Virtual Coach–Guided Online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain: Pilot Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

Erin D Reilly   ^{1, 2} , MEd, PhD ;   Megan M Kelly   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Hannah L Grigorian   ¹ , PhD ;   Molly E Waring   ³ , PhD ;   Karen S Quigley   ⁴ , PhD ;   Timothy P Hogan   ^{5, 6} , PhD ;   Alicia A Heapy   ^{7, 8} , PhD ;   Charles E Drebing   ⁹ , PhD ;   Matias Volonte   ¹⁰ , PhD ;   Ummul-Kiram Kathawalla   ¹¹ , PhD ;   Hannah E Robins   ¹¹ , MSc ;   Katarina Bernice   ¹ , BS ;   Timothy Bickmore   ¹² , PhD

¹ Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veteran Affairs Bedford Healthcare System, Department of Veteran Affairs, Bedford, MA, United States

² Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

³ Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States

⁴ College of Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States

⁵ Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, Veterans Affairs Bedford Healthcare System, Department of Veterans Affairs, Bedford, MA, United States

⁶ Peter O'Donnell Jr School of Public Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States

⁷ Pain Research, Informatics, Multi-morbidities, and Education Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, CT, United States

⁸ School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

⁹ Cheyenne Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Cheyenne, WY, United States

¹⁰ School of Computing, Clemson University, Charleston, SC, United States

¹¹ Department of Clinical Psychology, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, United States

¹² Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States