Elisabeth Pietilä Holmner, Britt-Marie Stålnacke, Paul Enthoven, Gunilla Stenberg
Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Medicine, Umeå University, 90185 Umeå, Sweden. E-mail: elisabeth.pietila.holmner@vll.se

DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2286

In a study former patients, in multimodal rehabilitation (MMR) in primary care, were interviewed about their experiences of MMR.

The study showed that most informants felt believed by the health professionals, and that they had obtained redress. The rehabilitation contributed to informants´ increased knowledge and understanding of chronic pain and it´s complexity. Shared experiences in group meetings had led to fellowship and less feelings of loneliness for certain patients. To accept living with chronic pain was not a straightforward process. After the rehabilitation programme, some patients were still searching for a treatment in order to be free from pain.