Guided Internet-delivered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain Patients

NCT ID: NCT01603797

Last Updated: 2012-10-03

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

76 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-02-28

Study Completion Date

2010-12-31

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study was to investigate if guided internet-delivered acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)would help chronic pain patients.

Detailed Description

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The present study investigates internet-delivered ACT for persons with chronic pain. The use of internet as a delivery format for interventions could be a way of overcome many barriers (financial obstacles, reluctance to seek treatment and paucity of clinicians trained in ACT) that hinder persons with chronic pain to seek or receive adequate help. Persons were randomized to either treatment for 7 weeks or to a control group who were invited to participate in a moderated online discussion forum. Follow up data was collected six months after the treatment.

Conditions

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Chronic Pain

Keywords

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internetdelivered CBT chronic pain acceptance and commitment therapy mindfulness guided self help

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Internet delivered ACT

Internet delivered acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), 7 weeks treatment

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Guided internet-delivered acceptance and commitment therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The treatment program consisted of seven sections and was based on ACT.The first part was about creative hopelessness and was followed in the next section by an introduction to willingness and to the process of acceptance of pain. Information and assignments about committed action and values were also part of the treatment program. Mindfulness exercises were a regular feature in the program. The last part was about how to maintain learned strategies but also an evaluation of the program.

Online discussion forum

Active wait-list condition. Were offered to participate in a moderated online discussion forum. After post-treatment assessment the control group were offered treatment.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Guided internet-delivered acceptance and commitment therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The treatment program consisted of seven sections and was based on ACT.The first part was about creative hopelessness and was followed in the next section by an introduction to willingness and to the process of acceptance of pain. Information and assignments about committed action and values were also part of the treatment program. Mindfulness exercises were a regular feature in the program. The last part was about how to maintain learned strategies but also an evaluation of the program.

Interventions

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Guided internet-delivered acceptance and commitment therapy

The treatment program consisted of seven sections and was based on ACT.The first part was about creative hopelessness and was followed in the next section by an introduction to willingness and to the process of acceptance of pain. Information and assignments about committed action and values were also part of the treatment program. Mindfulness exercises were a regular feature in the program. The last part was about how to maintain learned strategies but also an evaluation of the program.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* that participants had undergone medical investigation (within one year)
* had regular access to the internet
* had functional impairment caused by chronic pain
* had internet access

Exclusion Criteria

* ongoing medical investigations or treatment that could interfere with participation in the study, such as planned surgery and suffering from acute physical or psychological conditions
* not fluent in the Swedish language
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Gerhard Andersson

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Gerhard Andersson

Professor

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Gerhard Andersson, Professor

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Linkoeping University

Monica Buhrman, MSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Uppsala University

Timo Hursti, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Uppsala University

Torsten Gordh, Professor

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Uppsala University

Tomas Furmark, Professor

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Uppsala University

Astrid Skoglund, MSc

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Uppsala University

Josefin Husell, MSc

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Uppsala University

Kristina Bergström, MSc

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Uppsala University

Nina Bendelin, MSc

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Linkoeping University

References

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Bendelin N, Bjorkdahl P, Risell M, Nelson KZ, Gerdle B, Andersson G, Buhrman M. Patients' experiences of internet-based Acceptance and commitment therapy for chronic pain: a qualitative study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2020 Apr 6;21(1):212. doi: 10.1186/s12891-020-03198-1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32252707 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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smartaSIAMB_GA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id