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Meeting them where they are: Using the Internet to deliver behavioral medicine interventions for pain.

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Rini, C; Williams, DA; Broderick, JE; Keefe, FJ
Published in: Transl Behav Med
March 2012

Pharmacological and interventional pain medicine treatments are emphasized in the routine treatment of chronic pain despite strong evidence for the efficacy and safety of behavioral approaches. Most medical professionals have not incorporated behavioral pain treatments into their practices. Internet-based interventions have the potential to increase clinical use of these treatments. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of current Internet-based behavioral pain management interventions, focusing on three broad intervention categories: therapist-guided interventions, unguided (automated) interventions, and pain-relevant applications for mobile platforms. Examples of each category are discussed, revealing a high degree of variation in approaches, user interfaces, and components as well as variability in the degree to which these interventions have been subjected to empirical testing. Finally, we highlight key issues for research and clinical implementation, with the goal of advancing this field so that it can meet its potential to increase access to evidence-based behavioral medicine treatments for chronic pain.

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Transl Behav Med

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1869-6716

Publication Date

March 2012

Volume

2

Issue

1

Start / End Page

82 / 92

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • 52 Psychology
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Rini, C., Williams, D. A., Broderick, J. E., & Keefe, F. J. (2012). Meeting them where they are: Using the Internet to deliver behavioral medicine interventions for pain. Transl Behav Med, 2(1), 82–92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13142-011-0107-2
Rini, Christine, David A. Williams, Joan E. Broderick, and Francis J. Keefe. “Meeting them where they are: Using the Internet to deliver behavioral medicine interventions for pain.Transl Behav Med 2, no. 1 (March 2012): 82–92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13142-011-0107-2.
Rini C, Williams DA, Broderick JE, Keefe FJ. Meeting them where they are: Using the Internet to deliver behavioral medicine interventions for pain. Transl Behav Med. 2012 Mar;2(1):82–92.
Rini, Christine, et al. “Meeting them where they are: Using the Internet to deliver behavioral medicine interventions for pain.Transl Behav Med, vol. 2, no. 1, Mar. 2012, pp. 82–92. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s13142-011-0107-2.
Rini C, Williams DA, Broderick JE, Keefe FJ. Meeting them where they are: Using the Internet to deliver behavioral medicine interventions for pain. Transl Behav Med. 2012 Mar;2(1):82–92.
Journal cover image

Published In

Transl Behav Med

DOI

ISSN

1869-6716

Publication Date

March 2012

Volume

2

Issue

1

Start / End Page

82 / 92

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • 52 Psychology
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences