Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to Optimize Post-Operative Fracture Recovery (COPE): protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Chronic, non-cancer pain affects approximately 20-30% of the population in North America, Europe, and Australia, with surgery and trauma frequently cited as inciting events. Prospective studies of fracture patients have demonstrated an association between somatic pre-occupation, poor coping, and low recovery expectations following surgery with persistent pain, functional limitations, and lower rates of return to work. Psychological interventions, such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), that are designed to modify unhelpful beliefs and behaviours have the potential to reduce persistent post-surgical pain and its associated effects among trauma patients.

Objective

To determine whether online CBT, versus usual care, reduces the prevalence of moderate to severe p

SUBMITTER: Busse JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9587572 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature