Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for women living with Vulvodynia: A single-case experimental design study of a treatment delivered online

Online ACT intervention for fibromyalgia: An exploratory study of feasibility and preliminary effectiveness with smartphone-delivered experiential sampling assessment

“…On the other hand, depression scores did not significantly improve, in line with findings from other studies on ACT interventions for chronic pain conditions ( Chisari et al, 2022 ). Nor were there any significant changes in outcomes related with pain intensity, either questionnaire-based or ES-based.…”

“…Considering that post-intervention data were only compared to pre-intervention data from this same study (and not to external benchmarking scores), a criterion of ±0.5 SD ( Norman et al, 2004 ) used in similar studies with ES measurements (e.g. Chisari et al, 2022 ) might have been too sensitive (qualifying potential random variation as significant change). In turn, a criterion of ±2 SD ( McGlinchey et al, 2002 ) might have been too strict, since it could yield cutoff scores well under/over the average non-clinical population score or even out-of-range scores for some questionnaire-based measures.…”

Effectiveness of an Unguided Online Intervention (PleaSure) for Sexual Pleasure in Women: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

“…The effectiveness of online interventions for sexual health has already been confirmed several times. For example, online interventions have focused on (1) various sexual problems and dysfunctions (Chisari et al, 2022;Jones & McCabe, 2011;Stephenson et al, 2021;van Lankveld, 2016;Van Lankveld et al, 2009;Weitkamp et al, 2021;Zarski et al, 2018;Zarski et al, 2017), (2) STIs (Carswell et al, 2012;Williamson et al, 2021), and (3) sex education (Martin et al, 2020;Mustanski et al, 2015;van Clief & Anemaat, 2020;Wadham et al, 2019). Online interventions offer many advantages: they allow easy access, are flexibly available, can be conducted anonymously, save time and travel, and are very cost-effective (Berger & Krieger, 2018;Buntrock et al, 2014;Ebert et al, 2018).…”

“…Since PleaSure is addressed to the general population, our intervention considers sexual pleasure as a preventative factor for sexual and public health (Mitchell et al, 2021). Such interventions are currently still rare, most online interventions conducted so far involving sexual pleasure have focused primarily on at-risk or clinical subgroups (Chisari et al, 2022;Stephenson et al, 2021;Williamson et al, 2021;Zarski et al, 2017). The research group is also currently adapting the online intervention to men and will investigate its effectiveness in a further study.…”

Pain management in people with severe mental illness: an agenda for progress

“…SCEDs are a rigorous alternative to RCTs that can enable personalized care. 17,61,63,68,116 In SCEDs, the individual is their own control through intensive, repeated measurement during baseline and treatment phases. 68,75 Multiple SCEDs can be undertaken informing multiple treatment approaches with heterogeneous participants using fewer resources than would a single RCT with a homogenous sample.…”