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ArticleJournal of pain research2012

Assessing the role of cognitive behavioral therapy in the management of chronic nonspecific back pain.

Vigdis Sveinsdottir, Hege R Eriksen, Silje Endresen Reme

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Article in Journal of pain research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03221439 (Cognitive Functional Therapy), which is not on this map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03221439 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

Cognitive Functional Therapy (CFT) Compared With a Combined Manual Therapy and Motor Control Exercise in Patients With Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain: a Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorCentro Universitário Augusto MottaRan2017 to 2020Enrolled148ConditionsLow Back Pain, Back Pain, Pain, Signs and SymptomsArmsCognitive Functional Therapy, Manual Therapy and Motor Control Exercise
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vigdis SveinsdottirUni Health, Uni Research, Bergen, Norway.
Hege R Eriksen
Silje Endresen Reme
Uni Research (Norway) · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study is to provide a narrative review of the current state of knowledge of the role of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in the management of chronic nonspecific back pain.

methodsA literature search on all studies published up until July 2012 (PubMed and PsycINFO) was performed. The search string consisted of 4 steps: cognitive behavioral therapy/treatment/management/modification/intervention, chronic, back pain (MeSH term) or low back pain (MeSH term), and randomized controlled trial (MeSH term). The conclusions are based on the results from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and reviews of RCTs. Interventions were not required to be pure CBT interventions, but were required to include both cognitive and behavioral components.

resultsThe search yielded 108 studies, with 46 included in the analysis. Eligible intervention studies were categorized as CBT compared to wait-list controls/treatment as usual, physical treatments/exercise, information/education, biofeedback, operant behavioral treatment, lumbar spinal fusion surgery, and relaxation training. The results showed that CBT is a beneficial treatment for chronic back pain on a wide range of relevant variables, especially when compared to wait-list controls/treatment as usual. With regards to the other comparison treatments, results were mixed and inconclusive.

conclusionThe results of this review suggest that CBT is a beneficial treatment for chronic nonspecific back pain, leading to improvements in a wide range of relevant cognitive, behavioral and physical variables. This is especially evident when CBT is compared to treatment as usual or wait-list controls, but mixed and inconclusive when compared with various other treatments. Multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary interventions that integrate CBT with other approaches may represent the future direction of management of chronic back pain, with treatments modified for specific circumstances and stakeholders. There is a need for future intervention studies to be specific in their use of cognitive behavioral elements, in order for results to be comparable.

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low back painpain managementproblem-solving therapyrandomized controlled trialsreview

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PMID23091394
PMCPMC3474159
OpenAlexW2124205635

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