A randomized, controlled trial of acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy for chronic pain

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2098-2107

  Wetherell, Julie Loebach ^a,b   Afari, Niloofar ^a,b   Rutledge, Thomas ^a,b   Sorrell, John T ^c   Stoddard, Jill A ^d   Petkus, Andrew J ^e   Solomon, Brittany C ^f   Lehman, David H ^a,b   Liu, Lin ^b   Lang, Ariel J ^b   Hampton Atkinson, J ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior therapy; Cognitive therapy; Intractable; Mindfulness; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; OPIATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CHIROPRACTIC; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN ACCEPTANCE QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN INTERFERENCE; PAIN PARAMETERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SURVEY OF PAIN ATTITUDE CONTROL SUBSCALE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051795839     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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