Case series evaluation of Psychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy in CLBP
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A case series evaluation of Psychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy (PIT) in chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients.
IRAS ID
239968
Contact name
Charlotte Morgan
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 8 months, 31 days
Research summary
Many people in the world have chronic pain; this is pain which lasts more than twelve weeks.
Pain can cause people to feel low in mood and change how they feel about themselves and others around them. Therapy for chronic pain does not always work and often people do not have lasting effects from treatment. This study hopes to see if a different therapy, called Psychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy (PIT), can help people with chronic pain. This therapy looks at how we see ourselves and our relationships with others; it aims to help people address personal problems that make it difficult for them to manage their pain.
The study aims to show that PIT is a suitable treatment for chronic low back pain where the persons also experience problems with interpersonal relationships. It also hopes that people will have fewer problems with their mood, how they feel about themselves and their relationships. This study will give people with chronic low back pain and interpersonal difficulties eight sessions of PIT and during therapy they will fill in forms about their pain, mood, relationship problems and how they feel about themselves. We will also look at practical things to do with the therapy (e.g. how many sessions people came to, reasons for stopping therapy etc.) and ask people about how they felt about the therapy they had. Three months after the study has finished, people will be asked to fill in the forms again to see if the effects have lasted.
This research could help to give people with chronic pain a new and different treatment option which has good and lasting effects.REC name
North West - Greater Manchester West Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/NW/0483
Date of REC Opinion
9 Aug 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion