Method and system for providing cognitive behavioral therapy for pain patients

Abstract

In order to solve the above problem, the cognitive behavioral therapy providing method of the present invention may include the steps of providing a plurality of questionnaire data for diagnosing the condition of a pain patient on a user terminal, receiving questionnaire response data to the plurality of questionnaire data via the user terminal, identifying a user group to which the pain patient belongs from a plurality of user groups classified according to the condition of the pain patient based on the questionnaire response data, and determining an initial treatment protocol corresponding to the user group from a plurality of treatment protocols.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a method and system that can provide customized cognitive behavioral therapy to pain patients. [Background technology]

[0002] Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a psychological treatment method based on the premise that a person's thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are closely related to each other. During the treatment process, patients are trained to recognize their own emotions, identify incorrect beliefs, and change problematic behaviors.

[0003] Recently, as the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy has been scientifically proven, the number of cases in which it is used to treat mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, insomnia, and pain is gradually increasing.

[0004] On the other hand, with the development of technology, the use of electronic devices (e.g., smartphones, tablet PCs, etc.) has become widespread, which has led to a gradual increase in dependency on the Internet in many aspects of daily life.

[0005] In this way, with the development of various technologies including the Internet, behavioral patterns that were previously highly dependent on offline activities have gradually shifted to online activities, and today online-centered activities are increasing dramatically.

[0006] In line with these changing trends, industries such as the medical industry, which are based on offline services due to the nature of the services they provide, are increasingly trying to provide medical services online.

[0007] Therefore, nowadays, various medical services are provided online, allowing patients, or users, to consult with medical staff about their illnesses with just a few clicks via electronic devices connected to the Internet.

[0008] As an example of such technology, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-2195512 discloses technology relating to a server and system that provides an online medical platform, and provides patients with information regarding locations where medical services are provided online. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0009] The present invention relates to a cognitive behavioral therapy delivery method and system that can provide cognitive behavioral therapy for pain patients based on digital devices.

[0010] In particular, the present invention relates to a method and system for providing cognitive behavioral therapy that can provide customized cognitive behavioral therapy taking into account the characteristics of a patient.

[0011] More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and system for providing cognitive behavioral therapy that can provide customized cognitive behavioral therapy by reflecting a patient's pain duration and the degree of cognitive distortion.

[0012] Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method and system for providing cognitive behavioral therapy that can provide an updated cognitive behavioral therapy to a pain patient based on the improvement of the pain patient as the cognitive behavioral therapy progresses. [Means for solving the problem]

[0013] In order to solve the above problem, the cognitive behavioral therapy providing method of the present invention may include the steps of providing a plurality of questionnaire data for diagnosing a condition of a pain patient on a user terminal, receiving questionnaire response data for the plurality of questionnaire data via the user terminal, detecting condition information of the pain patient related to the pain duration and degree of cognitive distortion of the pain patient based on the questionnaire response data, identifying a user group corresponding to the condition information of the pain patient from a plurality of user groups classified according to the pain duration and the degree of cognitive distortion, determining an initial treatment protocol corresponding to the user group from a plurality of treatment protocols, and sequentially providing a plurality of specific treatment programs included in the initial treatment protocol to the user terminal according to the treatment week set for each of the plurality of specific treatment programs.

[0014] The treatment protocol according to the present invention can be understood as a treatment process consisting of a plurality of treatment programs each matched to a different topic. A specific treatment program may be configured to include at least one treatment module related to a specific topic matched to the specific treatment program. Here, the treatment module can be understood as a detailed category for the cognitive behavioral treatment of a pain patient for a specific topic. In one example, a server stores a plurality of treatment programs each matched to a different topic, the plurality of treatment programs are configured to include at least one treatment module related to a topic matched to each of the plurality of treatment programs, and each of the plurality of treatment protocols may be composed of at least one treatment program or treatment module different from each other according to the characteristics of the pain duration and the degree of cognitive distortion of a user group matched to each of the plurality of treatment protocols.

[0015] In this case, the multiple user groups may include a first user group having acute pain and high cognitive distortion in association with the characteristics of pain duration and the degree of cognitive distortion, a second user group having acute pain and low cognitive distortion in association with the characteristics of pain duration and the degree of cognitive distortion, a third user group having chronic pain and high cognitive distortion in association with the characteristics of pain duration and the degree of cognitive distortion, and a fourth user group having chronic pain and low cognitive distortion in association with the characteristics of pain duration and the degree of cognitive distortion, and the criterion for classifying acute pain and chronic pain may be determined based on whether the pain duration exceeds a reference period, and the criterion for classifying high cognitive distortion and low cognitive distortion may be determined based on whether a score (SCORE) collected based on multiple questions related to cognitive distortion exceeds a reference score.

[0016] In one example, the step of sequentially providing to the user terminal includes a step of sequentially providing to the user terminal specific treatment modules constituting the plurality of specific treatment programs according to the treatment weeks set for each of the plurality of specific treatment programs, and a step of collecting treatment response data from the user terminal by the specific treatment modules, and may further include a step of updating the initial treatment protocol using the treatment response data.

[0017] In one example, the step of updating the initial treatment protocol is performed to update the initial treatment protocol using initial treatment response data obtained from treatment modules provided for each treatment week of a preset initial treatment period during a preset overall treatment period during which the multiple specific treatment programs are planned to be provided to the user terminal, and the updating of the initial treatment protocol may be performed by changing at least one of the remaining treatment programs assigned to the remaining treatment period excluding the initial treatment period of the overall treatment period and the treatment modules constituting the remaining treatment programs.

[0018] In one example, the step of updating the initial treatment protocol may include the steps of: using the initial treatment response data to analyze the pain patient's condition for each of a plurality of different analysis categories related to at least one of emotion, pain, insomnia, cognitive distortion, and stress; using the analysis results to identify one of the plurality of analysis categories in which the pain patient's problem symptoms meet predetermined criteria; and modifying the remaining treatment program assigned to the remaining treatment period and at least one of the treatment modules that constitute the remaining treatment program so as to be related to the identified category.

[0019] In one example, as a result of updating the initial treatment protocol, at least some of the example sentences provided from the treatment modules that make up the remaining treatment program may be modified to relate to the identified category.

