Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a novel, group self-management course for adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain: study protocol for a multicentre, randomised controlled trial (COPERS)

Dawn Carnes; Stephanie JC Taylor; Kate Homer; Sandra Eldridge; Stephen Bremner; Tamar Pincus; Anisur Rahman; Martin Underwood

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002492

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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a novel, group self-management course for adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain: study protocol for a multicentre, randomised controlled trial (COPERS)

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Dawn Carnes Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephanie JC Taylor Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kate Homer Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sandra Eldridge Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephen Bremner Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tamar Pincus Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anisur Rahman Department of Rheumatology, University College Hospital, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Martin Underwood Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, Warwick University, Coventry, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Dawn Carnes; d.carnes{at}qmul.ac.uk

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Carnes D, Taylor SJ, Homer K, et al

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a novel, group self-management course for adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain: study protocol for a multicentre, randomised controlled trial (COPERS)

BMJ Open 2013;3:e002492. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002492

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Received December 17, 2012
Revised December 17, 2012
Accepted December 20, 2012
First published January 28, 2013.

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January 28, 2013

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