaireen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aleem
authors.affiliation: Pain Management Programme, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Lucinda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mawdsley
keywords: Chronic pelvic pain; chronic pain; cognitive behavioural therapy; interdisciplinary team; multidisciplinary team; occupational therapy; pain management programme; pain medicine; physiotherapy; psychology; rehabilitation programme; self-management; uro-gynaecology