Trial reportPsycho-oncology2019
A single-session acceptance and commitment therapy intervention among women undergoing surgery for breast cancer: A randomized pilot trial to reduce persistent postsurgical pain.
Trial report in Psycho-oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06332963 (Interoceptive Mechanisms of Body Image Disturbance in Anorexia Nervosa), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers.
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Interoceptive Mechanisms of Body Image Disturbance in Anorexia Nervosa
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- Smartphone-Based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Postmastectomy Pain Syndrome: A Pilot RCT Evaluating Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Clinical Outcomes.Journal of pain research · 2026Trial
- Patients' Perception of a Brief Web- and Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Pain Following Discharge After Total Joint Arthroplasty: Qualitative Description.JMIR nursing · 2025Trial
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- Effect of Pain Coping Skills Training on Pain and Pain Medication Use for Women With Breast Cancer.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2023Trial
- Postoperative effect of sufentanil preemptive analgesia combined with psychological intervention on breast cancer patients.BMC anesthesiology · 2023Trial
- Efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on depression, pain acceptance, and psychological flexibility in married women with breast cancer: a pre- and post-test clinical trial.Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapyTrial
- Immediate Effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Children with ADHD: A Pilot Resting-State fNIRS Study.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Single Session Behavioral Interventions for Chronic Pain A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.The journal of pain · 2026Review
- The Effect of ACT on Experiential Avoidance and Pain Acceptance: A Study on Women with Myofascial Pain Syndrome.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- The effect of acceptance commitment therapy on the mental health of elderly breast cancer patients.World journal of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- Consensus statement on chronic pain treatment in cancer survivors.Journal of anesthesia · 2025Review
- Breast cancer: pathogenesis and treatments.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Review
- 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
- Acceptance and commitment therapy combined with usual care improves psychosocial outcomes and reduces complications in patients with permanent colostomies after colorectal cancer surgery: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- The effect of music-supported acceptance and commitment therapy on perceived stress and pain in cancer patients.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 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
- Bridging the pain gap after cancer surgery - Evaluating the feasibility of transitional pain service to prevent persistent postsurgical pain - A systematic review and meta-analysis.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2024Article
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- The Role of Pain Catastrophizing, Emotional Intelligence, and Pain Intensity in the Quality of Life of Cancer Patients with Chronic Pain.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for the Management of Postsurgical Pain: Study Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial (SPINE-ACT Study).Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveOncologic breast surgeries carry a risk for persistent postsurgical pain. This study was a randomized pilot and feasibility study of a single-session Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention compared with treatment as usual among women undergoing surgery for breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ.
methodsParticipants were recruited via letter of invitation and follow-up phone call from a single site in the United States from 2015 to 2017. Participants were at risk for persistent postsurgical pain, based on young age (<50), a preexisting chronic pain condition, or elevated anxiety, depression, or pain catastrophizing.
resultsThe 54 participants were female with a mean age of 52.91 years (SD=11.80). At 3-month postsurgery, 11% of the sample reported moderate-severe pain (>3 on a 0-10 numeric rating scale) in the operative breast or with arm movement. Written qualitative responses indicated that the majority of participants who received the intervention understood the concepts presented and reported continued practice of exercises learned in the session. The between group effect sizes for moderate-severe pain and elevated anxiety at 3-month post-surgery were small (Phi=0.08 and 0.16, respectively). The between group effect sizes for depression, pain acceptance, and pain catastrophizing at 3-month postsurgery were minimal.
conclusionsThis study found small positive effects on postsurgical pain and anxiety for a single-session ACT intervention among women with breast cancer. This study supports the use of ACT with this population.
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