Treatment outcome and compliance with therapeutic regimens: Long-term follow-up of a multidisciplinary pain program

Abstract

Patients (57) (74%) who had completed a multidisciplinary pain program returned mailed questionnaires assessing both outcome and compliance measures. Significant treatment gains were observed at follow-up. Compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens was low, averaging around 42% for individual regimens. Compliance with any one therapeutic regimen was generally unrelated to rate of compliance with other therapeutic regimens. Discriminant relationships were observed between the various therapeutic regimens and outcome measures.