Objective To explore the effect of narrative medical nursing intervention on pain control and self-man-agement in patients with chronic pain. Methods A total of 106 patients with chronic pain amitted to a hospital in Hubei Province from March 2018 to November 2019 were selected and divided into a narrative group（n=59） and a control group（n=47） using a random number table. Patients in the control group were given conventional nursing interventions

and patients in the narrative group received narrative medical nursing interventions. The 2 groups were compared in terms of doctor-patient relationship patient score and pain control condition as well as nighttime sleep time

anxiety condition

depression

self-management ability and quality of life before and after nursing care. Results Before nursing

the difference in sleep time at night between the 2 groups of patients was not statistically significant（P>0.05）; after nursing

the sleep time at night of the 2 groups of patients was lon-ger than before nursing

and the narrative group of patients had longer sleep time at night than the control group

and the difference was statistically significant（P<0.05）. After nursing

patients in the narrative group had a higher doctor-patient relationship score than the control group

and the difference was statistically significant（P<0.05）. Before nursing

the 2 groups of patients’ anxiety

depression

and survival activity scores were com-pared

and the differences were not statistically significant（P>0.05）; after nursing

the 2 groups of patients’ anxiety and depression scores were lower than before nursing

the quality of life scores were higher than before nursing

and the differences were statistically significant（P<0.05）; after nursing

the narrative group’s anxiety and depression scores were lower than the control group

and the quality of life scores were higher than the con-trol group

and the differences were both statistically significant（P<0.05）. Before nursing

the 2 groups of pa-tients’ scores in the 6 dimensions of self-management and the total score for self-management were compared

and the differences were not statistically significant（P>0.05）; after nursing

the 2 groups of patients’ scores in the 6 dimensions of self-management and the total score for self-management were higher than before nursing

those in the narrative group were higher than the control group

and the differences were statistically significant（P<0.05）. The rate of pain control was 96.61%（57/59） in the narrative group

which was higher than that of 85.11%（40/47） in the control group

and the difference was statistically significant（P <0.05）. Conclusion Narrative medical nursing intervention can help chronic pain patients to control pain

improve their self-manage-ment ability and quality of life

increase sleep time at night

and improve doctor-patient relationship