[0020] In one example, the step of updating the initial treatment protocol includes a step of determining whether to maintain a preset total treatment period for which the plurality of specific treatment programs are to be provided to the user terminal based on the treatment response data, and a step of updating the preset total treatment period based on the determination result, and the updating of the preset total treatment period may include shortening the total treatment period to a period shorter than the total treatment period, or extending the total treatment period to a period longer than the total treatment period. In one example, each of the plurality of specific treatment programs includes a worksheet module for checking at least one of the pain level, pain duration, mental health condition, and physical health condition of the pain patient, and the step of sequentially providing the plurality of specific treatment programs to the user terminal may provide user's answer information to the worksheet module provided in a treatment week prior to the current treatment week, before providing the treatment program corresponding to the current treatment week among the plurality of specific treatment programs, in order to allow the pain patient to recognize the past condition of the pain patient.

[0021] Furthermore, the cognitive behavioral therapy provision system of the present invention includes a communication unit that communicates with a user terminal, a storage unit that stores a plurality of treatment programs that are each matched to different topics, and a control unit that provides a plurality of questionnaire data for diagnosing the condition of a pain patient on the user terminal, wherein the control unit receives response data to the plurality of questionnaire data from the user terminal via the communication unit, detects condition information of the pain patient related to the pain duration and degree of cognitive distortion of the pain patient based on the response data, identifies a user group corresponding to the condition information of the pain patient from a plurality of user groups classified according to the pain duration and the degree of cognitive distortion, determines an initial treatment protocol corresponding to the user group from a plurality of treatment protocols, and provides a plurality of specific treatment programs included in the initial treatment protocol to the user terminal in sequence according to the treatment week set for each of the plurality of specific treatment programs.

[0022] Furthermore, a program executed by one or more processes in an electronic device and stored on a computer-readable recording medium may include instructions to perform the following steps: providing a plurality of questionnaire data for diagnosing a condition of a pain patient on a user terminal; receiving answer data to the plurality of questionnaire data via the user terminal; detecting condition information of the pain patient related to the pain duration and degree of cognitive distortion of the pain patient based on the answer data; identifying a user group corresponding to the condition information of the pain patient from a plurality of user groups classified according to the pain duration and the degree of cognitive distortion; determining an initial treatment protocol corresponding to the user group from a plurality of treatment protocols; and sequentially providing a plurality of specific treatment programs included in the initial treatment protocol to the user terminal according to a treatment week set for each of the plurality of specific treatment programs. Effect of the Invention

[0023] As described above, the method and system for providing cognitive behavioral therapy for a pain patient according to the present invention can receive questionnaire response data for a plurality of questionnaire data via a user terminal, and detect condition information of the pain patient related to the pain duration and the degree of cognitive distortion of the pain patient based on the questionnaire response data. In addition, a treatment protocol for cognitive behavioral therapy customized for the pain patient can be provided based on the condition information of the pain patient. As a result, the method and system for providing cognitive behavioral therapy according to the present invention can provide a pain patient with a behavioral treatment program customized in consideration of the pain duration and the degree of cognitive distortion of the pain patient even if the pain patient has the same disease, rather than providing the pain patient with a uniform cognitive behavioral therapy depending on the disease. Furthermore, the pain patient can receive cognitive behavioral therapy customized to his or her own condition.

[0024] Furthermore, the method and system for providing cognitive behavioral therapy for pain patients according to the present invention can sequentially provide a plurality of specific treatment programs according to the treatment week, so that the pain patient can receive cognitive behavioral therapy systematically and complete the treatment without interruption.

[0025] Furthermore, the method and system for providing cognitive behavioral treatment for pain patients according to the present invention updates a treatment program to be useful for the cognitive behavioral treatment of a pain patient based on treatment response data collected during the progress of the cognitive behavioral treatment, thereby making it possible to provide an updated cognitive behavioral treatment taking into account the improvement status of the pain patient, rather than continuously providing the pain patient with an initially determined cognitive behavioral treatment method. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0026] [Figure 1] 1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a cognitive behavioral therapy providing system according to the present invention. FIG. [Diagram 2] 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing cognitive behavioral therapy according to the present invention. [Diagram 3]FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method for providing an initial treatment protocol taking into account the duration of pain and the degree of cognitive distortion of a pain patient. [Figure 4] FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method for providing an initial treatment protocol taking into account the duration of pain and the degree of cognitive distortion of a pain patient. [Figure 5a] FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method for providing an initial treatment protocol taking into account the duration of pain and the degree of cognitive distortion of a pain patient. [Figure 5b] FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method for providing an initial treatment protocol taking into account the duration of pain and the degree of cognitive distortion of a pain patient. [Figure 6a] FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method for providing an initial treatment protocol taking into account the duration of pain and the degree of cognitive distortion of a pain patient. [Figure 6b] FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method for providing an initial treatment protocol taking into account the duration of pain and the degree of cognitive distortion of a pain patient. [Figure 7] FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method for updating an initial treatment protocol. [Figure 8a] FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method for updating an initial treatment protocol. [Figure 8b] FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method for updating an initial treatment protocol. [Figure 8c] FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method for updating an initial treatment protocol. [Figure 8d] FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method for updating an initial treatment protocol. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0027] Hereinafter, the embodiments disclosed in this specification will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numbers are used for the same or similar components regardless of the drawing numbers, and the duplicated description thereof will be omitted. The suffixes "module" and "part" for components used in the following description are given or mixed for the sake of ease of specification writing only, and do not have any meaning or role that is different from each other. In addition, when describing the embodiments disclosed in this specification, if it is determined that a detailed description of related known technology may obscure the gist of the embodiments disclosed in this specification, the detailed description will be omitted. In addition, the accompanying drawings are provided for easy understanding of the embodiments disclosed in this specification, and the technical ideas disclosed in this specification are not limited by the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood that the accompanying drawings include all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives included in the idea and technical scope of the present invention.

[0028] Terms including ordinal numbers such as first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by the terms. The terms are used only to distinguish one component from another.

[0029] When an element is described as being "coupled" or "connected" to another element, it should be understood that it may be directly coupled or connected to the other element, but that there may be other elements between them. On the other hand, when an element is described as being "directly coupled" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements between them.

[0030] The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

[0031] In this application, terms such as "comprise" or "have" are intended to specify the presence of features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof set forth in the specification, but are to be understood as not precluding the possible presence or addition of one or more other features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

[0032] The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a customized behavioral treatment protocol for each pain patient, taking into account the duration of pain and the degree of cognitive distortion of the pain patient, and in particular, to a method and system for providing cognitive behavioral treatment to patients with pain caused by musculoskeletal disorders.

[0033] In the present invention, for the sake of convenience, the description will be centered on "musculoskeletal disease", but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. That is, the cognitive behavioral therapy in the present invention can include not only patients with pain caused by musculoskeletal disease, but also patients with pain caused by various diseases (e.g., cancer, diabetes, hypertension, etc.).

[0034] In the present invention, the term "pain patient" refers to a patient who is experiencing pain due to a disease, and may be used interchangeably with "patient" or "user."

[0035] On the other hand, in the case of pain patients, even if they have the same disease (or illness), the duration of pain and the degree of cognitive distortion may differ from patient to patient. Therefore, in the present invention, a cognitive behavioral treatment protocol customized for each pain patient can be provided, reflecting the duration of pain and the degree of cognitive distortion of the patient.

[0036] Hereinafter, a method and system for providing a customized cognitive behavioral treatment protocol for a pain patient will be specifically discussed with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a cognitive behavioral treatment providing system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining a cognitive behavioral treatment providing method according to the present invention. FIGS. 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 6a, and 6b are conceptual diagrams for explaining a method for providing an initial treatment protocol in consideration of the pain duration and the degree of cognitive distortion of a pain patient. FIGS. 7, 8a, 8b, 8c, and 8d are conceptual diagrams for explaining a method for updating the initial treatment protocol.

[0037] As shown in FIG. 1, a cognitive behavioral therapy providing system for pain patients (hereinafter, referred to as a "cognitive behavioral therapy providing system") 100 according to the present invention can be embodied as an application or software.

[0038] In accordance with the software implementation of the cognitive behavioral therapy delivery system 100 of the present invention, the sequences and functions, etc., of the embodiments described herein may be implemented as separate software therapy modules, each of which may perform one or more of the functions and operations described herein.

[0039] The cognitive behavioral therapy providing system 100 embodied as software may be downloaded via a program (e.g., a Play Store) that allows applications to be downloaded onto the user terminal 10, or may be embodied by an initial installation program on the user terminal 10. In this case, the communication unit 110, the storage unit 120, and the control unit 130 according to the present invention may be utilized as components of the user terminal 10.

[0040] In the present invention, the terminal 10 is also named a "mobile terminal" or an "electronic device", and the terminals described in this specification may include mobile phones, smart phones, laptop computers, digital broadcasting terminals, personal digital assistants (PDAs), portable multimedia players (PMPs), navigation systems, slate PCs, tablet PCs, ultrabooks, wearable devices such as smart watches, smart glass, and head mounted displays (HMDs).

[0041] Meanwhile, the cognitive behavioral therapy providing system 100 may exist inside a server (hereinafter referred to as a server) constructed for a specific purpose (e.g., a function related to providing cognitive behavioral therapy) separately from the user terminal 10, or may exist as a system separate from the server. When the cognitive behavioral therapy providing system 100 exists inside the server, the cognitive behavioral therapy service may be provided by at least one of the components of the communication unit 110, the storage unit 120, and the control unit 130 located inside the server, or a configuration module performing a function similar to each of the components. In this case, the application can provide a service related to cognitive behavioral therapy on the user terminal 10 in which the application is installed by communicating with the server. Furthermore, the cognitive behavioral therapy providing system 100 according to the present invention can provide the cognitive behavioral therapy providing method according to the present invention to the user terminal 10 in cooperation with an external server. Meanwhile, the cognitive behavioral therapy providing system 100 according to the present invention can diagnose the pain duration and the degree of cognitive distortion for the pain of the "patient" U using the user terminal 10, and provide a behavioral therapy protocol customized in consideration of the above.

[0042] Furthermore, "cognitive distortion" refers to cognitive errors that lead to erroneous assumptions or erroneous concepts about pain, surrounding circumstances, events, etc., and "degree of cognitive distortion" can be understood as a term that indicates the degree to which a patient's cognition is distorted. In the present invention, the "degree of cognitive distortion" can be used interchangeably with the "state of cognitive distortion" and can be quantified as a "cognitive distortion score" or a "cognitive distortion score."

[0043] Meanwhile, patient U can diagnose the duration of his / her pain and the degree of cognitive distortion through an application or web page provided by the cognitive behavioral treatment provision system 100 according to the present invention, and can manage at least one of his / her mental health condition and physical health condition, such as receiving counseling services according to a customized cognitive behavioral treatment protocol through the user terminal 10.

[0044] At this time, the patient U may have a user account registered in the cognitive behavioral therapy providing system 100 according to the present invention. For convenience of explanation, in this specification, the account of a user who is a patient is called a "patient account (or user account)."

[0045] As described above, an "account" can be created via a page associated with the cognitive behavioral therapy delivery system 100. Alternatively, an "account" can be created in at least one other system associated with the cognitive behavioral therapy delivery system 100 according to the present invention.

[0046] Therefore, in this specification, regardless of the system to which the account is issued, any account based on the cognitive behavioral therapy provision system 100 of the present invention will be referred to as an "account pre-registered in the cognitive behavioral therapy provision system 100 of the present invention."

[0047] Hereinafter, a cognitive behavioral therapy providing system 100 according to the present invention will be described with reference to an embodiment in which the system is embodied as an application on a user terminal 10.

[0048] 1, a cognitive behavioral therapy providing system 100 for a pain patient according to the present invention may be configured to include at least one of a communication unit 110, a storage unit 120, and a control unit 130. In this case, the cognitive behavioral therapy providing system 100 according to the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned components, and may further include components that perform the same functions as the devices described in this specification.

[0049] The communication unit 110 may include one or more treatment modules that enable wireless or wired communication between the cognitive behavioral therapy providing system 100 and the user terminal 10, or between the cognitive behavioral therapy providing system 100 and an external server. The communication unit 110 may also include one or more communication modules that connect the cognitive behavioral therapy providing system 100 to one or more networks.

[0050] Specifically, the communication unit 110 can collect, from at least one source, questionnaire response data to questionnaire data for diagnosing the patient's pain duration and the degree of cognitive distortion, via the user terminal 10. In addition, the communication unit 110 can provide, via the user terminal 10, a cognitive behavioral therapy service customized according to the pain duration and the degree of cognitive distortion of the pain patient.

[0051] The storage unit 120, also called a database (DB), is configured to store various information (or data) related to cognitive behavioral treatment of pain patients, such as collected questionnaire response data, diagnosis results based on the questionnaire response data, and cognitive behavioral treatment protocols based on the diagnosis results.

