Evaluating the Effectiveness of Nonpharmacological Self-Management Interventions for Persistent Pain: Protocol for Single-Case Experimental Designs

Nancy Sturman   ¹ , MBChB, BA, PhD ;   Jane Nikles   ¹ , MBBS, PhD ;   Peter Worthy   ² , LLB, PhD ;   Shauna Fjaagesund   ^{1, 3} , MBA ;   Rachel A Elphinston   ^{4, 5, 6} , BSc, PhD ;   Nicole Andrews   ^{4, 5, 7, 8} , BOccThy, PhD ;   Michele Sterling   ^{4, 5} , PhD ;   Stefan Konigorski   ^{9, 10, 11} , MSc, Dr rer nat

¹ General Practice Clinical Unit, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

² School of Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

³ Health Hub Doctors Morayfield, Morayfield, Queensland, Queensland, Australia

⁴ RECOVER Injury Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

⁵ STARS Education and Research Alliance, Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS), The University of Queensland and Metro North Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

⁶ NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence: Better Health Outcomes for Compensable Injury, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

⁷ Tess Cramond Pain and Research Centre, The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Herston, Australia

⁸ The Occupational Therapy Department, The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Herston, Australia

⁹ Hasso Plattner Institute, Digital Engineering Faculty, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

¹⁰ Windreich Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States

¹¹ Department of Computational Precision Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Nuthetal, Germany