Table 5.
Pain Coaching Session Details (n = 550)
| Received | Offered | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education Topic | n | % | n | % |
| Pain education1 | 543 | 98.7 | 547 | 99.5 |
| Hot/cold pack | 529 | 96.2 | 532 | 96.7 |
| Aromatherapy | 502 | 91.3 | 510 | 92.7 |
| Virtual reality | 266 | 48.4 | 267 | 48.5 |
| Other | 145 | 26.4 | 153 | 27.8 |
| Diet | 121 | 22.0 | 134 | 24.4 |
| Mind/body2 | 447 | 81.3 | 501 | 91.1 |
| Exercises/stretching | 225 | 40.9 | 241 | 43.8 |
| Acupressure3 | 90 | 16.4 | 96 | 17.5 |
| Toolkit items given | ||||
| Stress ball | 534 | 97.1 | ||
| Hot/cold Pack | 527 | 95.8 | ||
| Aromatherapy | 505 | 91.8 | ||
| PAMI Post Card | 494 | 89.8 | ||
| VR | 269 | 48.9 | ||
| Aculief® | 92 | 16.7 | ||
| Other | 10 | 1.8 | ||
| None | 4 | 0.7 | ||
| Challenges experienced | ||||
| None | 332 | 60.4 | ||
| Medical condition | 64 | 11.6 | ||
| Patient in too much pain | 51 | 9.3 | ||
| Time constraints | 34 | 6.2 | ||
| Patient not interested | 39 | 7.1 | ||
| Patient restrained | 11 | 2.0 | ||
| Other | 63 | 11.5 | ||
1
Pain neuroscience education and “Car with Four Flat Tires” analogy(27)
2
Mind/body includes breathing techniques, mindful meditation, qi-gong, tai chi, and yoga
3
Acupressure includes acupressure education and Aculief®