The pain course: A randomised controlled trial examining an internet-delivered pain management program when provided with different levels of clinician support

Pain

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1920-1935

  Dear, Blake F ^a   Gandy, Milena ^a   Kdarin, Eyal ^a   Staples, Lauren G ^a   Johnston, Luke ^a   Fogliati, Vincent J ^a   Wootton, Bethany M ^b   Terides, Matthew D ^a   Kayrouz, Rony ^a   Perry, Kathryn Nicholson ^c   Sharpe, Louise ^d   Nicholas, Michael K ^e   Titov, Nickolai ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; CBT; Chronic pain; Cognitive behaviour therapy; Depression; Disability; Internet; Online; Pain; Pain management; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SELF EFFICACY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942666433     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000251     Document Type: Article

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