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Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET) or Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for Older Veterans With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

NCT03844880 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2020-09-07

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Summary

A randomized clinical trial for Veterans age 50 years and older with chronic musculoskeletal pain in which Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET) is compared against Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) to evaluate acceptability, feasibility, and efficacy of the two treatments on pain and other outcomes, as well as potential mediators of treatment response.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy

Focus on emotions, writing about stress, assertiveness training, role playing new ways to handle relationships, and sharing feelings and experiences with others.

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Focus on cognitive and behavioral skills, such as relaxation, increasing pleasant activities, pacing, and changing ways of thinking.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

    lead FED

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-10-19
Primary Completion
2019-08-28
Completion
2019-08-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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