iACT With Pain: an ICT-delivered Intervention for Self-management of Chronic Pain
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT04200183
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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 project aims to test the effectiveness of an ICT-based delivery of an evidencebased psychological intervention for Chronic Pain (CP) - iACTwithPain. CP is a prevalent health problem worldwide, including in Portugal (around 30% of population) placing a significant economic burden on healthcare systems. Although CP is associated with psychological symptoms (i.e. depression and anxiety) and poor social functioning and quality of life, there is a lack of nationwide provision of evidence-based psychological services in healthcare units for CP. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) offer attractive tools through which self-management programmes can be delivered. The dissemination and commercialization of iACTwithPain will provide a much-needed pain self-management service and its ICT-based delivery form will increase the accessibility in large cohorts of the population with limited access to standard treatment.
Study details
- Official title
- iACT With Pain: an ICT-delivered Intervention for Self-management of Chronic Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: iACTwithPain (ACT+compassion)
- Behavioral: ACT-only intervention
- Sponsor
- University of Coimbra
- Collaborators
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
- Start date
- 2021-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2021-12-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 50 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Total sites listed
- 0
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * age 18 to 50; * a CP diagnosis at least for the last three months; * access to internet and willingness to do it regularly (at least once a week) * willingness to be randomized * provide informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * undergoing any other form of psychological intervention for CP; * severe psychiatric problem (e.g. severe depression; psychotic illness; bipolar disorder; borderline personality disorder), assessed using several questions (self-reported) based on the diagnostic criteria according to DSM-V; * pain due to malignancy, trauma, or surgery.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04200183