Table 1 Characteristics of the 38 included meta-analysis papers
Author, Year | List of Interventions evaluated | List of Comparison groups | Type of pain | Number of included meta-analyses in this umbrella reviewa | Primary studies per included meta-analysisb | Sample size per included meta-analysisb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adachi T, 2013 | • Hypnosis | • Standard care • Other psychological treatments | • Chronic | 3 | 4 to 12 | 163 to 505 |
Aqqarwal VR, 2011 | • Any psychosocial intervention • Cognitive behavioural therapy only • Biofeedback only • Cognitive behavioural therapy + Biofeedback • Hypnotherapy | • Usual treatment • Relaxation | • Muscle palpation • Orofacial | 7 | 2 to 4 | 45 to 411 |
Bawa F, 2015 | • Mindfulness | • Active control • Inactive Control | • Chronic pain intensity | 2 | 4 to 5 | 104 to 349 |
Bernardy K, 2011 | • Hypnotherapy | • Cognitive behavioural therapy/Treated as usual/Waiting list/Attention placebo | • Fibromyalgia | 1 | 6 | 178 |
Bernardy K, 2013 | • Cognitive behavioural therapy • Operant therapy • Self-management | • Active control/Attention control/Education/Treated as usual/Support | • Fibromyalgia | 9 | 2 to 18 | 123 to 1150 |
Birnie K, 2014 | • Distraction | • Not Reported | • Needle-related (children, adolescents) | 1 | 24 | 2472 |
Champaneria, 2012 | • Psychological intervention | • No psychological intervention | • Chronic pelvic | 2 | 2 to 2 | 139 to 156 |
Damen L, 2006 | • Relaxation + Biofeedback + Cognitive behavioural therapy • Relaxation + Biofeedback • Relaxation + Cognitive behavioural therapy • Biofeedback | • Control • Attention placebo • Waiting list | • Headache | 4 | 2 to 3 | 44 to 71 |
Dixon K, 2007 | • Cognitive behavioural therapy/Stress management/Hypnotherapy | • Not Reported | • Arthritis | 1 | 20 | 2303 |
Du S, 2011 | • Arthritis Self-Management Program/Self-management | • Waiting list/Usual care/Conventional/No treatment | • Chronic musculoskeletal | 3 | 3 to 8 | 1018 to 2968 |
Eccleston C, 2014a | • Psychological therapies (Internet-delivered) | • Active control/Treated as usual/Waiting list | • Chronic Non- headache • Chronic headache | 3 | 2 to 11 | 131 to 1785 |
Eccleston C, 2014b | • Psychological therapies | • Control | • Chronic and recurrent non-headache (children, adolescents) • Chronic and recurrent headache (children, adolescents) | 4 | 5 to 15 | 251 to 852 |
Fisher E, 2014 | • Cognitive behavioural therapy/Biofeedback/ Relaxation/ Hypnotherapy | • Waiting list/Education/Standard care/ Self-monitoring | • Chronic Non- headache • Chronic headache | 2 | 11 to 18 | 672 to 748 |
Flanagan E, 2015 | • Cognitive behavioural therapy only • Cognitive behavioural therapy + behavioural | • Other psychological treatment • Waiting list • Medical treatment | • General vaginal pain • Pain on intercourse | 6 | 2 to 3 | 83 to 148 |
Glombiewski JA, 2010 | • Education/ Cognitive behavioural therapy/ Relaxation | • Cognitive behavioural therapy/Treated as usual/Waiting list/Attention placebo | • Fibromyalgia | 1 | 21 | 1017 |
Guzman J, 2002 | • Multidisciplinary bio-psychosocial rehabilitation program | • Not Reported | • Low back | 8 | 2 to 4 | 142 to 442 |
Henrich J, 2015 | • Psychological therapies | • Control | • Irritable bowel syndrome | 1 | 32 | 2245 |
Henschke N, 2011 | • Behavioural treatment • Behavioural treatment + physiotherapy • Cognitive behavioural therapy • Cognitive therapy • Operant therapy • Respondent therapy | • Usual care • Group exercise • Physiotherapy • Cognitive therapy • Operant therapy • Respondent therapy • Waiting list | • Chronic low back, IT | 23 | 2 to 5 | 44 to 405 |
Johannsen M, 2013 | • Education/ Relaxation, guided imagery, meditation or hypnosis / Supportive group therapy | • Waiting list/Standard care/Not Reported | • Breast cancer (patients/survivors) | 1 | 21 | 1770 |
Kamper SJ, 2014 | • Multidisciplinary biopsychological rehabilitation | • Usual care • Physical treatment • Surgery • Waiting list | • Chronic low back | 8 | 2 to 12 | 213 to 1661 |
Kisely SR, 2015 | • Psychological intervention | • No psychological intervention | • Chest | 5 | 2 to 7 | 111 to 294 |
Knittle K, 2010 | • Self-regulation | • Waiting list/Standard care/No Intervention | • Rheumatoid Arthritis | 1 | 22 | 1316 |
Koranyi S, 2014 | • Psychological intervention | • Control • Treated as usual | • Acute pain after open heart surgery | 3 | 3 to 4 | 280 to 413 |
Kroon FP, 2014 | • Self-management education programmes | • No Self-management education programmes • Information • Usual care/Waiting list/No treatment | • Osteoarthritis | 6 | 2 to 13 | 118 to 2271 |
Lakhan S, 2013 | • Mindfulness-based therapy/ Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy | • Education/Waiting list/Support | • Fibromyalgia • Irritable bowel syndrome | 2 | 2 to 4 | 160 to 276 |
Lauche R, 2013 | • Mindfulness-based stress reduction | • Active control • Usual care | • Fibromyalgia Syndrome | 4 | 2 to 3 | 174 to 323 |
Macea DD, 2010 | • Web-based Cognitive behavioural therapy interventions | • Control | • Chronic pain | 1 | 11 | 2958 |
Mustafa M, 2013 | • Supportive/expressive group therapy | • Usual treatment | • Metastatic breast cancer | 1 | 3 | 279 |
Osborn RL, 2006 | • Education | • Control | • Cancer survivors | 1 | 3 | 250 |
Peerdeman K, 2016 | • Verbal suggestion/ Imagery • Verbal suggestion only • Conditioning only • Imagery only | • Control/No treatment | • Affective pain • Expected pain • Pain relief | 5 | 3 to 18 | 142 to 1061 |
Roldan-Barraza C, 2014 | • Psychosocial Intervention/ Psychosocial Intervention + Usual Treatment | • Usual Treatment • Tailored Usual Treatment | • Myofascial Temporomandibular Disorder | 5 | 3 to 7 | 238 to 470 |
Sheinfeld Gorin S, 2012 | • Psychological intervention | • Control | • Cancer pain severity | 1 | 38 | 4270 |
Sielski R, 2016 | • Biofeedback/ Electromyographic Biofeedback | • Control | • Chronic back | 2 | 11 to 22 | 471 to 1059 |
Sprenger L, 2011 | • Psychoeducation/Imagination/Relaxation/Biofeedback/Cognitive behavioural therapy | • No treatment/Paediatric standard care | • Recurrent abdominal in children | 1 | 9 | 449 |
Theadom A, 2015 | • Psychological therapies • Mindfulness • Relaxation | • Usual care • Attention control | • Fibromyalgia | 7 | 2 to 9 | 67 to 453 |
Uman LS, 2013 | • Child distraction • Cognitive behavioural therapy-combined • Hypnosis • Parent coaching + child distraction • Preparation and information • Suggestion • Virtual reality | • Control • Standard care | • Needle-related (children, adolescents) | 8 | 2 to 5 | 50 to 612 |
Vellemain S, 2010 | • Computerized Cognitive behavioural therapy | • Waiting list/ Education | • Pain in children and adolescents | 1 | 4 | 150 |
Williams AC, 2012 | • Behavioural • Cognitive behavioural | • Treated as usual • Active control | • Chronic non- headache | 6 | 2 to 16 | 182 to 1335 |