ArticleJournal of behavioral medicine2021
Web-based cognitive behavior therapy for chronic pain patients with aberrant drug-related behavior: How did it work and for whom?
Article in Journal of behavioral medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 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
- Psychological therapies delivered remotely for the management of chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled 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
- The effects of telehealth-delivered mindfulness meditation, cognitive therapy, and behavioral activation for chronic low back pain: a randomized clinical trial.BMC medicine · 2024Trial
- Pain Management Treatments and Opioid Use Disorder Risk in Medicaid Patients.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
- The mediating effect of social functioning on the relationship between catastrophizing and pain among patients with chronic low back pain.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2023Observational
- Neuroimaging Mechanism of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Pain Management.Pain research & management · 2022Review
- Pain Catastrophizing and Substance Misuse: A Scoping Review of the Literature.Harvard review of psychiatryArticle
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Abstract
This study explored mediating pathways, moderating factors, and moderated mediation effects of a web-based, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention for chronic pain patients with aberrant drug-related behavior (ADRB). In a 2-arm RCT, patients with chronic pain who screened positive for ADRB received treatment-as-usual (TAU, n = 55) or TAU plus a 12-week, web-based CBT intervention (n = 55). Assessments were conducted at weeks 4, 8, and 12, and at 1- and 3-months post intervention. Web-CBT significantly reduced pain catastrophizing, which, in turn, reduced pain interference and pain severity via a pathway of pain catastrophizing. Web-CBT also significantly reduced ADRB both directly and indirectly by reducing pain catastrophizing. For pain interference and pain severity, web-CBT was more effective than TAU for younger patients (≤ age 50). For pain severity, web-CBT was more effective for both younger patients (≤ age 50), and those with a lifetime substance use disorder. Findings suggest that web-CBT's positive impact on pain outcomes and ADRB are mediated by its effect on pain catastrophizing, and its treatment effects may be most robust for younger patients and those with histories of substance dependence.
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