Evaluation of emotion-centric psychological interventions for chronic pain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Chronic pain, defined as pain persisting longer than 3 months, is more than an unpleasant sensory experience. Persistent negative emotions and emotional comorbidities, such as depression and anxiety, plague people with chronic pain leading to worsening pain intensity and increasing disability. While cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is the gold standard psychological treatment, recent evidence highlights that CBT lacks efficacy for the physical and emotional aspects of chronic pain. Increasingly, researchers are investigating emotion-centric psychological therapies. While treatment modalities vary, these interventions frequently target understanding emotions, and train individuals for an emotionally adaptive response. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analys

SUBMITTER: Norman-Nott N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9644329 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature