Interdisciplinary Pelvic Pain Self-Management in a Small Group Format: Replication of Pilot Outcomes in Clinical Practice
Authors List
Joseph, K., Pelvic Pain NZ
Mills, J.,Pelvic Pain NZ
Introduction
Pelvic pain is a common, disabling and burdensome condition affecting many thousands of women in New Zealand. Current biomedical end-organ directed management approaches fail to bring relief for many with or without endometriosis. International literature however demonstrates that whole-person pain self-management approaches can improve pain and quality of life.
A pilot study of a six-week small group interdisciplinary pain self-management intervention for women living with pelvic pain demonstrated clinically significant improvement for 88% of participants across a number of domains, with no clinically significant deterioration on any measure.
Following this successful pilot the intervention was delivered as a treatment option for women with pelvic pain attending a private pelvic pain clinic. Outcome measures and free text feedback were collected for ongoing quality improvement.
Aims
To confirm the efficacy and acceptability of a group self-management programme for women with pelvic pain in real-world clinical practice.
Methods
Using a within-subject pre-and-post design, the participants completed self-report measures prior to, and immediately and at six- and 12-months following participation.
Results
Results demonstrate clinically significant gains immediately following and up to 12 months after participating in a group self-management programme for pelvic pain.
Conclusions
Consistent with the pilot, this small-group pain self-management programme demonstrates improvements in wellbeing and self-efficacy for women living with pelvic pain.
References
Joseph, K. (2020). The Development and Delivery of a Specialised Multidisciplinary Pain Management Group Programme for Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain (Master’s dissertation, University of Otago).
Joseph, K. Mills M (2023) Improvements from small group multidisciplinary pain management intervention for women living with pelvic pain maintain at 12 months. Pain Reports (in press)
Joseph, K., Pelvic Pain NZ
Mills, J.,Pelvic Pain NZ
Introduction
Pelvic pain is a common, disabling and burdensome condition affecting many thousands of women in New Zealand. Current biomedical end-organ directed management approaches fail to bring relief for many with or without endometriosis. International literature however demonstrates that whole-person pain self-management approaches can improve pain and quality of life.
A pilot study of a six-week small group interdisciplinary pain self-management intervention for women living with pelvic pain demonstrated clinically significant improvement for 88% of participants across a number of domains, with no clinically significant deterioration on any measure.
Following this successful pilot the intervention was delivered as a treatment option for women with pelvic pain attending a private pelvic pain clinic. Outcome measures and free text feedback were collected for ongoing quality improvement.
Aims
To confirm the efficacy and acceptability of a group self-management programme for women with pelvic pain in real-world clinical practice.
Methods
Using a within-subject pre-and-post design, the participants completed self-report measures prior to, and immediately and at six- and 12-months following participation.
Results
Results demonstrate clinically significant gains immediately following and up to 12 months after participating in a group self-management programme for pelvic pain.
Conclusions
Consistent with the pilot, this small-group pain self-management programme demonstrates improvements in wellbeing and self-efficacy for women living with pelvic pain.
References
Joseph, K. (2020). The Development and Delivery of a Specialised Multidisciplinary Pain Management Group Programme for Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain (Master’s dissertation, University of Otago).
Joseph, K. Mills M (2023) Improvements from small group multidisciplinary pain management intervention for women living with pelvic pain maintain at 12 months. Pain Reports (in press)
