If you personalize it, will they use it?: Self-reported and observed use of a tailored, internet-based pain self-management program.

ABSTRACT: Little is known about how individuals with chronic pain use tailored internet-based interventions. This study is the first to compare self-reported skill module use to observed module access and to examine each of these in relationship to tailored recommendations to access specific content. Participants (N = 58) enrolled in a 10-week trial of the Pain EASE program, a tailored internet-based intervention that includes 10 pain self-management skill modules. Participants completed a "Self-Assessment," which was used to provide a "Personalized Plan" that encouraged accessing specific modules. Participants self-reported module use during weekly data collection telephone calls. Program log data were extracted to capture "observed" module use during the trial period. Findings indicated significan

SUBMITTER: Reuman L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9154266 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature