A Primary Care-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention for Long-Term Opioid Users With Chronic Pain : A Randomized Pragmatic Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic pain is common, disabling, and costly. Few clinical trials have examined cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) interventions embedded in primary care settings to improve chronic pain among those receiving long-term opioid therapy.

Objective

To determine the effectiveness of a group-based CBT intervention for chronic pain.

Design

Pragmatic, cluster randomized controlled trial. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02113592).

Setting

Kaiser Permanente health care systems in Georgia, Hawaii, and the Northwest.

Participants

Adults (aged ≥18 years) with mixed chronic pain conditions receiving long-term opioid therapy.

Intervention

A CBT intervention teaching pain self-management skills in 12 weekly, 90-minute groups delivered by an interdisciplinary

SUBMITTER: DeBar L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9802183 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature