Measuring and reporting adverse events in clinical trials of psychological treatments for chronic pain

Affiliations

¹ Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
³ Centre for Pain Research, The University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
⁴ Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.

Tonya M Palermo et al. Pain. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr;161(4):713-717.

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001772.

¹ Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
³ Centre for Pain Research, The University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
⁴ Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.

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Comment in

"First do no harm": why don't we measure adverse events routinely in psychological treatment trials for people with chronic pain?
Sharpe L. Sharpe L. Pain. 2020 Apr;161(4):666-667. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001771. Pain. 2020. PMID: 31815919 No abstract available.

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