The SCI Pain Course: Examining a low-intensity self-management program for chronic pain and emotional wellbeing among adults with spinal cord injuries.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12614000767606

Enrollment

Registered

2014-07-18

Start date

2015-04-10

Completion date

2017-06-04

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The proposed project seeks to examine the acceptability, efficacy and feasibility of low-intensity CBT-based self-management program, the SCI Pain Course, in reducing symptoms of anxiety, depression and disability among adults with spinal cord injuries. The SCI Pain Course is based on the already established and efficacious Pain Course but has undergone minor modification to make it optimally suitable for people with SCI.

Interventions

All participants will complete 5 lessons of an iCBT treatment, the SCI Pain Course (see Dear et al., 2013) focusing on the management of pain, anxiety, depression and disability. All 5 Lessons will be administered via the internet and one lesson will be completed every 7 to 10 days. Each lesson will take about 15 minutes to complete. Participants will also have access to summaries of each lesson, and will read anonymous stories about other people with chronic pain, taking a further 20 minutes per summary. All participants will also receive automatic email and weekly reminder phone calls by a clinical psychologist. The duration of the reminder emails and phone calls is expected to be 5-10 minutes per week. The duration of the program is 8 weeks. Study questionnaires will be administered at application, pre-treatment, post-treatment and then 3-months post-treatment. These questionnaires will take about 10 minutes to complete.

Study design

Allocation

Non-randomised trial

Intervention model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

(a) Diagnosed with a spinal cord injury; (b) Experienced chronic pain for longer than 6 months or is experiencing anxiety and depression; (c) Has had a recent consultation (i.e., in the last 6 months) with a GP or specialist; (d) Is living in Australia;

Exclusion criteria

(a) Severe depression (i.e., indicated by a score > 22 on the PHQ-9) (b) Significant suicidal ideation (i.e., indicated by a score > 2 to Question 9 of the PHQ-9) (c) Acutely suicidal or recent history of attempted suicide or self-harm (i.e., last 12 months)

Outcome results