ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
Chronic pain treatment includes nonpharmacologic therapies such as exercise, neuroscience pain education and behavioral interventions. It is necessary to reduce barriers to treatment and provide interventions in an accessible way to all individuals who may benefit. There is a significant interest in the potential of pain management programs administered via the Internet (E-pain technology). The objective of this case report was to assess the application of an online intervention (Caminho da Recuperação) in the management of a patient with chronic pain.
CASE REPORT:
A 62-year-old male patient with chronic shoulder pain who underwent rotator cuff reconstruction. The Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS), Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) and the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI-Brazil) were collected on the first and second visits to the physiotherapy service. At the pre-intervention visit, the patient reported intensity of pain (60/100), TSK (39/64), PCS (26/52), SPADI disability (61.2) and SPADI pain (86). The post-intervention results showed improvements in all domains, pain intensity (10/100), TSK (33/64), PCS (5/52), SPADI disability (38) and SPADI pain (42).
CONCLUSION:
The “Caminho da Recuperação” showed to be viable for clinical practice and may help patients in remote areas or with physical and financial constraints. The results of the present study should be interpreted with caution. We recommend the development of clinical trials to test the effectiveness and cost analysis of the intervention.
Keywords:
Chronic pain; Health education; Internet; Pain; Patient education as a topic