The Effect of Solution-focused Group Therapy for Pain Management in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury

NCT ID: NCT03991689

Last Updated: 2019-06-19

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 26 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-04-29
• Study Completion Date: 2015-12-31

Brief Summary

Objective: to verify the effect of solution-focused group therapy (SFBT) on pain management as well as physiological, psychological and social adaptation in patients with spinal cord injury.

Setting: for matters of convenience, the samples were collected at medical and rehabilitation centers in Taiwan. Twenty-six patients with spinal cord injuries and neuropathic pain were invited to join the four pain management groups.

Method: In the case of patients with spinal cord injury affected by neuropathic pain, a solution-focused pain management group therapy was conducted once a week for 6 weeks, 90 minutes each time; fear avoidance theory and acceptance and commitment therapy was used for pain management, using solution-focus group counseling strategies to guide group members to achieve pain management goals by accepting pain and establishing goals.The group effectiveness was assessed before and after the group intervention in terms of pain intensity (0-10 numeric rating scale), brief pain inventory-pain inference, chronic pain self-efficacy scale, pain fear (0-10 numeric rating scale), depression (patient health questionnaire-9), demoralization (demoralization scale), post-traumatic growth inventory and life quality (WHOQOL-BREF). Then we analyzed the correlation between the difference values of the variables before and after the test in order to understand the clinical application of the pain management group therapy for patients with spinal cord injury.

Conditions

Pain Management; Life Quality; Spinal Cord Injuries

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

the six weeks solution-focused pain management groups

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

solution-focused group therapy

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Participants began a 90-minute solution-focused pain management group, which lasted for six weeks, and after the group ended, the questionnaire post-test was carried out, and a total of 26 participants thus completed their group journey. The group effect was evaluated by the difference between the scores of the questionnaires before and after the group.

Interventions

solution-focused group therapy

Participants began a 90-minute solution-focused pain management group, which lasted for six weeks, and after the group ended, the questionnaire post-test was carried out, and a total of 26 participants thus completed their group journey. The group effect was evaluated by the difference between the scores of the questionnaires before and after the group.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients diagnosed with spinal cord injury as being in compliance with the Taiwan National Health Insurance's definition

Exclusion Criteria

• Psychiatric disabilities
• Intellectual disabilities
• Unconscious patients
• Patients in critical condition
• Bedridden patients

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Yu-Chan Li

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

NTUNHS

Identifier Type: -

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