Efficacy of an attachment-based working alliance in multimodal pain treatment
- Conditions
- F45.40
- Registration Number
- DRKS00008715
- Lead Sponsor
- Schmerztherapie Tagesklinik Orthopädie Heidelberg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 372
Our participants are enrolled as outpatients in the orthopedic clinic of the Heidelberg University Hospital and participate in a four-week multidisciplinary pain treatment including physiotherapy, ergotherapy, music and dance therapy, individual and group psychotherapy. As such, they
- have experienced chronic pain for at least six months
- are between 18 and 80 years of age
- have previously received standard treatment consisting of at least one rehabilitation program or two inpatient treatments or one pain treatment with a registered doctor, which did not yield lasting effects.
- high CRP levels as an indicator of rheumatoid arthritis
- acute inflammations of the spine
- a tumor
- a diagnosed psychosis
- a diagnosis of a bipolar or neurological disorder
- an insufficient ability to communicate in German
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method With two Visual Analogue Scales, we assess the pain intensity at present and within the previous week. Patients are also asked to indicate the number of days they experienced pain, and the number of days they experienced strong pain, both within the previous month. Physical functioning will be assessed with the Oswestry Disability Index by Mannion et al. (2006). Also, we included a widely used German short version of the Health Survey to assess physical functioning and health-related quality of life more generally (Bullinger and Kirchberger, 1998). All of those questionnaires were assessed at T1 (beginning of Treatment), T2 (after Treatment) and T3 (6 months after Treatment).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method