PMID: 9543032May 30, 1998Paper

Relaxation for the relief of chronic pain: a systematic review

Journal of Advanced Nursing
D Carroll, K Seers

Abstract

The effectiveness of relaxation techniques in the management of chronic pain was determined in this systematic review of published randomized controlled trials. Reports were sought by searching MEDLINE, psycLIT, CINAHL, EMBASE and the Oxford Pain Relief Database. Studies were included in this review if they were randomized controlled trials of relaxation techniques in chronic pain. Studies which investigated the effects of relaxation in combination with other interventions were not considered. Nine studies involving 414 patients met the predefined inclusion criteria and are critically appraised in this review. Meta-analysis was not possible, due to lack of quantitative data in the primary studies. Studies involved patients with a range of chronic pain conditions. The McGill Pain Questionnaire was the most common pain outcome used. Whilst four studies were able to show a significant difference for the pain outcomes in favour of relaxation for the pre- and post-treatment assessments, few statistically significant differences were reported in favour of relaxation when between treatment comparisons were used. Only three studies reported statistically significant differences in favour of relaxation (judged as a significant differenc...Continue Reading

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