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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Address the Psychosocial Co-Morbidities of Chronic Pain in Aging People Living With HIV
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Chronic Pain Education for HIV/AIDS and Chronic Pain. Completed, enrolled 13 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Chronic pain impacts a large proportion of aging people living with HIV (aPLWH) and involves factors directly related to HIV (neurotoxicity) and psychosocial co-morbidities common in aPLWH (i.e. social isolation and loneliness). The investigators hypothesize that novel interventions that acknowledge these psychosocial co-morbidities may improve the efficacy of chronic pain management and minimize the use of potentially dangerous medications. This grant proposes to adapt and pilot a pain psychotherapy approach using group acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in aPLWH with chronic pain.
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Interventions
Empirically based behavioral intervention that encourages acceptance of circumstances with commitment and behavioral change strategies to improve psychological flexibility.
Education materials about living with chronic pain developed by Weill Cornell Universitys Translational Research Institute for Pain in Later Life