• Matthias MS, Daggy JK, Perkins AJ, Adams J, Bair MJ, Burgess DJ, Eliacin J, Flores P, Myers LJ, Menen T, Procento P, Rand KL, Salyers MP, Shanahan ML, Hirsh AT. Communication and activation in pain to enhance relationships and treat pain with equity (COOPERATE): a randomized clinical trial. Pain. 2023 Sep 21.
• Matthias MS, Bolla AL, Bair SM, Adams J, Eliacin J, Burgess DJ, Hirsh AT. Communication and Activation in Pain to Enhance Relationships and Treat Pain with Equity (COOPERATE): a Qualitative Analysis of a Tailored Coaching Program for Black Patients with Chronic Pain. Journal of general internal medicine. 2023 Sep 19.
• McNaughton DT, Roseen EJ, Downie A, Jenkins H, Øverås CK, Young JJ, Fink HA, Stone KL, Cawthon P, Hartvigsen J. Stressful life events and low back pain in older men: A cross-sectional and prospective analysis using data from the MrOS study. European journal of pain (London, England). 2023 Aug 25.
• Hammett PJ, Eliacin J, Saenger M, Allen KD, Meis LA, Krein SL, Taylor BC, Branson M, Fu SS, Burgess DJ. The Association Between Racialized Discrimination in Health Care and Pain Among Black Patients With Mental Health Diagnoses. The journal of pain. 2023 Aug 15.
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• Giving Veterans an Active Voice in Creating a Veteran-Centered Chronic Pain Research Agenda
  Veterans Action League (VAL) 2.0 was a two-year community engagement project (2019–2021) that sought to develop a national Veteran-centered chronic pain research agenda that includes Veteran-generated recommendations for chronic pain management and chronic pain research priorities. Findings showed that Veterans’ most frequently cited need for chronic pain management and treatment was better access...
  
  Date: March 23, 2023
• Black Veterans with Chronic Pain Express Dissatisfaction with VA Telehealth Options during Pandemic
  This study sought to understand how Black Veterans with chronic pain experienced pandemic-related changes in VA healthcare delivery. Investigators conducted qualitative interviews with Black Veterans who had completed a randomized controlled trial of an intervention focused on communication and patient activation for Black patients with chronic pain. Findings showed that Veterans described mostly ...
  
  Date: November 14, 2022
• AI-Guided Pain Care Might Work as Well as Phone Therapy
  Investigators in this study developed a cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain (CBT-CP) intervention using artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically adjust the modality of weekly therapist interactions based on patient feedback reported daily via interactive voice response (IVR). This trial evaluated this intervention (AI-CBT-CP) relative to therapist-delivered telephone CBT-CP. Finding...
  
  Date: September 1, 2022
• Low-Value Service Use Common and Costly among Veterans Enrolled in VA Healthcare
  This study sought to quantify Veterans’ overall use and cost of low-value services, including VA-delivered care and VA-purchased community care. Findings showed that low-value service use is common and costly across a variety of VA services. In this study cohort, 19.6 low-value services per 100 Veterans were delivered by VA facilities or VA Community Care programs in fiscal year 2018, which involv...
  
  Date: July 5, 2022
• PTSD-Multimorbidity in Recently Discharged Veterans Predicts Poor Social Functioning, Increasing Risk for Suicidal Ideation
  A growing body of literature suggests that problems experienced by Veterans during their transition from military to civilian life confer significant risk for suicidal ideation (SI). One of these problems is PTSD, which, along with chronic pain and sleep disturbance, can increase risk for SI. Findings from this study showed that at approximately 15 months post-separation, almost 91% of Veterans wi...
  
  Date: June 2, 2022

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• Evidence Brief: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for Chronic Pain, PTSD, TBI, Opioid Addiction, and Sexual Trauma - Supplementary Materials

  Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for Chronic Pain, PTSD, TBI, Opioid Addiction, and Sexual...Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for Chronic Pain, PTSD, TBI, Opioid Addiction, and Sexual...Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for Chronic Pain, PTSD, TBI, Opioid Addiction, and Sexual

• Benefits and Harms of Cannabis in Chronic Pain or Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review

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• Examining Pain and Pain Care in the VA || In Progress

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• FORUM, Spring 2016: Chronic pain, opioids

  ...importance of pain research in VHA has never been higher. Defining pain as a public...Integrative Health Approaches to Addressing Pain Stephanie L. Taylor, PhD, HSR&D Center...half of Veterans experience chronic pain, making it the most common condition

• FORUM, Spring 2016: Chronic pain, opioids

  ...importance of pain research in VHA has never been higher. Defining pain as a public...Commentary Chronification of Pain and the Science of Pain Management Rollin M. Gallagher...Director for Pain Management, Veterans Health Administration Pain hurts. Without

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• Using Service Connected Disability Hearings as a Gateway to Pain Management 01/08/18

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Other Resources

• Learn more about the HSR&D Center of Innovation on Pain Research, Informatics, Multi-morbidities, and Education (PRIME) in West Haven, CT.
• Visit the pain topic page at the VA Office of Research & Development website to learn more about additional pain research in VA.
• Learn more about the NIH-DoD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory.