Paulo Menezes

Instituto de Direito Público
  •  16
    Usability Study of the iACTwithPain Platform: An Online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Compassion-Based Intervention for Chronic Pain
    with Raquel Guiomar, Inês A. Trindade, Sérgio A. Carvalho, Bruno Patrão, Maria Rita Nogueira, Teresa Lapa, Joana Duarte, José Pinto-Gouveia, and Paula Castilho
    Frontiers in Psychology 13 848590. 2022.
    BackgroundThis pilot study aims to test the usability of the iACTwithPain platform, an online ACT-based intervention for people with chronic pain, to obtain information on which intervention and usability aspects need improvement and on expected retention rates.MethodsSeventy-three Portuguese women with chronic pain were invited to complete the first three sessions of the iACTwithPain intervention assess their quality, usefulness and the platform’s usability. Twenty-one accepted the invitation. …Read more
  •  14
    Efficacy of an ACT and Compassion-Based eHealth Program for Self-Management of Chronic Pain (iACTwithPain): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
    with Sérgio A. Carvalho, Inês A. Trindade, Joana Duarte, Bruno Patrão, Maria Rita Nogueira, Raquel Guiomar, Teresa Lapa, José Pinto-Gouveia, and Paula Castilho
    Frontiers in Psychology 12 630766. 2021.
    Background: Chronic Pain (CP) has serious medical and social consequences, and leads to economic burden that threatens the sustainability of healthcare services. Thus, optimized management of pain tools to support CP patients in adjusting to their condition and improving quality of life is timely. Although Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is considered an evidence-based psychological approach for CP, evidence for the efficacy of online-delivered ACT for CP is still scarce. At the same tim…Read more