2022
Using Daily Ratings to Examine Treatment Dose and Response in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Secondary Analysis of the Co-Operative Pain Education and Self-Management Clinical Trial
MacLean R, Buta E, Higgins D, Driscoll M, Edmond S, LaChappelle K, Ankawi B, Krein S, Piette J, Heapy A. Using Daily Ratings to Examine Treatment Dose and Response in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Secondary Analysis of the Co-Operative Pain Education and Self-Management Clinical Trial. Pain Medicine 2022, 24: 846-854. PMID: 36484691, PMCID: PMC10250557, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnac192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPain intensityCognitive behavioral therapyCBT-CPChronic painTreatment responseDaily stepsSecondary analysisBehavioral therapyMeaningful changeChronic back painStrong evidence baseBack painPain educationTreatment weekClinical trialsNoninferiority trialTreatment benefitOutcome measuresWeek 4Treatment doseWeek 2Baseline weekMost respondersSurvival analysisStep count
2017
Interactive Voice Response–Based Self-management for Chronic Back Pain: The COPES Noninferiority Randomized Trial
Heapy AA, Higgins DM, Goulet JL, LaChappelle KM, Driscoll MA, Czlapinski RA, Buta E, Piette JD, Krein SL, Kerns RD. Interactive Voice Response–Based Self-management for Chronic Back Pain: The COPES Noninferiority Randomized Trial. JAMA Internal Medicine 2017, 177: 765-773. PMID: 28384682, PMCID: PMC5818820, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0223.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerson cognitive-behavioural therapyChronic back painNumeric rating scaleCognitive behavioral therapyBack painChronic painPrimary outcomeSleep qualityVeterans Affairs Health Care SystemPrespecified noninferiority marginAverage pain intensityNonpharmacologic treatment optionsPain-related interferenceChronic pain treatmentSelf-management trialCognitive behavioral therapy deliveryIndividual CBT sessionsEvidence-based treatmentsQuality of lifeSelf-help manualHealth care systemIVR monitoringNonpharmacologic interventionsSecondary outcomesStandard therapy
2014
Using Multiple Daily Pain Ratings to Improve Reliability and Assay Sensitivity: How Many Is Enough?
Heapy A, Dziura J, Buta E, Goulet J, Kulas JF, Kerns RD. Using Multiple Daily Pain Ratings to Improve Reliability and Assay Sensitivity: How Many Is Enough? Journal Of Pain 2014, 15: 1360-1365. PMID: 25283469, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2014.09.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPain intensity ratingsPain treatment trialsPain ratingsTreatment trialsIntensity ratingsDaily pain ratingsMedical Center patientsIMMPACT recommendationsBaseline measurement periodCenter patientsPain assessmentBland-Altman analysisClinical trialsSecondary data analysisDaily callsDaily ratingsTrialsMeaningful differencesAssay sensitivityMeasure reliabilityAdequate reliabilitySpecific recommendationsPatientsSmall subsetBaseline