Virtual care for patients with chronic pain and addictions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mukhida, Karim; Stewart, James E.; Mehrpooya, Reza

doi:10.1080/24740527.2020.1785856

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“… 91–94 This has been especially clear during the COVID-19 pandemic in which limitations to patients’ abilities to physically attend pain clinics meant that pharmacists played a larger role in monitoring for opioid aberrant behaviors and liaising with physicians about potential concerns about opioid misuse. 95 , 96 Pharmacists were rarely depicted in the films reviewed, however. The only depiction occurred in Cake , and in that film the pharmacist acts unethically.…”

Section: Depiction Of Health Care Professionals’ Attitudesmentioning

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Popcorn in the pain clinic: A content analysis of the depiction of patients with chronic pain and their management in motion pictures

Mukhida

Sedighi

Hart³

2022

Canadian Journal of Pain

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The watching of films is popular and accessible to broad segments of the population. The depiction of medical conditions in films has the potential to affect the public’s perception of them and contribute to stereotypes and stigma. We investigated how patients with chronic pain and their management are depicted in feature films. Films that contained characters with or references to chronic pain were searched for using databases such as the International Movie Database. Themes that emerged from the content analysis revolved around the films’ depictions of characters with pain, their health care providers, and therapies for pain management. Patients with chronic pain were depicted in various ways, including in manners that could elicit empathy from audiences or that might contribute to the development of negative stereotypes about them. The attitudes of health care professionals toward patients with chronic pain ranged from compassionate to dispassionate. Pain management was typically depicted as lacking in breadth or using multidisciplinary approaches with a focus on pharmacological management. The variety of topics related to chronic pain depicted in feature films lends to their use in medical education strategies to better inform health care professions trainees about chronic pain management.

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Section: Depiction Of Health Care Professionals’ Attitudesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Popcorn in the pain clinic: A content analysis of the depiction of patients with chronic pain and their management in motion pictures

Mukhida

Sedighi

Hart³

2022

Canadian Journal of Pain

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“…In response to the novel coronavirus (COVID‐19), stringent measures were rapidly implemented to help curb the spread of the virus, including abrupt and recurring closures of schools, workplaces, community and childcare programs, social distancing and reduced access to healthcare services (McMahon et al, 2020; Mukhida et al, 2020; Poletti & Raballo, 2020; Stewart et al, 2021). According to diathesis‐stress theoretical models, psychopathology may become triggered or exacerbated by the interaction between predisposing traits and more proximal stressors (Blatt & Zuroff, 1992).…”

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Pain, mental health and healthcare utilization: Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on youth with chronic pain, parents and siblings

Soltani

Killackey

Birnie

et al. 2023

European Journal of Pain

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BackgroundPaediatric chronic pain was a public health emergency before the novel coronavirus (COVID‐19) pandemic, and this problem is predicted to escalate. Pain tends to occur intergenerationally in families, and youth with chronic pain and their parents have high rates of mental health issues, which can further exacerbate pain. Siblings of youth with chronic pain have been largely overlooked in research, as well as the impact of the pandemic on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and healthcare utilization.MethodsThis cross‐sectional study examined pain, mental health and healthcare utilization in three groups: youth with chronic pain (n = 357), parents of youth with chronic pain (n = 233) and siblings of youth with chronic pain (n = 156) during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Canada.ResultsMore so than with pain symptoms, the results revealed high levels of mental health symptoms (i.e. anxiety, depressive, and PTSD), particularly in individuals more personally impacted by the pandemic. The largest effect was seen on PTSD symptoms for all groups. For parents with chronic pain, greater personal COVID‐19 impact was related to worse pain interference. Reported rates of healthcare utilization were strikingly high, with youth with chronic pain, parents (reporting on behalf of their children with chronic pain), and siblings of youth with chronic pain reporting that most consultations were due to pain.ConclusionsLongitudinal research assessing these outcomes across continued waves of the pandemic is needed to ensure timely, tailored and equitable access to pain and mental health assessment and treatment.SignificanceThis study examined pain, mental health, substance use and healthcare utilization in youth with chronic pain, siblings and parents during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Greater personal impact of the pandemic was not largely associated with poorer pain outcomes; however, it was associated with mental health, with the largest effect on PTSD symptoms. The high rates and significant association of COVID‐19 impact with PTSD symptoms underscore the importance of including PTSD assessment as part of routine screening practices in pain clinics.

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Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2020

Bodnar

2022

Peptides

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Virtual care for patients with chronic pain and addictions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Popcorn in the pain clinic: A content analysis of the depiction of patients with chronic pain and their management in motion pictures

Popcorn in the pain clinic: A content analysis of the depiction of patients with chronic pain and their management in motion pictures

Pain, mental health and healthcare utilization: Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on youth with chronic pain, parents and siblings

Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2020

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