Efficacy of Telephone-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
- Enrollment
- 207
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Average pain intensity
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 12 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Treatments teaching people how to manage pain have been used to treat chronic pain in the general population. The purpose of this study is to see if these treatments delivered over the telephone can benefit persons with multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury or an acquired amputation. Specifically, we want to determine if these treatments can help reduce the negative consequences that pain often causes in terms of a person's mood, daily activities, and enjoyment of life. We are also interested in finding out if these treatments decrease a person's pain.
Investigators
Dawn Ehde
Principal Investigator
University of Washington
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Definitive diagnosis of acquired amputation (AMP), multiple sclerosis (MS), or spinal cord injury (SCI) confirmed by participants' primary care physicians
- •Average pain intensity in the past month of greater than 3 on 0-10 numeric rating scale;
- •Pain is either worse or started since the onset of the disability;
- •Pain of at least six months duration, with pain reportedly present greater than or equal to half of the days in the past six months;
- •Read, write and understand English;
- •Must be able to communicate over the phone (i.e., must be verbal);
- •Age 18 years or older.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Cognitive impairment defined as one or more errors on the Six-Item screener (Callahan et al., 2002).
- •Current or previous participation in a psychological treatment for pain (obtained via self-report).
- •Current participation in a psychological treatment for any reason on a regular basis(obtained via self-report).
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Average pain intensity
Time Frame: Four times in a 7-day period Pre-Treatment, Mid-Treatment, Post-Treatment, and Follow-up (6 and 12 months post-randomization).
Secondary Outcomes
- Physical Functioning-Brief Pain Inventory (Cleeland & Ryan, 1994)(pre-treatment, mid-treatment, post-treatment, and follow-up (6 and 12 months post-randomization).)
- Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8) (Kroenke & Spitzer, 2002)(pre-treatment, mid-treatment, post-treatment, and follow-up (6 and 12 months post-randomization).)
- Pain Catastrophizing Scale (Sullivan et al., 1995)(pre-treatment, mid-treatment, post-treatment, and followup (6 and 12 months post-randomization))