Trial reportPain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2019
The Effects of a Life Stress Emotional Awareness and Expression Interview for Women with Chronic Urogenital Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05014126 (Online "Pain, Stress & Emotions" Class in Chronic Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Online "Pain, Stress & Emotions" Class in Chronic Pain: Single-arm Efficacy Test
Who cites it
28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Psychological intervention in patients with central sensitization syndromes and comorbid psychosocial trauma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions for treating people with symptoms of bladder pain syndrome: a network meta-analysis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy vs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain in Older Veterans: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Virtual Human-Delivered Interviews for Patients With Chronic Pain: Feasibility, Acceptability, and a Pilot Randomized Trial of Standard Medical, Psychosocial, and Educational Interviews.Psychosomatic medicine · 2023Trial
- Efficacy of a Single-Session "Empowered Relief" Zoom-Delivered Group Intervention for Chronic Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial Conducted During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- Patient Perspectives on the Process and Outcome of Group Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy for Chronic Pain.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2026Article
- Single Session Behavioral Interventions for Chronic Pain A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.The journal of pain · 2026Review
- To feel is to heal-introduction to Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy.Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2025Review
- This pain drives me crazy: Psychiatric symptoms in women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome.World journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Internet-delivered emotional awareness and expression therapy for somatic symptom disorder: one year follow-up.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Psychophysiologic symptom relief therapy for chronic back pain: hypothesis and trial rationale.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Interstitial cystitis-an imbalance of risk and protective factors?Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Emotional Awareness and Expression Interview: Examining Interview Content and Patient Experiences in Two Medical Samples.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2023Article
- Innovative treatment formats, technologies, and clinician trainings that improve access to behavioral pain treatment for youth and adults.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Eliciting emotional expressions in psychodynamic psychotherapies using telehealth: a clinical review and single case study using emotional awareness and expression therapy.Psychoanalytic psychotherapy · 2022Article
- Patient and economic benefits of psychological support for noncompliant patients.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Relationship between Religious Coping, Pain Severity, and Childbirth Self-Efficacy in Iranian Primipara Women.Obstetrics and gynecology international · 2022Article
- "Pain, Stress, and Emotions": Uncontrolled trial of a single-session, telehealth, emotional awareness and expression therapy class for patients with chronic pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Psychological Treatment for Chronic Pain: Improving Access and Integration.Psychological science in the public interest : a journal of the American Psychological Society · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveWomen with chronic urogenital pain (CUP) conditions have elevated rates of lifetime trauma, relational stress, and emotional conflicts, but directly assessing and treating psychological stress is rarely done in women's health care settings. We developed and tested the effects on patients' somatic and psychological symptoms of a life stress interview that encourages disclosure about stressors and uses experiential techniques to increase awareness of links between stress, emotions, and symptoms.
methodsIn this randomized trial, women with CUP recruited at a multidisciplinary women's urology center received either a single 90-minute life stress interview (N = 37) or no interview (treatment-as-usual control; N = 25). Self-report measures of pain severity (primary outcome), pain interference, pelvic floor symptoms, and psychological symptoms (anxiety and depression) were completed at baseline and six-week follow-up.
resultsDifferences between the life stress interview and control conditions at follow-up were tested with analyses of covariance, controlling for baseline level of the outcome and baseline depression. Compared with the control condition, the interview resulted in significantly lower pain severity and pelvic floor symptoms, but the interview had no effect on pain interference or psychological symptoms.
conclusionsAn intensive life stress emotional awareness expression interview improved physical but not psychological symptoms among women with CUP seen in a tertiary care clinic. This study suggests that targeting stress and avoided emotions and linking them to symptoms may be beneficial for this complex group of patients.
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