title: A randomized trial of a representational intervention to decrease cancer pain (RIDcancerPain).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Based on theories regarding cognitive representations of illness and processes of conceptual change, a representational intervention to decrease cancer pain (RIDcancerPain) was developed and its efficacy tested.
  
  
  METHODS
  A two-group RCT (RIDcancerPain versus control) with outcome and mediating variables assessed at baseline (T1) and 1 and 2 months later (T2 and T3). Subjects were 176 adults with pain related to metastatic cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Outcome variables were two pain severity measures (BPI and TPQM), pain interference with life, and overall quality of life. Mediating variables were attitudinal barriers to pain management and coping (medication use).
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred and fifty subjects completed the study. Subjects in RIDcancerPain (T1-T2 and T1-T3) showed greater decreases in Barrier scores than those in control. Subjects in RIDcancerPain (T1-T3) showed greater decreases in pain severity than those in control. Change in Barriers scores mediated the effect of RIDcancerPain on pain severity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  RIDcancerPain was efficacious with respect to some outcomes. Further work is needed to strengthen it.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh.
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Donovan
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Iceland.
authors.forename: Sigridur
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gunnarsdottir
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
authors.forename: Ronald C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Serlin
authors.affiliation: Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University.
authors.forename: Gary R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014922:Wisconsin
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics