Addressing literacy as a barrier in delivery and evaluation of cognitive-behavioral therapy for pain management

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Editorial

Lisa C Campbell. Pain. 2011 Dec.

. 2011 Dec;152(12):2679-2680.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.09.004. Epub 2011 Sep 29.

¹ East Carolina University, Department of Psychology and Center for Health Disparities Research, 210 Rawl, Greenville, NC 27858, USA.

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Randomized trial of group cognitive behavioral therapy compared with a pain education control for low-literacy rural people with chronic pain.
Thorn BE, Day MA, Burns J, Kuhajda MC, Gaskins SW, Sweeney K, McConley R, Ward CL, Cabbil C. Thorn BE, et al. Pain. 2011 Dec;152(12):2710-2720. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.07.007. Epub 2011 Sep 14. Pain. 2011. PMID: 21920668 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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