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Objective To describe an online self-management course that was piloted as part of Footsteps 2021, an online festival provided on a voluntary basis by a team of health care professionals and experts by experience with the intention of supporting people to live well with pain. Design A feasibility study to assess who would engage with the course and potential areas of benefit. The Ten Footsteps Course mirrors a multidisciplinary pain management programme and was offered to anybody who identified that they would find it helpful to attend the sessions. Results A pre-course survey indicated that people who signed up were familiar with the idea of self-management and were largely in alignment with its ethos. Scores completed on a range of questionnaires were in alignment with those reported from formal pain management services. Thirty-two people completed the pre-course questionnaire. Only nine people completed a follow-up questionnaire at the end of the course. At the end of the course average reported levels of self-efficacy were higher and catastrophizing were lower compared to at the beginning while pain intensity and overall wellbeing did not differ at the two timepoints. Conclusions. Pain self-management support co-produced and delivered in an open access format is of interest to people living with pain and some appear to benefit. There is a need to explore how this intervention can be made more accessible, including the use of different formats of delivery.
Author(s): Penlington C, Ashmore J, Agathangelou M, Cruickshank R, Cole F
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Pain and Rehabilitation
Year: 2022
Volume: 52
Issue: 8
Pages: 34-41
Online publication date: 01/12/2021
Acceptance date: 25/10/2021
Date deposited: 15/11/2021
ISSN (print): 2051-0047
ISSN (electronic): 2051-0055
Publisher: Ingenta Connect
URL: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ppa/pr/2022/00002022/00000052
