Prerecorded Autosuggestion in Long-standing Pain Intervention

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ClinConnect Summary

A number of GPs will be contacted. A working definition of 'chronic pain patient' is put forward. Only patients with chronic pain for which present research suspects a substantial degree of psychosomatic causality are withheld. A randomization of these into three groups is performed by the appropriate department of the VUB. The three groups are: a control group (receiving 'care as usual'), a group receiving additionally to care as usual, 5 autosuggestion CDs (containing +/- 25 different sessions of autosuggestion) and a group receiving additionally to care as usual, email assistance (throug...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • The subject is aged \> 18 years.
• • The subject is a 'chronic pain patient': at least 3 months of almost daily pain.
• * The subject has one of the following syndromes and has been sufficiently investigated upon it in order to exclude a physical medical cause:
• • chronic low back pain
• • chronic thoracic pain
• • chronic neck pain
• • fibromyalgia
• • temporomandibular pain dysfunction (TMPD)
• • complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) = RSD
• • chronic tension-type headache
• • chronic pelvic pain
• • painful bladder syndrome
• • irritable bowel syndrome
• • vulvodynia
• • The subject has a fast internet connection with possibility to download and burn CDs and/or copy mp3s on an mp3-player (or knows someone who is willing to take care of this)
• • The subject has a CD and/or mp3 player at disposal or will buy one.
• • As an additional 'inclusion criterion', we explicitly ask the referring physician to include preferably patients whom he would otherwise also advise PALPI.