Efficacy Evaluation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Techniques: Any role in Reducing pain Catastrophizing of patients with preoccupied attachment style with Musculoskeletal Chronic pain

Aim and study is aimed to investigate the efficacy of dialectical behavior therapy techniques in reducing pain catastrophizing in patients with preoccupied attachment style suffering musculoskeletal chronic pain.
This study is based on multiple baseline design. The protocol was done in 12, 60-minute sessions on 2 female patients suffering chronic back pain. Also 2 baseline sessions and one 1-month follow up session were done. Catastrophizing questionnaire (PCQ) and relationship scales questionnaire (RSQ) were filled by subjects in 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 14th baseline sessions and the follow up session. Results of treatment were analyzed by visual inspection, recovery percentage, and effect size methods.
Findings: According to results Dialectical Behavior Therapy was effective in reducing catastrophizing as an attachment behavior in patients with preoccupied attachment style. Also these effects were maintained greatly in patients in the follow up session.
Psychological as well as medical treatment can be helpful in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.