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Sponsor: Toni Salikka
Conditions: Chronic Pain, Mental Health Disorder, Psychiatric &Amp;Amp;or Mood Disorder, Psychiatric Comorbidities, Psychiatric Diagnosis
Interventions: Therapeutic Writing Intervention in Pain Rehabilitation
Countries: Finland
The goal of this observational study is to understand the effects and experiences of therapeutic writing interventions in adult women with chronic pain and co-occurring mental health conditions. The main questions it aims to answer are: Can therapeutic writing help relieve chronic pain and emotional distress? How does writing support emotional processing, regulation, and meaning-making during rehabilitation? Participants will take part in a two-part writing intervention involving: Guided writing exercises that focus on emotional processing, emotion regulation, and creating meaning. Individual interviews after the writing sessions to explore their experiences. The study uses qualitative analysis methods-phenomenology and logotherapy-to better understand how these writing interventions may support recovery, improve well-being, and offer non-pharmacological tools for managing chronic pain and mental health challenges.
Sex: FEMALE
Age: 18 Years to —
Healthy volunteers: No
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult women (18 years or older), assigned female at birth and self-identify as women * Diagnosed with or experience of chronic, widespread (non-cancer) pain lasting at least two years * Diagnosed with or living with one or more mild mental health disorders (e.g., anxiety, mild depression), without current or past severe psychiatric conditions * Diagnosed with or experience of nociplastic pain (e.g., fibromyalgia) * Not currently using medications that may impair cognitive functioning (e.g., benzodiazepines, anticholinergics, opioids, antipsychotics) * Able to attend approximately 11 in-person visits over a 3-month period * Willing and able to participate in a structured therapeutic writing intervention * Purposefully selected to reflect a range of lived experiences relevant to the study's aims Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of severe mental health disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe depression, or other psychotic conditions) * Use of medications known to impair memory, attention, or decision-making (e.g., benzodiazepines, anticholinergics, opioids, antipsychotics) * Participation in other concurrent treatments that may influence study outcomes * Cognitive limitations that would hinder meaningful engagement in the writing intervention * Individuals not assigned female at birth or who do not identify as women
- Pori, Satakunta, Finland