Twelve-month results for a randomized sham-controlled effectiveness trial of an in-home skills-based virtual reality program for chronic low back pain.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Low-risk, accessible, and long-term effective nonpharmacologic behavioral interventions for chronic low back pain (cLBP) are needed. Pain education and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) are recommended first-line treatments, but access is poor, treatment effectiveness is variable, and long-term effectiveness is inconsistent. In-home virtual reality (VR)-delivered therapies might address these shortcomings because therapeutic content can be delivered in a consistent and quality-controlled manner.

Objective

To determine whether a 56-session, self-administered in-home, Skills-Based VR program for cLBP (RelieVRx) yields long-term reductions in pain intensity and pain interference 12 months posttreatment in a large demographically diverse and clinically severe real-

SUBMITTER: Maddox T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11377093 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature