Management of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Tool

One in five adults report chronic pain (pain experienced every day for 3 or more months). The Management of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Tool is designed to help primary care providers manage adult patients with chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP). This tool was developed under the clinical leadership of Dr. Arun Radhakrishnan, and has been designed for day-to-day use in a typical office visit. It has been designed to guide primary care providers in developing and implementing a management plan for adult patients with chronic non-cancer pain in the primary care setting. Divided into five sections, the tool highlights the following:

• Baseline and Ongoing Assessment
• Non-Pharmacological Therapy
• Non-Opioid Medications
• Opioid Medications
• Intervention Management and Referral

The Knowledge Translation in Primary Care Initiative is aimed at developing and disseminating health information and clinical tools to support primary care providers.  Its purpose is to improve engagement and enhance communication with primary care providers across Ontario and is a collaboration of the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) and the Nurse Practitioners’ Association of Ontario (NPAO) and the Centre for Effective Practice (CEP). Relevant Links:

• Management of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Tool
• Other Knowledge Translation in Primary Care Initiative clinical tools:
  • Keeping Your Patients Safe: A Guide to Managing Mental Health and Addictions-Related Risks and Functional Impairments in Primary Care
  • Management of Chronic Insomnia Tool
  • CORE Neck Tool & Headache Navigator
  • Preventing Childhood Obesity Clinical Tool
  • Poverty: A Clinical Tool for Primary Care Providers
  • Preconception Health Care Tool