TY - JOUR T1 - Review of internet-based interventions for pain finds some evidence to support the effectiveness of cognitive and behavioural interventions, but further quality study is needed to assess the effect of peer support and social networking programmes JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 41 LP - 42 DO - 10.1136/ebnurs.2011.100293 VL - 15 IS - 2 AU - David A Williams Y1 - 2012/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/15/2/41.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Bender JL, Radhakrishnan A, Diorio C, et al. Can pain be managed through the Internet? A systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Pain 2011;152:1740–50.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science ■ The internet can deliver some elements of multidisciplinary pain care to patients (and clinical practices) where such services are desired but often unavailable.■ Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is a non-pharmacological intervention for pain that appears in this study to have the greatest number of high-quality studies supporting its use over the internet as a means of decreasing pain, improving functional status and decreasing treatment costs.■ The effects of internet-delivered CBT appear comparable with those of more traditional face-to-face treatment delivery, although none of the studies reviewed made this direct comparison. Pharmacological pain treatments and interventional pain treatments (ie, injection therapies and surgery) are common approaches to chronic pain management. … ER -