Appointment the Effectiveness of Cognitive-behavioral Treatment of Pain on Increasing of Self-efficacy in Patients with Chronic Pain

From the beginning of history, the attempt for controlling pain has been one of the goals for humanity. This study has been performed in order to determine the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral treatment in addition of self-efficacy in patients with chronic pain. After selecting 12 eligible people for the test, the subjects are divided randomly into two groups including, cognitive- behavioral pain therapy group and the control group (6 persons per each group). Then, the difference of pre-test and post-test results was compared by the statistical models. The obtained results showed in general that in comparison with the control grou p, cognitive-behavioral therapy led to increase self-efficacy.