[0052] Furthermore, the cognitive behavioral therapy providing system 100 according to the present invention can utilize data stored in external storage separate from the storage unit 120, and such external storage can also be expressed as a "database."

[0053] Meanwhile, the control unit 130 can control the overall operation of the cognitive behavioral therapy providing system 100 according to the present invention.

[0054] 1, the control unit 130 can control to output a page (or service page 300) for providing a cognitive behavioral therapy service via a display unit (or touch screen) provided in the user terminal 10. Such a page 300 can be output on the user terminal 10 via an application or a web page installed in the user terminal 10.

[0055] The page 300 is a page linked to the cognitive behavioral therapy providing system 100 according to the present invention, and is configured to be controlled by the cognitive behavioral therapy providing system 100 according to the present invention.

[0056] Furthermore, when the page 300 is provided in the form of an application, the page 300 can be controlled by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) of the user terminal 10 in which the application is installed. In this case, the CPU of the user terminal 10 can provide a service related to cognitive behavioral therapy to a pain patient based on information provided by the cognitive behavioral therapy providing system 100 according to the present invention.

[0057] The components of the cognitive behavioral therapy delivery system 100 according to the present invention have been discussed above. Hereinafter, a method for providing a customized cognitive behavioral therapy protocol to a pain patient based on the above components will be described.

[0058] As shown in FIG. 2, the method for providing cognitive behavioral therapy according to the present invention may include a step of providing a plurality of questionnaire data for diagnosing the condition of a pain patient on a user terminal (S210).

[0059] The control unit 130 can perform control so as to provide a page including multiple pieces of questionnaire data on the user terminal 10. In this case, the page including multiple pieces of questionnaire data can be output via a touch screen (or display) of the user terminal 10.

[0060] Here, the plurality of questionnaire (or question, or problem, or item, or test) data may include a questionnaire for assessing the status of factors related to pain.

[0061] In the present invention, the pain-related factors may be various. For example, the pain-related factors may mean various factors for evaluating the patient's condition related to pain, such as pain level, pain duration, mental health, and physical health. However, the above-mentioned factors are merely examples, and it is clear that the pain-related factors described in the present invention mean all factors for evaluating the patient's condition.

[0062] Such pain-related factors may include reliable questionnaire data that is actually used in psychiatric medicine to diagnose the patient's condition. In addition, the control unit 130 can update the questionnaire data as needed or periodically by downloading further questionnaires for diagnosing the patient's condition via an external server or website.

[0063] A user interface through which questionnaire data is provided will be described below, as shown in Fig. 3. As shown in Fig. 3, a page including a questionnaire area 401 for displaying at least one of a plurality of questionnaires, and an answer area 402 for receiving a patient's answer to the displayed questionnaire may be output on the user terminal 10. In this case, the answer area 402 may include answer graphic objects 402a, 402b corresponding to each of a plurality of different answers corresponding to the questionnaire displayed in the questionnaire area 401.

[0064] This allows the pain patient to select as the questionnaire response data the candidate answer that is considered to be most suitable (or appropriate, or accurate) for the user's condition from among the candidate answers output in answer area 402 as a response to any of the displayed questionnaires.

[0065] Meanwhile, in the present invention, a process of receiving survey response data for a plurality of survey data can be performed via a user terminal (S220, see FIG. 2).

[0066] The control unit 130 can receive survey response data from the user terminal 10 based on the user's selection (or user's input) in the answer area 402 of the user terminal 10.

[0067] For example, as shown in FIG. 3(a), based on the selection of any one of a plurality of answer graphic objects 402a, 402b corresponding to a first questionnaire (e.g., "When did Jang Hye-ryeong's knee pain begin?") for the pain duration of a pain patient, an answer (e.g., "one week ago") corresponding to the selected answer graphic object 402a can be received as questionnaire response data for the first questionnaire. Meanwhile, the first questionnaire may include a plurality of questionnaires. In this case, the user terminal 10 may be provided with a plurality of questionnaires necessary for detecting condition information for the patient's pain duration. Also, the answers to the plurality of questionnaires can be received as questionnaire response data from the user terminal.

[0068] As another example, as shown in (b) of FIG. 3, based on the selection of any one of a plurality of answer graphic objects corresponding to a second questionnaire related to the degree of the patient's cognitive distortion ("How much have you felt negative emotions such as anxiety when you felt pain in the past two weeks?"), an answer corresponding to the selected answer graphic object (e.g., "3") can be received as questionnaire response data for the second questionnaire.

[0069] Meanwhile, the second questionnaire may include a plurality of questionnaires. In this case, the user terminal 10 may be provided with a plurality of questionnaires necessary for detecting state information on the degree of cognitive distortion of the pain patient. Also, responses to the plurality of questionnaires may be received as questionnaire response data from the user terminal. Examples of the second questionnaire include questionnaires related to at least one of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale and Fear (or Danger) Avoidance Beliefs, such as i) I always worry that the pain will not stop, ii) I feel like I can't bear it any more, iii) I think that the pain is too painful and will never get better, iv) my pain was caused by physical activity, v) physical activity makes my pain worse, and vi) my pain was caused by work or an accident at work. Furthermore, unlike those discussed above, the plurality of questionnaire data for diagnosing the condition of the pain patient may further include questionnaires for determining depression, insomnia, and the like.

[0070] Meanwhile, in the present invention, a process of detecting condition information of a pain patient related to the duration of pain and the degree of cognitive distortion of the pain patient based on the questionnaire response data can be performed (S230, see FIG. 2).

[0071] As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 130 can compare the pain duration 450 extracted (acquired or detected) from the questionnaire response data of the pain patient with a first standard (e.g., “3 months”) 450a in order to detect the condition information of the pain patient.

[0072] Here, the first criterion 450a can be understood as a predefined reference period (e.g., "3 months") for classifying (or dividing) the pain duration (or the nature of the pain according to the pain duration) into either "a first type of pain duration (e.g., acute pain) 451" or "a second type of pain duration (e.g., chronic pain) 452."

[0073] If the pain duration 450 of the pain patient is shorter than the predefined reference period 450a (i.e., equal to or shorter than the predefined reference period), the control unit 130 can classify (categorize or identify or determine) the pain duration of the pain patient as a "first type of pain duration (e.g., acute pain) 451". On the other hand, if the pain duration 450 of the pain patient is longer than the predefined reference period 450a (i.e., exceeds the predefined reference period), the control unit 130 can classify the pain duration of the pain patient as a "second type of pain duration (e.g., chronic pain) 452".

