AN INTERNET-DELIVERED COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION WITH TELEPHONE SUPPORT IMPROVED SOME COPING SKILLS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN.

Examines the impact of an Internet-delivered cognitive-behavioral intervention with telephone support treatment on the coping skills of patients with chronic low back pain. Aim of the program to teach patients to identify more active ways of coping with pain to improve functioning; Inclusion of psychological and physical components in the program; Improvement in patients in the Internet group than in the control group with regard to the Coping Strategies Questionnaire subscales.