title: The Learning About My Pain study protocol: Reducing disparities with literacy-adapted psychosocial treatments for chronic pain, a comparative behavioral trial.
abstract: Chronic pain is a critical public health problem that affects over 100 million Americans. Medical pain treatments carry undesirable side effects, whereas low-risk psychosocial treatments offer notable benefits, in combination or in isolation. This report presents the protocol for the Learning About My Pain study, one of the first comparative-effectiveness trials funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Adhering to published standards for clinical trials (e.g. Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Intervention Trials), it provides an overview of the trial (n = 294), comparing cognitive-behavioral and education pain interventions to usual care, and a detailed description of how its methodology reduces the risks from bias.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama, USA jceyer@ua.edu.
authors.forename: Joshua C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Eyer
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Beverly E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Thorn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000407:Alabama; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D057186:Comparative Effectiveness Research; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006266:Health Education; D057220:Health Literacy; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: chronic pain; cognitive-behavioral therapy; literacy; pain education; patient-centered research; randomized controlled trial; socioeconomic status; study protocol