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Chronic pain (primary and secondary) in over 16s: assessment of all chronic pain and management of chronic primary pain

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  • Reference number: NG193
  • Published:  07 April 2021
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Evidence reviews – April 2021

The following documents contain the evidence that was used to develop the 2021 recommendations:

  • Factors that may be barriers to successfully managing chronic pain (chronic primary pain and chronic secondary pain)
  • Communication between healthcare professionals and people with chronic pain (chronic primary pain and chronic secondary pain)
  • Pain management programmes for chronic pain (chronic primary pain and chronic secondary pain)
  • Social interventions for chronic pain (chronic primary pain and chronic secondary pain)
  • Exercise for chronic primary pain
  • Psychological therapy for chronic primary pain
  • Acupuncture for chronic primary pain
  • Electrical physical modalities for chronic primary pain
  • Manual therapy for chronic primary pain
  • Pharmacological management for chronic primary pain

This page was last updated: 07 April 2021

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