ArticlePain reports2024
Empowered Relief, cognitive behavioral therapy, and health education for people with chronic pain: a comparison of outcomes at 6-month Follow-up for a randomized controlled trial.
Article in Pain reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT06533345 (MERCI Chronic Pain Research Clinic), which is not on this map. Cited by 30 papers.
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MERCI Chronic Pain Research Clinic (Medical Education and Research in Compassionate Integration/Intervention)
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Randomized comparative effectiveness study of 1-session vs 8-session online behavioral treatment for chronic pain: protocol for the national PROGRESS study.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2026Trial
- Online 1-session Empowered Relief in Marfan syndrome and related diseases: a single-arm feasibility and pilot efficacy study.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- The Role of Behavioral and Psychological Interventions in Chronic Ocular Pain.Current pain and headache reports · 2026Review
- Efficacy of Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Pelvic Floor Therapy, Integrated Therapy, and Pharmacotherapy in the Treatment of Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2026Article
- Empowered Relief vs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Chronic Pain: Study Protocol for a National, Randomized, Noninferiority Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Empowered Relief for Youth: Development, feasibility and early effectiveness of a single session pain relief skills class.The journal of pain · 2026Article
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- Psychosocial Interventions for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Among Older Adults: A Scoping Review.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026Review
- Evaluation of a Spanish-language Adaptation of Brief Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement for Chronic Pain: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Acceptability of a brief behavioral pain treatment to enhance recovery after surgery.North American Spine Society journal · 2026Article
- Single Session Behavioral Interventions for Chronic Pain A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.The journal of pain · 2026Review
- Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Empowered Relief in Patients With Chronic Pain Taking Methadone or Buprenorphine: Single-Arm National Pilot Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Negative affect in fibromyalgia in comparison to controls: A cross-sectional investigation of risk and protective factors.Medicine · 2025Observational
- Beyond pain intensity: Validating single-item pain bothersomeness measures.The journal of pain · 2025Article
- Initial Feasibility and Acceptability of Cancer Pain 101: An Interdisciplinary, Single-Session, Telehealth Intervention for Patients With Cancer-Related Pain.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
- Applying Patient and Health Professional Preferences in Co-Designing a Digital Brief Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Prescription Opioid-Related Harm Among Patients With Chronic Noncancer Pain: Qualitative Analysis.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Brief interventions for chronic pain: Approaches and evidence.Current opinion in psychology · 2025Review
- Zoom-Delivered Empowered Relief for Chronic Pain: Observational Longitudinal Pilot Study Exploring Feasibility and Pain-Related Outcomes in Patients on Long-Term Opioids.JMIR formative research · 2025Observational
- Upskilling pain relief after surgery: a scoping review of perioperative behavioral intervention efficacy and practical considerations for implementation.Regional anesthesia and pain medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: We previously conducted a 3-arm randomized trial (263 adults with chronic low back pain) which compared group-based (1) single-session pain relief skills intervention (Empowered Relief; ER); (2) 8-session cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for chronic back pain; and (3) single-session health and back pain education class (HE). Results suggested non-inferiority of ER vs. CBT at 3 months post-treatment on an array of outcomes. Methods: Here, we tested the durability of treatment effects at 6 months post-treatment. We examined group differences in primary and secondary outcomes at 6 months and the degree to which outcomes eroded or improved from 3-month to 6-month within each treatment group. Results: Empowered Relief remained non-inferior to CBT on most outcomes, whereas both ER and CBT remained superior to HE on most outcomes. Outcome improvements within ER did not decrease significantly from 3-month to 6-month, and indeed ER showed additional 3- to 6-month improvements on pain catastrophizing, pain bothersomeness, and anxiety. Effects of ER at 6 months post-treatment (moderate term outcomes) kept pace with effects reported by participants who underwent 8-session CBT. Conclusions: The maintenance of these absolute levels implies strong stability of ER effects. Results extend to 6 months post-treatment previous findings documenting that ER and CBT exhibit similarly potent effects on outcomes.
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