Comparing Single-Session Therapies for Chronic Pain
This study is comparing three different single-session behavioral therapies for chronic musculoskeletal pain: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), and Emotion Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET). Researchers want to see if these therapies can help reduce your pain and how much it interferes with your daily life. You might be able to join if you are at least 18 years old, live in the United States, have had chronic pain for at least three months, and your pain intensity and interference are at a certain level. The study is currently unclear about its recruitment status and plans to enroll 160 participants. Success will be measured by changes in your pain severity and how much pain interferes with your life, as reported by you.
- Study design
- This interventional study plans to enroll 160 participants. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive one of the three therapies or a no-treatment control condition.
- What's involved
- You would need to attend one 90-minute session. You will also need a personal computer/tablet and internet access.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your pain levels will be checked at baseline, one week after treatment, and one month after treatment.
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Comparing Single-Session Therapies for Chronic Pain
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Conditions
Where it's being run
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What this trial measures
- Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) - Pain SeverityBaseline to 1-week post-treatment and 1-month follow-up
4-item measure of pain severity over past week (range 0 to 10; higher scores = worse pain severity)
- Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) - Pain Interference - Short Form 8aBaseline to 1-week post-treatment and 1-month follow-up
8-item measure of pain interference over past week (range1 to 5; higher scores = more pain interference)
- Pain Rating QuestionImmediately pre and immediately post-treatment
1-item pain rating developed by research team asking "Please rate your pain by circling the one number that tells how much pain you have right now". (0 = No pain, 10 = Pain as bad as you can imagine; higher = more pain)
- Symptom Rating QuestionImmediately pre and immediately post-treatment
1 -item symptom rating developed by research team asking "Please rate your physical symptoms by circling the one number that tells how much physical symptoms you have right now". (0 = no symptoms; 10 = symptoms as bad as you can imagine; higher = more symptoms).