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Study aim
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Determination the effectiveness of group cognitive–behavioral therapy on pain coping strategies, perception, intensity and pain self-efficacy in patients with chronic neuropathic pain.
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Design
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In this Randomized clinical trial, superiority, parallel group trial with blinded outcome assessment, initially, both groups (experimental and control) did, pain coping strategies, perception, intensity and pain self-efficacy questionnaires (pretest) then experimental group experienced 10 sessions of 120 minutes of cognitive behavioral group therapy and control group didn’t have any therapy except medicine therapy. Finally, both groups (experimental and control) did pain copying strategies, perception, intensity and pain self-efficacy questionnaires (post-test). After follow up of 45 days, both groups did pain coping strategies, perception, intensity and pain self-efficacy questionnaires (follow up).
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Settings and conduct
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The female patients with chronic neuropathic pain who referred to Ayatollah Rouhani Hospital in Babol from January 2017 to April 2017 participants were purposeful (non-randomly) selected and randomly assigned in two equal experimental and control groups.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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All participants 20 to 60 years old female living in Babol city (North of Iran) who received a diagnosis of chronic neuropathic pain by a neurologist and were not physical and mental disease, significantly and participants who have had more than two absentee sessions or they did not want to continue to participate in the research were excluded.
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Intervention groups
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Experimental group experienced cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBT) while control group didn't have any therapy except medicine therapy. Experimental and control group did pretest, post-test and follow up.
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Main outcome variables
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Pain coping strategies; Pain perception; Pain intensity; Pain self-efficacy;