[0074] The control unit 130 can classify the pain duration of the pain patient into either acute pain or chronic pain depending on whether the pain duration 450 exceeds the reference period 450a.

[0075] Furthermore, the control unit 130 can compare the degree of cognitive distortion 460 extracted (acquired or detected) from the questionnaire response data of the pain patient with a second criterion 460a.

[0076] Here, the degree of cognitive distortion in a pain patient can be related to either the Pain Catastrophizing Scale and Fear (or Danger) Avoidance Beliefs, as described above.

[0077] Here, the second criterion 460a can be understood as a predefined standard score (e.g., "24 points") for classifying (or categorizing) the degree of cognitive distortion of a pain patient into either "degree of first type of cognitive distortion (e.g., high cognitive distortion) 461" or "degree of second type of cognitive distortion (e.g., low cognitive distortion) 462."

[0078] The control unit 130 can calculate (derive or calculate) a cognitive distortion score (SCORE) of the pain patient based on the questionnaire response data to compare the degree of cognitive distortion 460 of the pain patient with a predefined standard score 460a.

[0079] A plurality of selection items for a questionnaire for determining the degree of cognitive distortion (e.g., I always worry that the pain will not go away) may have different scores (e.g., not at all: 0 points, slightly agree: 1 point, often agree: 2 points, very much agree: 3 points, always agree: 4 points) that are matched to each other. The answer data is a selection signal for any one of the plurality of selection items, and the control unit 130 can calculate (derive or calculate) the cognitive distortion score (SCORE) of the pain patient using the score matched to the selection item according to the received selection signal.

[0080] Meanwhile, the control unit 130 can calculate the cognitive distortion score of the pain patient from the questionnaire response data using various methods. For example, the control unit 130 can calculate the cognitive distortion score of the pain patient using the sum or average of the questionnaire response data corresponding to a plurality of questionnaire data. In this case, the control unit 130 can calculate the cognitive distortion score of the pain patient by assigning (giving) a different weight to each questionnaire response data.

[0081] The control unit 130 can compare the calculated cognitive distortion score with a predefined reference score 460a.

[0082] If the comparison result shows that the pain patient's cognitive distortion score is higher than the predefined reference score 460a (i.e., exceeds the predefined score), the control unit 130 can classify (categorize or identify or determine) the degree of cognitive distortion of the pain patient as "degree of first type of cognitive distortion (high cognitive distortion) 461". On the other hand, if the pain patient's cognitive distortion score is lower than the predefined reference score 460a (i.e., is equal to or lower than the predefined cognitive distortion score), the control unit 130 can classify the degree of cognitive distortion of the pain patient as "degree of second type of cognitive distortion (low cognitive distortion) 462".

[0083] That is, the control unit 130 can determine the degree of cognitive distortion of the pain patient as either high cognitive distortion or low cognitive distortion depending on whether the cognitive distortion score exceeds a reference score.

[0084] Meanwhile, in the present invention, a process of identifying a user group corresponding to condition information of a pain patient from among a plurality of user groups classified according to pain duration and degree of cognitive distortion can be performed (S240, see FIG. 2).

[0085] As shown in FIG. 4, in the present invention, a plurality of user groups 410, 420, 430, and 440 can be classified according to pain duration 450 and degree of cognitive distortion 460. For convenience of explanation, an example in which there are four different user groups according to pain duration 450 and degree of cognitive distortion 460 will be described in the present invention. The user groups in the present invention may be named a first user group 410, a second user group 420, a third user group 430, and a fourth user group 440. However, it is clear that in the present invention, the condition items and number for classifying the user groups can be set in various ways.

[0086] Meanwhile, classification criterion information for classifying the plurality of user groups may be matched and exist for each of the plurality of user groups 410, 420, 430, and 440. Such classification criterion information may be predefined and existed in the storage unit 120 or an external server.

[0087] Specifically, in the first user group 410, a first type of pain duration (e.g., acute pain) 451 and a first type of cognitive distortion degree (e.g., high cognitive distortion) 461 may be matched and present as classification criteria information.

[0088] In the second user group 420, a first type of pain duration (e.g., acute pain) 451 and a second type of cognitive distortion degree (e.g., low cognitive distortion) 462 may be matched and present as classification criterion information.

[0089] In the third user group 430, the second type of pain duration (e.g., chronic pain) 452 and the first type of cognitive distortion degree (e.g., high cognitive distortion) 461 may be matched and present as classification criterion information.

[0090] In addition, in the fourth user group 440, a second type of pain duration (e.g., chronic pain) 452 and a second type of cognitive distortion degree (e.g., low cognitive distortion) 462 may be matched and present as classification criteria information.

[0091] The control unit 130 may determine a specific user group among the plurality of user groups 410, 420, 430, and 440, to which classification criterion information corresponding to the condition information of the pain patient is matched.

[0092] Specifically, if the condition information of a first pain patient (e.g., “Patient Kim Cheol-soo”) includes a first type of pain duration (e.g., acute pain) 451 and a first type of cognitive distortion degree (e.g., high cognitive distortion) 461, the control unit 130 can identify (or classify) the first pain patient as a pain patient belonging to a first user group 410 among multiple user groups.

[0093] Furthermore, if the condition information detected from the questionnaire response data of a second pain patient (e.g., “Patient Lee Yeong-suk”) includes a first type of pain duration (e.g., acute pain) 451 and a second type of cognitive distortion degree (e.g., low cognitive distortion) 462, the control unit 130 can identify (or classify) the second pain patient as a pain patient belonging to a second user group 420 among the multiple user groups.

[0094] Furthermore, if the condition information of a third pain patient (e.g., “Patient Choi Min-chul”) includes the duration of the second type of pain (e.g., chronic pain) 452 and the degree of the first type of cognitive distortion (e.g., high cognitive distortion) 461, the control unit 130 can identify (or classify) the third pain patient as a pain patient belonging to a third user group 430 among the multiple user groups.

[0095] Furthermore, if the condition information of a fourth pain patient (e.g., “Patient Bang Min-ji”) includes a second type of pain duration (e.g., chronic pain) 452 and a second type of cognitive distortion degree (e.g., low cognitive distortion) 462, the control unit 130 can identify (or classify) the fourth pain patient as a pain patient belonging to a fourth user group 440 among the multiple user groups.

[0096] Meanwhile, in the present invention, a process of determining an initial treatment protocol corresponding to a user group from among a plurality of treatment protocols can be performed (S250, see FIG. 2).

