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This project tests the feasibility a single session pain psychology class (TREK for Surgical Success) for patients undergoing spine surgery and compares outcomes in those who engage in the class to a historical group of similar patients undergoing usual care perioperatively. As of January 2020, the class option has been updated to include an online video module platform, to be used for patients unable to attend in person.
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The proposed study intends to utilize a psychobehavioral protocol from Darnall and colleagues to deliver a single session behavioral medicine for pain intervention for the spine surgery patient entitled "TREK (Transform, Restore, Empower, Knowledge) for Surgical Success" (TREK for SS). The intervention is based off of the above noted evidence based 2 hour pain psychology class that has been used in the chronic pain population and is also currently being tested in other surgical populations. Use of this established and evidenced based treatment for the proposed project enhances the treatment fidelity. The proposed project addresses questions in the literature such as the benefits of this class in an in-person or online format and its adaptability and effectiveness in the spine surgery population.
The primary objective of the proposed project is to determine the feasibility of a single session digital behavioral medicine for pain intervention (TREK for SS) offered the perioperative period of lumbar spine surgery as measured by patient satisfaction and intervention acceptability ratings and retention rates. In this study the perioperative period is defined as a 8 week window straddling the surgery date. A secondary objective of the study is to gather preliminary data to support the efficacy of TREK for SS as measured by relevant post surgical outcomes compared to a group of historical controls who received usual care. Should this pilot study demonstrate effectiveness in lumbar spine surgery patients, there is the potential to study larger groups of patients and to integrate the class into the standard of care as a cost-effective intervention for the spine surgery population. Additionally, findings from this pilot study could substantiate the need for training in the class protocol across disciplines so that barriers to receiving pain psychology intervention can be minimized.
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