Predictors of adherence to an internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy program for individuals with chronic pain and comorbid psychological distress

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العنوان: Predictors of adherence to an internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy program for individuals with chronic pain and comorbid psychological distress
المؤلفون: Sven Alfonsson, Cecilia Tengberg, Monica Buhrman, Johanna Håkansson, Linda Huotari, Nils Gasslander, Amanda Jackalin
المصدر: BMC Psychology, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
BMC Psychology
بيانات النشر: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
مصطلحات موضوعية: medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.medical_treatment, Population, Chronic pain, Psychological Distress, law.invention, Randomized controlled trial, law, medicine, Humans, Psychology, education, General Psychology, Depression (differential diagnoses), Applied Psychology, education.field_of_study, Motivation, Internet, Disability, Depression, Psychological research, Research, General Medicine, Tillämpad psykologi, medicine.disease, BF1-990, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Adherence, Sick leave, Physical therapy, Marital status
الوصف: BackgroundThe burden caused by chronic pain is significant, affecting at least 10 percent of the world´s population. While internet-based treatments based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) have been shown to be promising in this area, attrition levels vary significantly. The purpose of this study was to investigate predictor variables for participants’ adherence to an internet-based CBT treatment for individuals with chronic pain as well as to investigate associations between adherence and treatment outcome.MethodsData for this study was retrieved from a randomized controlled trial including 95 individuals with chronic pain who received internet-based CBT. Treatment adherence was studied through three outcome variables: treatment progress, treatment completion and exercise completion. The predictor variables were grouped into four clusters: background variables (age, gender, marital status, level of education, and typical computer usage); the second cluster included health status variables (sick leave, current psychiatric diagnosis, previous psychotherapy for pain, current pharmacological treatment, previous depression, current depression, and current depressive symptoms); the third cluster included pain-related variables (opioid medication, history of pain, and pain symptoms) and the fourth cluster included motivation variables (measured with treatment preference, treatment credibility, compliance to the treatment schedule and contact with the therapists).ResultsFindings showed that treatment progress was predicted by higher treatment credibility at baseline, whereas participants who were behind schedule in the second week of the program finished fewer treatment modules. When analyzing each cluster of predictor variables separately, current depressive symptoms also predicted fewer completed treatment modules.Among the pain-related variables, higher pain acceptance was the only predictor for completing more treatment modules. Treatment completion (which in this study was defined as having completed at least 75% of treatment modules) was predicted by higher treatment credibility and fewer depressive symptoms at baseline, and was thus similar to the results regarding treatment progress. Finally, all adherence variables predicted the treatment outcome pain interference.ConclusionsLow treatment credibility, depressive symptoms and falling behind the treatment schedule early on were the most important predictor variables for low treatment adherence, while a number of demographical and pain-related variables were not related to adherence. The results from this study may help clinicians identify patients who are less likely to complete, and thus benefit from, their pain treatment.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NTC03316846.
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