Managing patients with chronic pain during the COVID-19 outbreak: considerations for the rapid introduction of remotely supported (eHealth) pain management services

Christopher Eccleston^{1

2}, Fiona M Blyth³, Blake F Dear⁴, Emma A Fisher^{1

2}, Francis J Keefe⁵, Mary E Lynch⁶, Tonya M Palermo^{7

8}, M Carrington Reid⁹, Amanda C de C Williams¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Department for Health, Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
² Cochrane Pain, Palliative, and Supportive Care Review Groups, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, United Kingdom.
³ Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.
⁴ Department of Psychology, eCentreClinic, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ Duke Pain Prevention and Treatment Research Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States.
⁶ Department Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
⁸ Center for Child Health, Behavior, & Development, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States.
⁹ Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States.
¹⁰ Research Department of Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

Christopher Eccleston et al. Pain. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;161(5):889-893.

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001885.

Christopher Eccleston^{1

2}, Fiona M Blyth³, Blake F Dear⁴, Emma A Fisher^{1

2}, Francis J Keefe⁵, Mary E Lynch⁶, Tonya M Palermo^{7

8}, M Carrington Reid⁹, Amanda C de C Williams¹⁰

¹ Department for Health, Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
² Cochrane Pain, Palliative, and Supportive Care Review Groups, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, United Kingdom.
³ Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.
⁴ Department of Psychology, eCentreClinic, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ Duke Pain Prevention and Treatment Research Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States.
⁶ Department Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
⁸ Center for Child Health, Behavior, & Development, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States.
⁹ Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States.
¹⁰ Research Department of Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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