[0097] As shown in Figures 5a and 5b, the treatment protocol according to the present invention may be composed of a plurality of treatment programs 510-580 that are matched to different topics 510a-580a, respectively. That is, each treatment program means a program for performing treatment according to a topic that is matched to each treatment program.

[0098] Here, the "topics 510a to 580a" correspond to a plurality of programs 510 to 580 for cognitive behavioral treatment of pain patients, respectively. For example, as shown in FIG. 6a and FIG. 6b, i) motivation enhancement (hereinafter, first topic) 510a corresponds to the first program (or first treatment program) 510, ii) emotion confirmation (hereinafter, second topic) 520a corresponds to the second program (or second treatment program) 520, iii) behavioral strategy (hereinafter, third topic) 530a corresponds to the third program (or third treatment program) 530, iv) attention shifting (hereinafter, fourth topic) 540a corresponds to the fourth program (or third treatment program) 540, and so on. v) shifting one's way of thinking (hereinafter, fifth topic) 550a can correspond to the fifth program (or fifth treatment program) 550; vi) thought journaling (hereinafter, sixth topic) 560a can correspond to the sixth program (or sixth treatment program) 560; vii) management strategies (hereinafter, seventh topic) 570a can correspond to the seventh program (or seventh treatment program) 570; and viii) future self (hereinafter, eighth topic) 580a can correspond to the eighth program (or eighth treatment program) 580.

[0099] The first topic (enhancing motivation) is a process for understanding cognitive behavioral therapy and cognitive schemas regarding pain, and for pain patients to set their own goals and increase their motivation for treatment, and may consist of treatment modules related to this.

[0100] The second topic (emotion identification) is intended to explore pain, emotions, and the pain patient's own coping strategies and may consist of a treatment module to explore the pain patient's negative emotions, physical reactions, and behaviors related to pain and to discover the pain patient's own coping strategies.

[0101] The third topic (behavioral strategies) is treatment for pain patients to set activity goals, establish new coping behavior methods, and use breathing techniques and progressive relaxation techniques to cope with pain, and may be composed of treatment modules for this purpose.

[0102] The fourth topic (attention shifting) is a treatment for dealing with pain using attention shifting techniques that utilize activities, emotions, the five senses, etc., and can be composed of treatment modules for this purpose.

[0103] The fifth topic (changing thinking) involves exploring negative automatic thoughts related to pain and identifying the emotions and behaviors that result from these automatic thoughts, and may consist of a treatment module for this purpose, which involves the process of finding evidence to disprove the automatic thoughts.

[0104] The sixth topic (thought recording) is the process of exploring the pain patient's own irrational thinking patterns and finding cognitive flexibility, and can consist of a treatment module for this purpose.

[0105] The seventh topic (Management strategies) is using positive self-talk and practicing pain management strategies and may consist of a treatment module to use positive self-talk to deal with pain and understand the "Stop-Think-Assess-Act method."

[0106] The eighth topic (future me) could consist of a therapeutic module to organize the coping strategies learned so far in relation to jumping over stones (treatment resistance) and developing a positive self-image, to create the pain patient's own recipe for dealing with pain (pain coping recipe) and to identify ways of dealing with anticipated difficulties.

[0107] Meanwhile, in the present invention, the topics 510a to 580a may be predefined and stored in the storage unit 120. Meanwhile, in the present invention, it goes without saying that the number and contents (or types) of topics are not limited to the above examples and may be variously defined.

[0108] A specific treatment program may be configured to include at least one treatment module related to a specific topic that is matched to the specific treatment program. For example, a first treatment program 510 may be configured with multiple treatment modules 511-515 related to a first topic (e.g., "enhancing motivation") 510a.

[0109] Here, the term "treatment module" may refer to contents related to a detailed category (or subtopic) for cognitive behavioral treatment of pain patients for a specific topic. For example, the treatment modules 511-515 related to the first topic (e.g., "enhancing motivation") 510a may include a "treatment module 511 for what pain means to me," a "treatment module 512 for pain cognitive schema," a "treatment module 513 for pain questionnaire," a "treatment module 514 for goal setting," and a "treatment module 515 for pain record exercises" (see FIG. 5a). In the present invention, a treatment module included in a treatment program related to a specific topic may be named a "treatment module corresponding to a specific topic." In addition, in the present invention, the term "treatment module" may be used interchangeably with "chapter."

[0110] Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of user groups 410, 420, 430, and 440 may each have a different treatment protocol 410a, 420a, 430a, and 440a that is matched to each other.

[0111] The multiple treatment protocols 410a, 420a, 430a, 440a matched to each of the multiple user groups 410, 420, 430, 440 may be composed of at least one different treatment program or treatment module depending on the characteristics of the pain duration 450 and the degree of cognitive distortion 460 of the user groups 410, 420, 430, 440.

[0112] For example, the first treatment protocol 410a matched to the first user group 410 and the third treatment protocol 430a matched to the third user group 430 may be configured to include all treatment modules (full modules) stored in the server. In this case, all treatment modules may include all of the treatment modules matched to each of the first to eighth topics, and cognitive behavioral therapy may be performed on pain patients belonging to the first user group using all of the treatment modules included in each of the first to eighth topics.

[0113] As another example, the treatment protocol matched to the second user group 420 and the fourth user group 440 may be configured to include some of the treatment modules instead of all the treatment modules (full modules) stored in the server. The treatment protocol matched to the second user group 420 and the fourth user group 440 may be configured to include only some of the treatment modules of the multiple treatment modules matched to the first to eighth topics, respectively, and cognitive behavioral therapy may be performed on pain patients belonging to the second user group 420 and the fourth user group 440 using some of the treatment modules constituting the first to eighth topics.

[0114] As one example, the second treatment protocol 420a matched to the second user group 420 may be configured to emphasize modules related to coping strategies, breathing techniques, and disease education. As another example, the fourth treatment protocol 440a matched to the fourth user group 440 may be configured to emphasize modules related to acceptance commitment.

[0115] On the other hand, as shown in Figures 5a and 5b, each of the multiple treatment programs 510-580 may include worksheet modules 515, 522, 531, 541, 551, 561, 571, 581 for checking at least one of the pain level, pain duration, mental health condition, and physical health condition of a pain patient.

