Experiencing COMFORT: A qualitative study of virtual non-pharmacologic consultations for adults with chronic pain using opioids

Emily Gray, BSN, RN
Morgan Erickson
Deborah Eti, PhD, RN
Ross Bindler, PharmD
Greg Dailey
Marian Wilson, PhD, MPH, RN

How do adults with chronic pain describe their experience of participating in a virtual nonpharmacologic pain intervention?

The rate of opioid overdose deaths continues to be an important public health concern, with more than 841,000 deaths since 1999 and 70% of drug overdose deaths involving an opioid in 20191. Chronic pain remains an avenue for exposure to long-term opioid use and its associated risks.