2022
If you personalize it, will they use it?: Self-reported and observed use of a tailored, internet-based pain self-management program
Reuman L, Solar C, MacLean RR, Halat AM, Rajeevan H, Williams DA, Heapy AA, Bair MJ, Krein SL, Kerns RD, Higgins DM. If you personalize it, will they use it?: Self-reported and observed use of a tailored, internet-based pain self-management program. Translational Behavioral Medicine 2022, 12: 693-701. PMID: 35192703, PMCID: PMC9154266, DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibab165.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Predictors of engagement in an internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy program for veterans with chronic low back pain
Solar C, Halat AM, MacLean RR, Rajeevan H, Williams DA, Krein SL, Heapy AA, Bair MJ, Kerns RD, Higgins DM. Predictors of engagement in an internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy program for veterans with chronic low back pain. Translational Behavioral Medicine 2020, 11: 1274-1282. PMID: 33098304, DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibaa098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic low back painLow back painClinical characteristicsBack painChronic painEASE programParticipant characteristicsInternet-based cognitive behavioural therapy programmeInternet-based cognitive behavioral therapy interventionInternet-based interventionsCognitive behavioral therapy interventionInternet-based programCognitive behavioral therapy programBehavioral therapy interventionBehavioral therapy programRace/ethnicityPain careMean ageNumber of loginsIncreased ageTherapy interventionWeek trialPainTherapy programPredictors of engagementInternet‐Based Pain Self‐Management for Veterans: Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of the Pain EASE Program
Higgins DM, Buta E, Williams DA, Halat A, Bair MJ, Heapy AA, Krein SL, Rajeevan H, Rosen MI, Kerns RD. Internet‐Based Pain Self‐Management for Veterans: Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of the Pain EASE Program. Pain Practice 2020, 20: 357-370. PMID: 31778281, DOI: 10.1111/papr.12861.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic low back painSelf-management programPain interferencePreliminary efficacyInternet-based self-management programPhase IPost-baseline assessmentLow back painPain Self-ManagementPhase IIPreliminary efficacy studyTechnology-delivered interventionsModerate painSecondary outcomesPain intensityBack painAverage ageEfficacy studiesDepression symptomsSubject improvementExpert panelSelf-ManagementSubject changesEASE programWeeks
2015
A Systematic Review of Technology-assisted Self-Management Interventions for Chronic Pain
Heapy AA, Higgins DM, Cervone D, Wandner L, Fenton BT, Kerns RD. A Systematic Review of Technology-assisted Self-Management Interventions for Chronic Pain. The Clinical Journal Of Pain 2015, 31: 470-492. PMID: 25411862, DOI: 10.1097/ajp.0000000000000185.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-management interventionsSystematic reviewChronic painTechnology-assisted interventionsChronic pain self-management interventionPain self-management interventionEffect of treatmentHeterogeneity of methodsNoncancer painCochrane DatabaseFuture trialsTreatment modalitiesOvid MEDLINEPerson treatmentElectronic searchPainOvid PsychInfoSuperior modalityComparison groupInteractive voice responsePsychological interventionsInterventionIndividual studiesModalitiesTreatment