Pain Rehabilitation Center in Minnesota

Research

Current Projects

Pain Rehabilitation with Opioid Withdrawal: Longitudinal Study of Treatment Outcomes for Chronic Noncancer Pain
Data is currently being collected from patients at six months and one year following completion of the PRC program. The primary goal is to identify patients' use of opioid medication and overall health status following rehabilitation.

A Prospective Look at Admission and Dismissal Medication Costs for Patients Consecutively Admitted Into a Pain Rehabilitation Program
This study looks at the cost differences of medications for patients admitted into the Pain Rehabilitation Program at admission and dismissal from the program.

Smoking and Eating Behaviors of Chronic Pain Patients Undergoing a Behavior Pain Rehabilitation Program
Information regarding smoking and eating behaviors is being collected from patients at entrance and dismissal from the PRC program. The goal is to examine the relations between health behaviors and chronic pain.

Characteristics of Fibromyalgia in Men
This paper assesses the similarities and differences between fibromyalgia in men and women who participate in a comprehensive pain rehabilitation program.

Opioids and Headaches
This paper specifically examines the patients with a pain site of headache who participate in the PRC program and the success of withdrawal from opioid medications.

Clinical Validity of the Multidimensional Readiness to Change Questionnaire
This paper will examine the use of a the Multidimensional Readiness to Change Questionnaire designed to assess the process of change through which patients progress in the self-management of chronic pain, and examine treatment outcomes and the relationship to stage of change.

Select Publications

Hooten WM, Townsend CO, Sletten CD, Bruce BK, Rome JD. (In press). Treatment outcomes after multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation with analgesic medication withdrawal for patients with fibromyalgia. Pain Medicine.

Rome JD. Sletten CD. Bruce BK. A rehabilitation approach to chronic pain in rheumatologic practice. Current Opinion in Rheumatology 8(2):163-8, 1996 Mar. [Abstract]

Rome JD, Townsend CO, Bruce BK, Sletten CD, Luedtke CA, Hodgson JE. Chronic noncancer pain rehabilitation with opioid withdrawal: comparison of treatment outcomes based on opioid use status at admission. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 79(6):759-68, 2004 Jun. [Abstract]

Townsend CO, Sletten CD, Bruce BK, Rome JD, Luedtke CA, Hodgson JE. Physical and emotional functioning of adult patients with chronic abdominal pain: comparison with patients with chronic back pain. Journal of Pain 6(2):75-83, 2005. [Abstract]