Evaluating chronic pain interventions in recent refugees and immigrant populations: A systematic review Altun, A, Brown, Helen, Sturgiss, L and Russell, G 2022, Evaluating chronic pain interventions in recent refugees and immigrant populations: A systematic review, Patient Education and Counseling, vol. 105, no. 5, pp. 1152-1169, doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.08.021. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Evaluating chronic pain interventions in recent refugees and immigrant populations: A systematic review Author(s) Altun, A Brown, Helen orcid.org/0000-0002-5460-3654 Sturgiss, L Russell, G Journal name Patient Education and Counseling Volume number 105 Issue number 5 Start page 1152 End page 1169 Total pages 18 Publisher Elsevier Place of publication Dublin, Ireland Publication date 2022 ISSN 0738-3991 1873-5134 Keyword(s) Chronic pain Culturally competent care Health equity Migrant Multidisciplinary interventions Refugee Summary Objectives: Many studies investigating the management of chronic pain often exclude participation of people from refugee and immigrant backgrounds. This review seeks to understand and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions for chronic pain management when applied in the context of refugee and immigrant populations. Methods: A systematic review was undertaken using six databases and the PICO search strategy. Included studies were published in English, comprised of patients over 18 years of age and excluded cancer-related chronic pain. Results: Twenty-one papers met the inclusion criteria: 13 cohort studies and eight randomised control trials. The majority of interventions involved multidisciplinary or psychological interventions, with the remaining studies based on education, exercise therapy or culturally adapted information. Studies integrating multidisciplinary care to manage chronic pain showed more consistent improvements in pain intensity and function than other unimodal interventions. Conclusions: Multidisciplinary interventions reduce pain intensity, improve functional impairment, and alleviate other psychosocial symptoms exhibited chronic pain patients from refugee or immigrant backgrounds. Additional well-designed, large-scale studies are needed to decisively estimate the effectiveness of culturally adapted, multidisciplinary intervention programs over time. Practice Implications: Clinical practice may benefit from adapting interventions to better support the management of chronic pain in refugee and immigrant populations. DOI 10.1016/j.pec.2021.08.021 Field of Research 11 Medical and Health Sciences 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30155324 Document type: Journal Article Collection: Faculty of Health Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Author URL Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 13 Sep 2021, 08:15:00 EST Mon, 13 Sep 2021, 08:41:41 EST Sat, 25 Sep 2021, 02:45:16 EST Sun, 26 Jun 2022, 14:49:14 EST Mon, 27 Jun 2022, 12:10:06 EST Mon, 27 Jun 2022, 16:50:50 EST Tue, 28 Jun 2022, 09:49:49 EST Tue, 05 Jul 2022, 16:16:17 EST Tue, 19 Jul 2022, 10:53:00 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 13 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 13 Sep 2021, 08:15:00 EST