Compassion-Focused Therapy for Chronic Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT03471637
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
This research aims to study how Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) might work for people with chronic pain. People with chronic pain may feel shameful about their condition and this type of therapy aims to help people to view themselves and their difficulties in a kinder, less critical way (i.e. self-compassion). Currently, no research is available on the effectiveness of CFT in helping people with chronic pain. Participants attending a CFT-incorporated Pain Management Programme will complete a battery of questionnaires at the start of the group (week 1), in the middle of the group (week 5) and at the end of the group (week 11).
Study details
- Official title
- How do Self-compassion and Psychological Flexibility Mediate Change in a Compassion-Focused Therapy Group for Chronic Pain?
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain
- Psychological Distress
- Interventions
- Other: Compassion-Focused Therapy
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
- Collaborators
- NHS Lothian
- Start date
- 2018-02-27
- Primary completion
- 2019-03-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Please note this study is only recruiting people who have been referred and accepted onto NHS Lothian's Pain Management Programme (part of the Lothian Pain Service at the Astley Ainslie Hospital). Inclusion Criteria: * Fluency of English sufficient for participation in the group and completion of questionnaires * Aged 18+ (no upper age limit) * Ability to provide informed consent (as defined by the Five Statutory Principles of the Mental Capacity Act, Code of Practice, 2007) Exclusion Criteria: * Active substance misuse * Active suicidality * Terminal illness * Inability to provide informed consent
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03471637