Table 1.
Outcome | Hypothesis/research question | Outcome measure | Method of analysis | |
Primary |
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Self-perceived pain disability | The development of pain disability over time after IMPTa will be more favorable for the enhanced treatment condition compared to usual care. |
PDIb,c | Multilevel analysis |
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Planned subgroup analysis on patients that scored 1 (“very much better”) or 2 (“much better”) on the GPEd scale at t1e. | For patients that experienced meaningful treatment success, the development of pain disability over time after IMPT will be more favorable for the enhanced treatment condition compared to usual care. | 1. PDIc 2. GPEf |
Multilevel analysis |
Secondary (quality of life) |
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Health care costs | The enhanced treatment condition will be cost-effective compared with usual care at 3 and 6 months posttreatment. | 1. SF-12f,g 2. iPCQf,h |
Cost-effectiveness analysis |
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Illness perception | The development of illness perceptions over time after IMPT will be more favorable for the enhanced treatment condition compared to usual care. | IPQ-K DLVc,i | Multilevel analysis |
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Pain self-efficacy | The development of pain self-efficacy over time after IMPT will be more favorable for the enhanced treatment condition compared to usual care. | PSEQc,j | Multilevel analysis |
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Pain intensity | The development of outcome measures over time may be affected by the level of pain intensity | NRSc,k | Multilevel analysis |
Engagement and usability |
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Overall engagement | The level of engagement and usability will be positively associated with a change in pain disability during follow up (t4l – t1). | 1. System usability scalef 2. System usage data of AGRIPPA app (see below) |
Multiple linear regression |
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Frequency of engagement | How does the frequency of engagement vary over time after treatment? |
Average number of logins per week | Descriptive statistics |
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Depth of engagement | How does the average number of features accessed per login vary after treatment? | Average number of features accessed per log-in | Descriptive statistics |
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Duration of engagement | How do the average minutes spent at each login as well as the total time spent with the app per week vary after treatment? | 1. Average minutes spent at each login. 2. Total time spent with the app |
Descriptive statistics |
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Active engagement with Insight Cards | To what extent will the number of created Insight Cards increase or decrease after treatment? | Number of Insight Cards created | Descriptive statistics |
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Active engagement with VBGm | To what extent will the number of created VBG cards increase or decrease after treatment? | 1. Number of VBGs created. 2. Number of steps created |
Descriptive statistics |
aIMPT: interdisciplinary multimodal pain therapy.
bPDI: Pain Disability Index.
cOutcome measure is part of routine care.
dGPE: global perceived effect.
et1: immediately postintervention.
fOutcome measures will be obtained with an additional electronic survey.
gSF-12: 12-item short-form health survey.
hiPCQ: iMTA Productivity Cost Questionnaire.
iIPQ-K DLV: Dutch language version of the Illness Perception Questionnaire.
jPSEQ: Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire.
kNRS: numeric rating scale.
lt4: 12 months postintervention.
mVBG: Value-Based Goals.