Trial reportPain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2018
Web-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Chronic Pain Patients with Aberrant Drug-Related Behavior: Outcomes from a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
27 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.
- Digitally Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drug Use: Meta-Analysis Across Consumption and Psychosocial Outcomes.JMIR mental health · 2026Pooled it
- Engagement in Digital Self-management Interventions for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review.The Clinical journal of pain · 2025Pooled it
- Psychological therapies delivered remotely for the management of chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Evidence for state, community and systems-level prevention strategies to address the opioid crisis.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Pooled it
- Study Protocol for a Pain Self-Management Intervention to Reduce Pain and Improve MOUD Engagement in Primary Care: A Randomized Trial.Substance use & addiction journal · 2026Trial
- Secondary Analysis of Pain Outcomes in a Large Pragmatic Randomized Trial of Buprenorphine/Naloxone Versus Methadone for Opioid Use Disorder.Journal of addiction medicineTrial
- Integrated Behavioral Treatment for Veterans With Co-Morbid Chronic Pain and Hazardous Opioid Use: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.The journal of painTrial
- Use of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in a Nation-Wide Veterans Health Administration Sample: The Role of Clinic, Therapist, and Patient Factors.Health services research · 2025Article
- Momentary mindfulness versus distraction coping messages to reduce cannabis craving among young adults: A microrandomized trial.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025Article
- A one-day acceptance and commitment therapy workshop for the prevention of chronic post-surgical pain and long-term opioid use following spine surgery: Protocol for a pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Feasibility and acceptability of a single-session perioperative acceptance and commitment therapy workshop for preventing chronic postsurgical pain: a single-arm, non-randomized pilot trial.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Translating an Intervention to Address Chronic Pain among Home Care Workers: The COMPASS-NP Pilot.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2024Article
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- Feasibility of Web-Based Single-Session Empowered Relief in Patients With Chronic Pain Taking Methadone or Buprenorphine: Protocol for a Single-Arm Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Assessing the Feasibility and Preliminary Effects of a Web-Based Self-Management Program for Chronic Noncancer Pain: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR human factors · 2024Article
- Codéveloppement d'un programme d'autogestion de la douleur chronique en ligne: un projet de recherche basé sur la conception et axé sur l'engagement des patients.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2024Article
- Benzodiazepine Use and Dependence in Relation to Chronic Pain Intensity and Pain Catastrophizing.The journal of pain · 2023Article
- End User Participation in the Development of an Ecological Momentary Intervention to Improve Coping With Cannabis Cravings: Formative Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- A scoping review of outpatient interventions to support the reduction of prescription opioid medication for chronic non cancer pain.Journal of clinical nursing · 2022Article
- Psychosocial Predictors of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Outcomes and their Contextual Determinants Among Black Individuals: A Narrative Review.The journal of pain · 2022Review
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10 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Objective: There is high unmet need for effective behavioral treatments for chronic pain patients at risk for or with demonstrated histories of opioid misuse. Despite growing evidence supporting technology-based delivery of self-management interventions for chronic pain, very few such programs target co-occurring chronic pain and aberrant drug-related behavior. This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of a novel, web-based self-management intervention, grounded in cognitive behavior therapy, for chronic pain patients with aberrant drug-related behavior. Methods: Opioid-treated chronic pain patients at a specialty pain practice who screened positive for aberrant drug-related behavior (N = 110) were randomized to receive treatment as usual plus the web-based program or treatment as usual alone. The primary outcomes of pain severity, pain interference, and aberrant drug-related behavior, and the secondary outcomes of pain catastrophizing and pain-related emergency department visits, were assessed during the 12-week intervention and at one and three months postintervention. Results: Patients assigned to use the web-based program reported significantly greater reductions in aberrant drug-related behavior, pain catastrophizing, and pain-related emergency department visits-but not pain severity or pain interference-relative to those assigned to treatment as usual. The positive outcomes were observed during the 12-week intervention and for three months postintervention. Conclusions: A web-based self-management program, when delivered in conjunction with standard specialty pain treatment, was effective in reducing chronic pain patients' aberrant drug-related behavior, pain catastrophizing, and emergency department visits for pain. Technology-based self-management tools may be a promising therapeutic approach for the vulnerable group of chronic pain patients who have problems managing their opioid medication.
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