How do Self-compassion and Psychological Flexibility Mediate Change in a Compassion-Focused Therapy Group for Chronic Pain?
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 122
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Strength of Self-Compassion as a mediator at Week 11
研究概览
简要总结
This research aims to study how Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) might work for people with chronic pain. People with chronic pain may feel shameful about their condition and this type of therapy aims to help people to view themselves and their difficulties in a kinder, less critical way (i.e. self-compassion). Currently, no research is available on the effectiveness of CFT in helping people with chronic pain.
Participants attending a CFT-incorporated Pain Management Programme will complete a battery of questionnaires at the start of the group (week 1), in the middle of the group (week 5) and at the end of the group (week 11).
详细描述
Pain Management Programmes help people to manage their pain and improve quality of life, and this research will look into the processes by which this happens. This study will look at two psychological concepts: 'self-compassion' (kindness to self) and 'psychological flexibility' (willingness to tolerate difficult experiences in order to meet meaningful goals). These concepts help in understanding how people think about themselves in the context of pain.
Principle Research Question: Do self-compassion and psychological flexibility mediate change (anxiety/depression/well-being) in a Compassion-Focused Therapy group for adults with chronic pain?
Primary Outcome Measure: Strength of mediation effects
Sample Size:
[Reference 1] propose guidelines for recommended sample sizes in order to detect mediation effects with .8 power. These guidelines are informed by existing literature in the field. There is less robust research on self-compassion and chronic pain, therefore, this calculation is based on research in psychological flexibility and chronic pain.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Fluency of English sufficient for participation in the group and completion of questionnaires
- •Aged 18+ (no upper age limit)
- •Ability to provide informed consent (as defined by the Five Statutory Principles of the Mental Capacity Act, Code of Practice, 2007)
排除标准
- •Active substance misuse
- •Active suicidality
- •Terminal illness
- •Inability to provide informed consent
结局指标
主要结局
Strength of Self-Compassion as a mediator at Week 11
时间窗: Week 1
Strength of Psychological Flexibility as a mediator at Week 11
时间窗: Week 1
次要结局
- Self-Compassion Scale (short form, SCS-SF; Neff, 2003)([Time Frame: Week 1 (start), Week 5 (middle) and Week 11 (end) of group therapy])
- The Brief Pain Inventory (short form, BPI-SF; Cleeland & Ryan, 1994)([Time Frame: Week 1 (start), Week 5 (middle) and Week 11 (end) of group therapy])
- Multi-Dimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory (short form, MPFI-SF; Rolffs et al., 2016)([Time Frame: Week 1 (start), Week 5 (middle) and Week 11 (end) of group therapy])
- The Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS) (Tennant et al., 2007)([Time Frame: Week 1 (start), Week 5 (middle) and Week 11 (end) of group therapy])
- The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) (Zigmond & Snaith, 1983)([Time Frame: Week 1 (start), Week 5 (middle) and Week 11 (end) of group therapy])