Journal of traditional and complementary medicine
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J Tradit Complement Med · Apr 2018
Psychological interventions influence patients' attitudes and beliefs about their chronic pain.
Patients' changing attitudes and beliefs about pain are considered as improvements in the treatment of chronic pain. Multidisciplinary approaches to pain allow modifications of coping strategies of patients, from passive to active. ⋯ The present study showed that self-hypnosis/self-care and psychoeducation/physiotherapy were associated with patients' evolution of coping strategies from passive to active, allowing them to reduce pain perception and improve their global impression of treatment effectiveness.