Objective To investigate effects of the nursing interventions based on stages of change model applied in pain self-management education for community patients with lumbar disc herniation. Methods A total of 62 patients with lumbar disc herniation were received pain self-management education according to the stages of change model. Results After 3 months of intervention,the patients' VAS score averaged(3.42±0.79),pain self- efficacy score averaged (77.0±0.42).None was in the precontemplation,3 patients in the contemplation stage,40 in the...