Feasibility Trial of an eHealth Intervention for Health-Related Quality of Life: Implications for Managing Patients with Chronic Pain during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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dc.creatorLicciardone, John C.
dc.creatorPandya, Vishruti
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-30T17:34:18Z
dc.date.available2022-09-30T17:34:18Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-01
dc.description.abstractPURPOSE: This study was conducted to determine the feasibility of providing an eHealth intervention for health-related quality of life (HRQOL) to facilitate patient self-management. METHODS: A randomized controlled trial was conducted from 2019-2020 within the Pain Registry for Epidemiological, Clinical, and Interventional Studies and Innovation. Eligible patients included those with chronic low back pain and a SPADE (sleep disturbance, pain interference with activities, anxiety, depression, and low energy/fatigue) cluster score >/= 55 based on the relevant scales from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System instrument with 29 items (PROMIS-29). Patients were randomized to the eHealth treatment group, which received a tailored HRQOL report and interpretation guide, or to a wait-list control group. The primary outcome was change in the SPADE cluster score, including its five component scales, over 3 months. Secondary outcomes were changes in low back pain intensity and back-related disability. Treatment effects were measured using the standardized mean difference (SMD) in change scores between groups. The eHealth intervention was also assessed by a survey of the experimental treatment group 1 month following randomization. RESULTS: A total of 102 patients were randomized, including 52 in the eHealth treatment group and 50 in the wait-list control group, and 100 (98%) completed the trial. A majority of patients agreed that the HRQOL report was easy to understand (86%), provided new information (79%), and took actions to read or learn more about self-management approaches to improve their HRQOL (77%). Although the eHealth intervention met the criteria for a small treatment effect in improving the overall SPADE cluster score (SMD = 0.24; p= 0.23) and anxiety (SMD = 0.24; p = 0.23), and for a small-to-medium treatment effect in improving depression (SMD = 0.37; p = 0.06) and back-related disability (SMD = 0.36; p = 0.07), none of these results achieved statistical significance because of limited sample size. CONCLUSION: Given the feasibility of rapid online deployment, low cost, and low risk of adverse events, this eHealth intervention for HRQOL may be useful for patients with chronic pain during the COVID-19 pandemic.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was partially funded by the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Office of Research Development and Commercialization. The sponsor had no role in any aspects of study design, data analysis, or submission of the manuscript for publication.
dc.identifier.citationLicciardone, J. C., & Pandya, V. (2020). Feasibility Trial of an eHealth Intervention for Health-Related Quality of Life: Implications for Managing Patients with Chronic Pain during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 8(4), 381. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040381
dc.identifier.issn2227-9032
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/31819
dc.identifier.volume8
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040381
dc.rights.holder© 2020 by the authors.
dc.rights.licenseAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourceHealthcare
dc.subjectCovid-19
dc.subjectback-related disability
dc.subjectchronic low back pain
dc.subjecteHealth
dc.subjecthealth-related quality of life
dc.subjectlow back pain intensity
dc.subjectrandomized controlled trial
dc.titleFeasibility Trial of an eHealth Intervention for Health-Related Quality of Life: Implications for Managing Patients with Chronic Pain during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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