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Development of the sustained-pain treatment through augmented-reality occupation-based protocol (STAR-OP)

Chronic pain (CP) significantly affects participation in meaningful occupations. It is a public health problem that comes with substantial social and economic costs (Dagenais et al., 2008; Dahlhamer et al., 2018; Geurts et al., 2018; Treede et al., 2015; Willems et al., 2018). Creating a successful intervention for CP is challenging due to the subjectivity of the pain experience and the complexity of factors associated with pain behavior (Newton et al., 2013; Polacek et al., 2020; Van Huet et al., 2012).

This doctoral project details the development of the Sustained-pain Treatment through Augmented Reality Occupation-based Protocol (STAR-OP), a novel treatment protocol that offers practical solutions for an outpatient occupation-based CP intervention. The STAR-OP addresses critical issues for the CP population, including expectation management, home assignments adherence, and the generalization process from clinical practice to the client's home environment. The STAR-OP program uses Augmented Reality technology to facilitate a gradual generalization process, Motivational Interviewing techniques to enhance the therapeutic relationship's effectiveness, and the educational content of the Lifestyle Redesign® protocols presented through an occupational perspective (A. Simon & Collins 2017).

The STAR-OP program evaluation examines the effectiveness of the STAR-OP, via a multiple-baseline, single-subject design, institutional review board (IRB)-approved study to be conducted at Lowenstein Rehabilitation Center in Israel.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/43645
Date19 January 2022
CreatorsFride, Yaara
ContributorsWagenfeld, Amy
Source SetsBoston University
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis/Dissertation
RightsAttribution 4.0 International, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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