Trial reportThe Clinical journal of pain2018
Randomized Controlled Trial of Telephone-delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Versus Supportive Care for Chronic Back Pain.
Trial report in The Clinical journal of pain, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Digital Health Interventions in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- The physical and psychological effectiveness of mHealth-based physiotherapy for patients with chronic non-specific low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of telemedicine and telecare · 2026Pooled it
- Psychological therapies delivered remotely for the management of chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Evaluation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Improving Pain, Fear Avoidance, and Self-Efficacy in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Pain research & management · 2022Pooled it
- Psychological Approaches for the Integrative Care of Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Metanalysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Utilization of telemedicine in conjunction with wearable devices for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain: a randomized controlled clinical trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
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- Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain and Differences by Sex: A Longitudinal Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- [Remote management of musculoskeletal pain : A pragmatic approach to the implementation of video and phone consultations in musculoskeletal practice. German version].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2023Review
- Chronic pain management during the COVID-19 pandemic: Can telemedicine replace in-person consultation? A prospective clinical study.Interventional pain medicine · 2023Article
- Behavioral Therapy Approaches for the Management of Low Back Pain: An Up-To-Date Systematic Review.Pain and therapy · 2018Review
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- A pilot study to determine the effect of one physical therapy session on physical activity levels for individuals with chronic low back pain.BMC research notes · 2017Article
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a telephone-delivered, home-based cognitive-behavioral intervention for chronic low back pain in comparison to a matched supportive care (SC) treatment.
methodsParticipants (N=66) were patients with chronic back pain that were randomized to either an 8-week Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) or a SC condition matched for contact frequency, format, and time. Participants completed validated measures of improvement in back pain disability, pain severity, and overall improvement.
resultsIntent-to-treat analyses at posttreatment showed that the treatment groups not show significantly different improvements in back pain disability (mean changes, -2.4 and -2.6 for CBT and SC, respectively; Cohen d, 0.49 and 0.55, respectively) or reductions in pain severity (mean changes, -0.9 and -1.4 for CBT and SC respectively; Cohen d, 0.50, and 0.90, respectively). Participants rated their overall improvement levels at 31% (CBT) versus 18.5% (SC). DISCUSSION: Results from this clinical trial suggest that home-based, telephone-delivered CBT and SC treatments did not significantly differ in their benefits for back pain severity and disability, and may warrant further research for applications to hospital settings. Major limitations included recruitment difficulties that underpowered primary analyses, the lack of objective improvement measures, and the absence of a usual care/untreated control group for comparisons.
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