Table 1 Schematic overview of modules of the ACT intervention
Module | Therapeutic processes | Information | Assignments | Audio files (mindfulness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Welcome | Online environment, contact, additional help, other long-term consequences, and tips. | |||
1: Chronic neuropathic pain | Psychoeducation | CIPN and chronic pain | A: Concentration on breathing | |
2: On the way to values | Values | Values and valued-based activities | I: Explore your values II: My values III (optional): My values in pictures | A: Body exploration |
3: Away from my values | Pain avoidance | Avoidance and managing pain | I: My ways of avoiding II: Moment when I am in pain | A: Concentration on breathing B: Body exploration C: Three-minute breathing space |
4: On the road with skills | Commitment and Defusion | Learning how to deal with pain differently | I: Acceptance in action II: Your recurring thoughts of pain III: Is the thought useful? IX (optional): Struggle or open up | A: Allowing what is |
5: Taking a new road | Committed action | Converting values to behaviors in different life areas and devising valued-based activities | I: My ACT matrix | A: Concentration on breathing B: Body exploration C: Three-minute breathing space D: Allowing what is |
6: On the road to values: from day to day | Social context | Perform actions in daily life and long-term changes | I: Your communication about pain II: Self-care | A: Three-minute breathing space B: Notice five things C: Brushing your teeth with attention |