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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2012 Nov;70(11):864-8.
doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x2012001100008.

The cognitive behavioral therapy causes an improvement in quality of life in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain

Martha M C Castro  1 , Carla Daltro, Durval Campos Kraychete, Josiane Lopes
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Randomized Controlled Trial

The cognitive behavioral therapy causes an improvement in quality of life in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain

Martha M C Castro et al. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2012 Nov.
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Abstract

Chronic pain causes functional incapacity and compromises an individual's affective, social, and economic life.

Objective: To study the cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) effectiveness in a group of patients with chronic pain.

Methods: A randomized clinical trial with two parallel groups comprising 93 patients with chronic pain was carried out. Forty-eight patients were submitted to CBT and 45 continued the standard treatment. The visual analogue, hospital anxiety and depression, and quality of life SF-36 scales were applied. Patients were evaluated before and after ten weeks of treatment.

Results: When the Control Group and CBT were compared, the latter presented reduction of depressive symptoms (p=0.031) and improvement in the domains 'physical limitations' (p=0.012), 'general state of health' (p=0.045), and 'limitations by emotional aspects' (p=0.025).

Conclusions: The CBT was effective and it has caused an improvement in more domains of quality of life when compared to the Control Group, after ten weeks of treatment.

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