Online acceptance and commitment therapy for chronic pai

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic non-malignant pain; Signs and Symptoms

• Registration Number: ISRCTN81739991
• Lead Sponsor: King's College London

Brief Summary

2018 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29704880

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-04-15
• Study Completion: 2017-04-30
• Last Update Posted: 10 September 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

1. Adults aged 18 years and older
2. Outpatients at St. Thomas’ Pain Management Centre
3. Chronic pain non-malignant pain (at least 3 months duration), associated with significant distress and/or disability
4. Medical appropriateness for an online psychological treatment as determined by the referring clinician
5. Access to the Internet for the duration of the study
6. Ability to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. History of ACT or traditional CBT for chronic pain
2. Currently receiving another form of psychological treatment
3. Presence of a serious, uncontrolled psychiatric disorder (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar, etc.) or other impediments to treatment engagement (e.g., neuropsychological impairment)
4. Inability to complete study procedures in English
5. Inability to complete study procedures using a computer

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Recruitment and retention rates will be recorded by a researcher.<br>2. Treatment adherence: Adherence to the online treatment will be determined through a count of the number of sessions for which patients submit post-session email reflections to their therapists and attendance at the two face-to-face sessions. Therapists will record whether patients have submitted these responses and attended the face-to-face sessions (yes/no) following each scheduled session.<br>3. Treatment acceptability: Immediately following treatment, participants will respond to several questions asking them to rate how satisfied they were with the treatment they received on an 11 point Likert scale ranging from 0 (not at all) to 10 (completely). These items were created specifically for the purpose of the present study. <br>4. Completeness of data acquisition: Response rates on all questionnaires and the number of missing data points will be identified and recorded by a researcher following the final follow-up assessment.