Single Session Pain Catastrophizing Treatment: Comparative Efficacy & Mechanisms

This is a randomized 3-arm study comprised of 2 active psychological treatments (FCR & CBT)
and a health education (HE) arm that controls for time and attention. Study goals are to
provide scientific evidence to demonstrate the efficacy of FCR, and also provide a comparison
of said efficacy against the current gold standard group treatment for PC -- manualized
8-session pain-CBT.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Axial low back pain without radicular symptoms

- Pain duration ≥ 6 months (per recent NIH Task Force on Research Standards for Chronic
Low Back Pain based on participant self-report

- Average pain intensity ≥4/10 for the past month at screening visit

- English fluency

- Males and females 18-70 years of age

- Pain Catastrophizing Score (PCS) ≥20

Exclusion Criteria:

- Gross cognitive impairment

- Active suicidal ideation or severe depression

- Previous attendance in the active treatment groups (any FCR classes ever taken or CBT
in the past 3 years)

- Participating in any interventional research study or completed participation in the
last 2 months; enrollment in an observational study is acceptable

- Current substance abuse

- Clear likelihood to disrupt fellow class participants (e.g., personality disorder) at
the discretion of the study team

****Please visit the website to see if you are eligible: bit.ly/painreliefstudy ******