Evaluation of a therapist-guided virtual psychological pain management program when provided as routine care : a prospective pragmatic cohort study

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INTRODUCTION: Numerous randomized controlled trials have evaluated the outcomes of internet-delivered psychological pain management programs (PMPs) as a way of increasing access to care for people with chronic pain. However, there are few reports of the effectiveness of these PMPs when provided as part of routine care.

METHODS: The present study sought to report the clinical and demographic characteristics of users (n = 1367) and examine the effectiveness of an established internet-delivered psychological PMP program in improving several pain-related outcomes, when offered at a national digital mental health service over a 5-year period. It also sought to comprehensively explore predictors of treatment commencement, treatment completion, and clinical improvement.

RESULTS: Evidence of clinical improvements (% improvement; Hedges g) were found for all outcomes, including pain interference (18.9%; 0.55), depression (26.1%; 0.50), anxiety (23.9%; 0.39), pain intensity (12.8%; 0.41), pain self-efficacy (-23.8%; -0.46) and pain-catastrophizing (26.3%; 0.56). A small proportion of users enrolled but did not commence treatment (13%), however high levels of treatment completion (whole treatment = 63%; majority of the treatment = 75%) and satisfaction (very satisfied = 45%; satisfied = 37%) were observed among those who commenced treatment. There were a number of demographic and clinical factors associated with commencement, completion and improvement, but no decisive or dominant predictors were observed.

DISCUSSION: These findings highlight the effectiveness and acceptability of internet-delivered psychological PMPs in routine care and point to the need to consider how best to integrate these interventions into the pathways of care for people with chronic pain.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) - 24(2023), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 1372-1385

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dear, Blake F [VerfasserIn]
Walker, Jennie [VerfasserIn]
Karin, Eyal [VerfasserIn]
Asrianti, Lia [VerfasserIn]
England, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Feliciano, Ivy [VerfasserIn]
Bisby, Madelyne A [VerfasserIn]
Nielssen, Olav [VerfasserIn]
Kayrouz, Rony [VerfasserIn]
Cross, Shane [VerfasserIn]
Staples, Lauren G [VerfasserIn]
Hadjistavropoulos, Heather D [VerfasserIn]
Titov, Nickolai [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anxiety
Chronic pain
Cognitive behavior therapy
Depression
Disability
Journal Article
Pain management
Psychotherapy

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Date Completed 04.12.2023

Date Revised 04.12.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/pm/pnad102

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360399053