Does collaborative care for pain result in both symptom improvement and sustained reduction of pain and depression?
Despite no formal relapse prevention program, intervention patients were more likely than TAU patients to experience continued relief from depression and pain. Collaborative care interventions may provide benefits beyond just symptom reduction.
These findings suggest that the effectiveness of the truth campaign could be enhanced by developing strategies to increase campaign awareness among females and youth from lower education zip codes. Increased campaign exposure within these populations could result in lower smoking rates and, ultimately, lower rates of tobacco-related disease.