Effectiveness of a Dyadic Pain Management Program for Community-dwelling Older Adults with Chronic Pain

"Face-to-face part: The DPM will start with 20-30 minutes of physical exercise supervised by research assistant, followed by 20-minutes of pain management education. Communication skills regarding the practice of various pain management techniques by the participants and their caregivers will be taught. At the end of the session, the caregiver and research assistant will help the older adults to make portfolio entries on the activities of the day, to help them recall the various pain-relief methods learned in each class.~Home-based part: An exercise book will be given to guide them in performing exercises at home. It is recommended to perform 30 minutes of exercise, 3 times a week, at home and the more frequent the exercise time, the better.~All participants will join a WhatsApp group to receive teaching materials and videos of the physical exercises learned, for practice at home. The team will produce compact disc (CD) with the exercise video clips to the dyads for revision."

Usual care and pain management pamphlet