Acceptance and values-based action in chronic pain: A three-year follow-up analysis of treatment effectiveness and process

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 748-755

  Vowles, Kevin E ^a,b,c,d   McCracken, Lance M ^c,d   O'Brien, Jane Zhao ^c,d,e  

^a HAYWOOD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Chronic pain; Contextual cognitive behavioral treatment; Values

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRITISH COLUMBIA MAJOR DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN ACCEPTANCE QUESTIONNAIRE; CHRONIC PAIN VALUES INVENTORY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EFFECT SIZE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ANXIETY SYMPTOMS SCALE 20; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER PAIN; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 80053563823     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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