Psychological therapies delivered remotely for the management of chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults

CONCLUSIONS: Currently, evidence about remotely-delivered psychological therapies is largely limited to Internet-based delivery of CBT. We found evidence that remotely-delivered CBT has small benefits for pain intensity (moderate certainty) and functional disability (moderate to low certainty) in adults experiencing chronic pain. Benefits were not maintained at follow-up. Our appraisal of quality of life and adverse events outcomes post-treatment were limited by study numbers, evidence certainty, or both. We found limited research (mostly low to very low certainty) exploring other psychological therapies (i.e. ACT). More high-quality studies are needed to assess the broad translatability of psychological therapies to remote delivery, the different delivery technologies, treatment longevity, comparison with active control, and adverse events.PMID:37643992 | DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD013863.pub2
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - Category: General Medicine Authors: Source Type: research