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To maximize implementation potential of pain self-management in the VA, alternative delivery methods are needed to provide Veterans with education and support needed to self-manage their pain, without requiring additional resources from healthcare teams. A novel and promising approach is a peer coaching model, in which Veterans with chronic pain who are successfully managing their pain offer information, support, and mentorship to other Veterans with pain.
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The investigators' goal is to test the effectiveness of a peer coaching model among Veterans. The investigators are examining feasibility for implementation alongside effectiveness, to shorten the timeline to implementation.
Aim 1 (primary aim): To compare 6-month (primary endpoint) and 9-month (sustained effects) effects of peer-supported chronic pain self-management versus controls on overall pain (intensity and function).
Hypothesis 1: Veterans in the peer support arm will experience reduced overall pain compared to controls.
Aim 2 (secondary aim): To compare 6- and 9-month effects of peer-supported chronic pain self-management versus controls on self-efficacy, social support, pain coping, patient activation, health-related quality of life, and health service utilization.
Hypothesis 2: Veterans in the peer support arm will experience greater self-efficacy, social support, pain coping, patient activation, and health-related quality of life, and lower health service utilization, compared to controls.
Aim 3 (pre-implementation aim): To explore facilitators and barriers to implementation of peer support for chronic pain, intervention costs, and fidelity to the model.
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