[0116] In this case, each worksheet module may be input with user response information for checking at least one of the pain level, pain duration, mental health condition, and physical health condition of the pain patient in relation to a specific topic of the treatment program in which the worksheet module is included. Furthermore, each worksheet module may be input with various user response information for checking at least one of the pain level, pain duration, mental health condition, and physical health condition of the pain patient in addition to the content related to the specific topic of the treatment program.

[0117] For example, a worksheet module 515 included in the first treatment program 510 may receive input of user response information to check at least one of a pain patient's pain level, pain duration, mental health condition, and physical health condition in relation to a first topic ("Enhancing Motivation") 510a.

[0118] As another example, a worksheet module 522 included in the second treatment program 520 may receive input of user response information to check at least one of the pain patient's pain level, pain duration, mental health status, and physical health status in relation to a second topic ("Checking Emotions") 520a.

[0119] The worksheet module may be provided at various points in each treatment program. For example, the worksheet module may be located at the end or middle of each treatment program. The location at which the worksheet module is included in each treatment program may vary depending on the condition of the pain patient.

[0120] On the other hand, the worksheet module may be provided as the last module in each treatment program. The worksheet module may be arranged as the last module among the treatment modules constituting each treatment program, and may be configured so that the pain patient proceeds to the worksheet module after completing all the treatment modules of the treatment program. This may include the purpose of receiving the pain patient's treatment effect, objectification, or feedback of the pain patient on the treatment program.

[0121] Furthermore, the worksheet module included in each treatment program may be configured so that the pain patient scores (by selecting, inputting, etc.) the severity of pain, the mood when experiencing pain, the degree of negative feelings about pain, the degree of stress about pain, etc. The control unit 130 can use the score received in the worksheet module to determine whether the treatment program including the corresponding worksheet module was helpful or effective for the pain patient.

[0122] For example, if there is a treatment program that has obtained a low pain score, the control unit 130 can determine that the treatment program is useful to the user. In this case, the treatment program can be reflected in updating the treatment protocol described later.

[0123] Meanwhile, in the present invention, a process can be performed in which a plurality of specific treatment programs included in an initial treatment protocol are sequentially provided to the user terminal 10 according to the treatment week set for each of the plurality of specific treatment programs (S260, see FIG. 2).

[0124] Here, the "treatment week" can be understood as the order (or period) in which the treatment program is provided (or activated) via the user terminal 10 so that the patient performs cognitive behavioral therapy according to the treatment program. In the present invention, the "total number" of treatment weeks and the "weekly treatment period" corresponding to each treatment week may be preset and exist. Also, in the present invention, the "total treatment period" can be understood as being predefined. The total treatment period may be determined as the product of the preset total number and the preset weekly treatment period. For example, if the total number is "8" and the weekly treatment period is 1 week (7 days), the preset total treatment period is "8 weeks."

[0125] For the sake of convenience, an example will be described below in which different treatment weeks occur "eight times" for each one-week treatment period. That is, in the present invention, the first treatment week occurs in the first treatment session, and the second treatment week occurs in the second treatment session. Therefore, in the present invention, the "treatment week" may be used interchangeably with the "treatment session," "treatment number," "treatment period," and "treatment sequence."

[0126] The control unit 130 may set at least one treatment week for each of a plurality of treatment programs included in the initial treatment protocol. In addition, the control unit 130 can provide a treatment program in which a specific treatment week is set for a specific treatment week.

[0127] As mentioned above, in the present invention, the total number of treatment weeks (eg, "8") can be predefined.

[0128] When the multiple treatment programs included in the initial treatment protocol correspond to a predefined number of treatment weeks, the control unit 130 may set different treatment weeks for each of the multiple treatment programs. For example, when the first treatment program to the eighth treatment program are selected in the initial treatment protocol, the control unit 130 may set any one of the first treatment week to the eighth treatment week for each of the first treatment program to the eighth treatment program.

[0129] On the other hand, the first to eighth therapeutic programs may correspond to the first to eighth topics described above, respectively. That is, i) the first therapeutic program may be for training or treatment related to the first topic (motivation enhancement), ii) the second therapeutic program may be for training or treatment related to the second topic (emotion confirmation), iii) the third therapeutic program may be for training or treatment related to the third topic (behavioral strategy), iv) the fourth therapeutic program may be for training or treatment related to the fourth topic (attention shift), v) the fifth therapeutic program may be for training or treatment related to the fifth topic (changing the way of thinking), vi) the sixth therapeutic program may be for training or treatment related to the sixth topic (thought recording), vii) the seventh therapeutic program may be for training or treatment related to the seventh topic (management strategy), and viii) the eighth therapeutic program may be for training or treatment related to the eighth topic (future me).

[0130] On the other hand, when the multiple treatment programs included in the initial treatment protocol do not meet the number of predefined treatment weeks (shortfall), the control unit 130 may set multiple treatment weeks for at least some of the multiple treatment programs. The control unit 130 may repeatedly assign the same topic to different weeks so that treatment is performed according to the predefined treatment weeks. For example, when the predefined treatment week is 8 weeks and the number of treatment programs selected in the initial treatment protocol is 7, the control unit may repeatedly assign one of the 7 treatment programs to a specific number of weeks. For example, the control unit 130 may repeatedly set the same topic (e.g., thought recording) 560a in the 6th and 7th weeks.

[0131] Meanwhile, the control unit 130 can sequentially provide the multiple specific treatment programs to the user terminal 10 according to the treatment weeks set for each of the multiple specific treatment programs based on the initial treatment protocol.

[0132] The control unit 130 can activate the state of the specific treatment program based on the initial treatment protocol so that the specific treatment program set for the specific treatment week is provided to the user terminal 10 during the treatment period corresponding to the specific treatment week. In the following, in order to avoid confusion in terms, the state of the specific treatment program is named and described as the "mode" of the specific treatment program.

[0133] In the present invention, the "treatment program activation mode" can be understood as a mode in which at least a part of the treatment modules included in the treatment program can be viewed (or used), whereas the "treatment program inactivation mode" can be understood as a mode in which none of the treatment modules included in the treatment program can be viewed (or used).

[0134] For example, as shown in Fig. 5a, the control unit 130 can activate a mode of a first treatment program 510 in which a first treatment week is set based on the arrival of a first treatment week (first week). Also, the control unit 130 can activate a mode of a second treatment program 520 in which a second treatment week is set based on the arrival of a second treatment week (second week).

[0135] Thus, patients can receive cognitive behavioral treatment systematically, using multiple treatment programs in sequence according to the treatment weeks set out in the initial treatment protocol.

