Personalising Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Chronic Primary Pain Using Network Analysis - A Single Case Experimental Design Study With Multiple Baselines

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The goal of this single case experimental design study with multiple baselines is to use network analysis to personalise cognitive behaviour therapy for chronic primary pain (CPP) and base the selection of individual treatment targets and interventions on data to avoid cognitive biases of the clinicians. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is the study procedure accepted by and feasible for CPP patients as well as their therapists? * Does the personalised psychotherapy with databased clinical decisionmaking lead to significant improvement? Participants will go through several study phases: * Pretest and informational meeting with study management * Baseline 1: answering a questionnaire six times a day for 21 days in daily life on their mobilephone (EMA); this data will be used for the calculation of a network for each participant, that in turn will be used to select the treatment target and according treatment intervention as suggested by an algorithmic decisiontool * Probatory therapy phase: three weekly sessions with therapist; questionnaire three times a week * Baseline 2: questionnaire three times a week * Therapy phase: up to ten sessions with therapist; questionnaire three times a week * Post phase: posttest, two weeks of three weekly assessments, then another 21 days EMA; two monthly booster sessions with therapist * Follow-up: posttest and meeting with study management

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