2024
Integrated, Team-Based Chronic Pain Management: Bridges from Theory and Research to High-Quality Patient Care
Driscoll M, Kerns R. Integrated, Team-Based Chronic Pain Management: Bridges from Theory and Research to High-Quality Patient Care. 2024, 227-243. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-8921-8_14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchManagement of chronic painChronic painBiopsychosocial modelAssociated with costs of careBiopsychosocial model of chronic painExperience of chronic painMental health professionalsCost of careChronic pain managementSignificant public health concernPhysical functionPublic health concernHealth professionalsAssociated with declinesEmotional distressPain managementTeam-basedAssociated with costsLost wagesSocioeconomic burdenInterdisciplinary treatment approachHealth concernPainModels of chronic painGrowing body of research
2023
“It Made Me Not Want to See him…”: The Role of Patient-Provider Communication in Influencing Rural-Dwelling Women Veterans’ Motivation to Seek Health Care for Managing Chronic Pain
Johnson N, Steffensmeier K, Garvin L, Adamowicz J, Obrecht A, Rothmiller S, Sibenaller Z, Stout L, Driscoll M, Hadlandsmyth K. “It Made Me Not Want to See him…”: The Role of Patient-Provider Communication in Influencing Rural-Dwelling Women Veterans’ Motivation to Seek Health Care for Managing Chronic Pain. Health Communication 2023, 39: 1161-1174. PMID: 37161286, DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2023.2207280.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWomen veteransHealth careChronic painPatient-provider communication skillsHigher health care utilizationRural women veteransPatient-provider communicationSeeking health careHealth care utilizationPain treatment optionsChronic pain managementPatient-providerCare utilizationSeeking careSource of motivationMotivational interviewingInterview participantsPain managementDecision-makingCareVeteransCommunication skillsProvidersPain conditionsHealth
2018
Patient Experiences Navigating Chronic Pain Management in an Integrated Health Care System: A Qualitative Investigation of Women and Men
Driscoll MA, Knobf MT, Higgins DM, Heapy A, Lee A, Haskell S. Patient Experiences Navigating Chronic Pain Management in an Integrated Health Care System: A Qualitative Investigation of Women and Men. Pain Medicine 2018, 19: s19-s29. PMID: 30203009, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pny139.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntegrated health care systemHealth care systemPain careCare systemNational integrated health care systemRate of painChronic pain managementChronic pain patientsVeterans Affairs (VA) careMedication usePain managementPain patientsIntegrated health careProvider communicationPatient educationMedical CenterPatient expectationsPainProvider behaviorConstant comparative approachCareHealth careLogistical barriersWomenWomen's perceptionsImpact of Cigarette Smoking Status on Pain Intensity Among Veterans With and Without Hepatitis C
Lynch SM, Wilson SM, DeRycke EC, Driscoll MA, Becker WC, Goulet JL, Kerns RD, Mattocks KM, Brandt CA, Bathulapalli H, Skanderson M, Haskell SG, Bastian LA. Impact of Cigarette Smoking Status on Pain Intensity Among Veterans With and Without Hepatitis C. Pain Medicine 2018, 19: s5-s11. PMID: 30203017, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pny146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatitis C virusSevere pain intensityPain intensityElectronic medical recordsCurrent smokersSmoking statusVeterans Health Administration primary care clinicsOperations Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom/New DawnIndependent risk factorInteraction of smokingNumeric rating scalePrimary care clinicsHigher pain intensityCigarette smoking statusICD-9 codesOEF/OIF/OND veteransCross-sectional analysisCohort studyCurrent smokingHepatitis C.Severe painPain managementTobacco smokingCare clinicsChronic pain
2016
Integrated, Team-Based Chronic Pain Management: Bridges from Theory and Research to High Quality Patient Care
Driscoll MA, Kerns RD. Integrated, Team-Based Chronic Pain Management: Bridges from Theory and Research to High Quality Patient Care. Advances In Experimental Medicine And Biology 2016, 904: 131-147. PMID: 26900068, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-7537-3_10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalgesicsChronic PainCognitive Behavioral TherapyCombined Modality TherapyComplementary TherapiesCost of IllnessDecision MakingDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedEmpathyGoalsHumansModels, NeurologicalModels, PsychologicalPain ClinicsPain ManagementPatient Care TeamProfessional-Patient RelationsQuality of LifeSocioeconomic FactorsConceptsChronic painSignificant public health concernChronic pain managementInterdisciplinary treatment approachBiopsychosocial modelCost of carePublic health concernHigh-quality patient careQuality patient careMental health professionalsPain managementSocioeconomic burdenPhysical functioningPainTreatment approachesHealth professionalsPatient careOptimal managementHealth concernEmotional distressCare