Status:
UNKNOWN
Internet-based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain
Lead Sponsor:
University of Cyprus
Conditions:
Chronic Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) delivered face-to-face is an empirically supported intervention for the management of chronic pain (CP). However, increasing demands for cost reduction in healt...
Detailed Description
A growing body of evidence demonstrates that clinic-based interventions can be effectively used to treat pain-related interference in the daily life of chronic pain sufferers. Acceptance and Commitmen...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 18 years or older
- At least 3 months chronic pain duration,
- At least a pain intensity score of ≥ 4 prior to the intervention (assessed by an 11 point numeric rating scale (NRS; Dworkin et al., 2005) ranging from (0) 'no pain' to (10) 'pain as bad as the participant can imagine'.
- Users to have undergone medical assessment within one year,
- Official medical diagnosis on the type of chronic pain that users suffer from,
- Regular access to a computer/tablet and internet
- Sufficient knowledge of the Greek language.
Exclusion
- Comorbidity with a serious medical condition other than chronic non-malignant pain (e.g., complete paraplegia or tetraplegia, heart or vascular diseases, malignant pain such as cancer etc.), which may interfere with participation. A neurologist will be consulted and candidates will be excluded if their medical condition is regarded as significantly interfering with their participation.
- Recent episodes of active psychosis, manic episodes, substance use disorder and suicidal ideation. Assessment will take place using selected single items from mini-SCID (mini - Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Karekla \& Panayiotou 2010). Candidates who respond positively to one or more of the assessed mini-SCID items will be excluded from further participation and will receive information over the phone with advice to seek help, along with relevant information on available services from their local community mental health services or their general practitioner.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
April 1 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
150 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03409302
Start Date
January 1 2018
End Date
April 1 2018
Last Update
January 24 2018
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