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"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) Ziadni, M. S., Sturgeon, J. A., Lumley, M. A. 2022; 3: 1028561

Abstract

Trauma- and emotion-focused chronic pain interventions, particularly Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET), show much promise for reducing pain and improving functioning. We developed a novel, single-session, telehealth-delivered EAET class ("Pain, Stress, and Emotions"; PSE) and tested it on adults with chronic pain of mixed etiology.After an initial developmental phase, we conducted an uncontrolled trial, providing PSE to 74 individuals with chronic pain (63.5% female; 64.9% White; 60.8% with pain duration >5 years) in four class administrations. Participants completed self-report measures (primary outcomes: pain intensity and pain interference) at baseline and multiple follow-ups to 12 weeks. Linear mixed-models examined changes over time, and effect sizes were calculated on change from baseline to 4-week (primary endpoint) and 12-week follow-ups. The trial was registered with clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05014126).Participants reported high satisfaction with the PSE class. Pain intensity showed a significant, medium reduction across time (p?

View details for DOI 10.3389/fpain.2022.1028561

View details for PubMedID 36466215

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