Guided Internet-delivered Cognitive-behavioral Therapy for Former Chronic Pain Patients

Gerhard Andersson

Status

Completed

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Treatments

Behavioral: Guided Internet-based cognitive behavioural treatment

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01491269

smartaMB2011

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present study was to investigate if guided Internet-delivered Cognitive-behavioral Therapy (CBT) would help chronic pain patients who had previously undergone a multidisciplinary treatment but still have residual problems.

Full description

The present study investigates Internet-delivered CBT as a tertiary intervention. This is motivated by the fact that many pain patients relapse after rehabilitation and some may be in need of additional treatment. The persons who fulfills the inclusion criteria undergoes a structured telephone interview. The study is a experimental design with a treatment and an active control group measured before and after a treatment period. The control group were invited to participate in a moderated online discussion forum. Follow up data was collected six months after the treatment.

Enrollment

72 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

to have been medically investigated (within one year)
completed the multidisciplinary rehabilitation program
have residual symptoms after the rehabilitation treatment (defined as functional impairment caused by their pain)
have Internet access

Exclusion criteria