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Interactive Voice Response (IVR)-Based Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT01025752 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 134

Last updated 2018-08-03

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Summary

The proposed study will test how well an innovative method, interactive voice response (IVR), can be used for delivering an treatment for chronic low back pain. The use of IVR will improve the accessibility of treatment to Veterans. IVR is a computerized interface that allows patients to use their telephone to: 1) obtain pre-recorded didactic information, 2) report data regarding pain-related symptoms and adherence to pain coping skill practice, and 3) receive personalized therapist feedback. Although CBT has been shown to be effective in reducing pain intensity, traditional CBT requires patients to make frequent office visits. The use of IVR will allow Veterans to access CBT from their home via a touch-tone telephone, thereby allowing them to access treatment at their convenience without travel to the VA for an outpatient appointment. Veterans with chronic low back pain will be randomized in equal numbers to receive either standard CBT or IVR-based CBT. Veterans in both conditions will receive 10 session of treatment designed to help them manage their chronic pain using pain coping skills. The primary outcome measure will be pain intensity.

Conditions

  • Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Face to face cognitive behavior therapy

Ten session face to face cognitive behavior therapy for chronic low back pain

BEHAVIORAL

IVR based cognitive behavioral therapy

Ten session cognitive behavior therapy for chronic low back pain using interactive voice response therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Alicia A. Heapy, PhD · VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus, West Haven, CT

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-05-31
Primary Completion
2016-04-30
Completion
2016-04-30

Countries

  • United States

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