Imagery rescripting for Chronic Pain

JRCT ID: jRCT1030200444

Registered date:25/03/2021

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: somatic symptom disorder with predominant pain
• Date of first enrollment: 25/03/2021
• Target sample size: 12
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): Rescricpt the negative imagery which patients have when they are experiencing pain through investigations of the imagery from different, more realistic and positive perspectives.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: difference of intrusion index between baseline and after intervention

Secondary Outcome

difference of Numerical Rating Scale (maximum, usual, minimum) between baseline and after control intervention
difference of Numerical Rating Scale (maximum, usual, minimum)between baseline and after intervention
difference of Numerical Rating Scale (maximum, usual, minimum)between baseline and follow up

differences of mean socores of scales blow between baseline and after control intervention
differences of mean socores of scales blow between baseline and after intervention
differences of mean socores of scales blow between baseline and follow up

intrusion index
EuroQol 55 Dimension
Pain Catastrophizing Scale
Pain Disability Assessment Scale
Beck Depression Inventory
Patient Health Questionnaire9
Generalized Anxiety Disorder7
Clinical Global Impression of Change scale
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (except A1,A4)
Pain Self Perception Scale(except A1,A4)
Injustice Experience Questionnaire chronic
pain imagery (interview data)

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 18age old
• Age maximum: <= 75age 12month old
• Gender: Both

Include criteria

(1) Fulfill the criteria of Somatic Symptom and Related Disorder, with predominant pain according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)
(2) Have negative imagery while experiencing pain
(3) Age ranged 18 to 75 years
(4) Can understand cognitive behavior therapy, and is in mental and physical condition to keep practicing the therapy
(5) Have treatmenat as usual (regular meeting with their doctors with or without medication), and no plan for any changes medication for chronic pain

Exclude criteria

(1) Have comorbidity of neurocognitive disorders (dementia) or serious mental disorders such as psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, or substance-related disorder based on the criteria in DSM-5,
(2) Major pain caused by cancer
(3) Have difficulty in cognitive behavioural therapy due to mental retardation,, autistic spectrum disorder
(4) Have possibility of drop outs due to progressive physical disorders
(5) Any judgments of impossibility of safe practice from the responsible doctor or psychologists
(6) Involve in litigation or compensation concerning pain symptoms.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Shimizu Eiji
• Secondary Sponsor: Takanashi Rieko
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Secondary Sponsor Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology