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Study aim
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The effect of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) with and without exercise on the essential indicators of pain, catastrophic pain, depression, pain consequences, improvement of coping strategies, patience, pain acceptance, craving and desire to treat substance-dependent men with chronic pain.
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Design
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In a regular random method, we select three centers: Hayat Dobareh, Taban and Omid from the addiction treatment centers of Zahedan city and take the sample in a targeted manner and using a random table, place the people in 4 intervention groups and one control group.
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Settings and conduct
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Using tests and clinical interviews, patients are selected and then placed in the centers under the interventions of ACT, DBT and exercise for two months, then the test is performed and two months after the end of the interventions, we measure the effectiveness.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Entry criteria: Being a man, completing detoxification, having pain for 6 months, literacy, age 18 to 55 years, not taking psychotropic drugs and drugs that help control chronic pain, obtaining written consent.
Exit criteria: Dissatisfaction, absence of more than two sessions and discontinuation of addiction treatment, creating physical problems during the period that require hospitalization.
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Intervention groups
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To control chronic pain in this study, we used two intervention groups with ACT(with and without exercise), two intervention groups with DBT(with and without exercise) and a control group that did not receive any intervention.
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Main outcome variables
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After the study, we expect chronic pain control and a desire to treat patients to improve.