[0136] Meanwhile, the control unit 130 can sequentially provide the specific treatment modules constituting the multiple specific treatment programs to the user terminal 10 according to the treatment weeks set for each of the multiple specific treatment programs.

[0137] The control unit 130 can sequentially provide the multiple treatment modules 511 to 515 constituting the first treatment program 510 to the user terminal 10 during the first treatment week (see FIG. 5a).

[0138] Here, the term "treatment module sequence" may be understood as the order in which multiple treatment modules included in a particular treatment program are delivered.

[0139] In addition, the "activation mode of the treatment module" can be understood as a mode in which the treatment module can be viewed (or used). On the other hand, the "deactivation mode of the treatment module" can be understood as a mode in which the treatment module cannot be viewed (or used).

[0140] The control unit 130 can change (or switch) the mode of the treatment module corresponding to the next treatment module in a particular order from an inactive mode to an active mode based on the completion of cognitive behavioral treatment by the treatment module corresponding to a particular order in accordance with the treatment module order.

[0141] For example, as shown in Fig. 5a, the first treatment program 510 is composed of the first to fifth treatment modules 511 to 515. The control unit 130 can switch the mode of the second treatment module 512 from the inactive mode to the active mode based on the completion of the cognitive behavioral treatment of the first treatment module 511.

[0142] On the other hand, based on the activation of the mode of a particular treatment program, the control unit 130 can switch the mode of the treatment module that is the earliest among the multiple treatment modules that make up the particular treatment program from an inactive mode to an active mode.

[0143] For example, based on the activation of the first treatment program 510, the control unit 130 can switch the mode of the first treatment module 511, which corresponds to the highest priority (first order) of the multiple treatment modules 511-515 included in the first treatment program 510, from a deactivated mode to an activated mode.

[0144] In this case, the highest priority treatment module in the second week's treatment program to the eighth week's treatment program 520-580, excluding the first week's treatment program 510, may be the first treatment module corresponding to the highest priority order, which is a previous worksheet check module containing the user's answer information to the worksheet module provided in the previous treatment week.

[0145] In order to allow the pain patient to recognize the pain patient's past condition, the control unit 130 may preferentially provide the user's response information to the worksheet module provided in a treatment week prior to the current treatment week before providing a treatment program corresponding to the current treatment week among multiple specific treatment programs.

[0146] For example, before providing the second week of the treatment program, the control unit 130 may preferentially provide the user's answer information for the worksheet module provided in the first week of the treatment program to the user terminal 10. Furthermore, the user's answer information for the worksheet module provided in the previous treatment week may be provided at various times.

[0147] On the other hand, in the present invention, "a specific treatment program is activated" can be understood as switching the mode of the previous worksheet module corresponding to the highest priority (e.g., first order) among the multiple treatment modules that make up the specific treatment program from a deactivated mode to an activated mode.

[0148] Meanwhile, the control unit 130 can collect treatment response data from the user terminal 10 by a specific treatment module.

[0149] The control unit 130 may provide the user terminal 10 with a page corresponding to a particular treatment module based on the selection of a particular treatment module activated via the user terminal 10.

[0150] A page corresponding to a specific treatment module may include cognitive behavioral treatment content related to a specific topic. For example, a page corresponding to a treatment module 511 included in a first treatment program 510 may include cognitive behavioral treatment content (e.g., "What does pain mean to me?") related to a first topic (e.g., "Motivation Enhancement") 510a. In the following, for convenience of explanation, a page corresponding to a specific treatment module is named a "page related to a specific topic."

[0151] The control unit 130 may collect treatment response data based on the cognitive behavioral performance of a pain patient related to a specific treatment module via a page related to a specific topic provided to the user terminal 10.

[0152] In addition, the control unit 130 may match the treatment response data collected through a page corresponding to a specific treatment module with a specific topic and store it in the storage unit 120. In this case, the specific topic matched with the treatment response data may mean a topic related to a specific treatment module.

[0153] For example, assume that a page (e.g., a pain record exercise page) corresponding to a specific treatment module is provided on the user terminal 10 based on the selection of a specific module (one of 511 to 515) included in the first program (or first treatment program) 510. The control unit 130 can match the treatment response data input via the page with a first topic (e.g., "Enhance motivation") 510a and store it in the storage unit 120 (see FIG. 5a).

[0154] As another example, assume that a page corresponding to a particular module is provided on the user terminal 10 based on the selection of a particular module 521 or 522 included in the second program (or second treatment program) 520. The control unit 130 can match the treatment response data input via the page with a second topic (e.g., "affirming emotions") 520a and store it in the storage unit 120 (see FIG. 5a).

[0155] Alternatively, the controller 130 may configure pages such that the pain patient inputs treatment response data required from a particular treatment module on a page corresponding to the particular treatment module.

[0156] For example, the control unit 130 may display question data asking about pain intensity (e.g., "How is your pain today?") in one area of ​​the page, and display graphic objects corresponding to each of a number of pain intensities (e.g., "Pain Intensity 1 to Pain Intensity 5") in another area, in order to collect treatment response data related to a pain patient's perception of pain intensity. The control unit 130 may also collect treatment response data for the patient's pain intensity based on a particular graphic object being selected on the page.

[0157] As another example, the control unit 130 may provide an input field (Text Input Field) in which the pain patient can input the emotion switching method to be attempted on one region of the page in order to collect treatment response data for the emotion switching method of the pain patient. The control unit 130 may collect treatment response data related to the emotion switching method input in the input field.

[0158] Meanwhile, the control unit 130 can provide a page including various cognitive behavioral therapy contents other than the above-mentioned examples for the cognitive behavioral therapy of the pain patient on the user terminal 10. In addition, the control unit 130 can collect various treatment response data necessary for the cognitive behavioral therapy through the page.

[0159] On the other hand, in the present invention, the corresponding treatment program (or treatment modules constituting the treatment program) can be changed after a specific week of treatment based on the results (especially, initial treatment response data) of cognitive behavioral treatment of a pain patient conducted based on an initial treatment protocol.

[0160] Therefore, the "initial treatment protocol" described in this invention means a treatment protocol determined based on questionnaire response data, and the "updated treatment protocol" can be understood as a protocol in which at least one of the initial treatment program and initial treatment module included in the initial treatment protocol has been changed based on the initial treatment response data.

[0161] Meanwhile, various information other than information collected from the treatment module can be used for the information used to update the initial treatment protocol. For example, in the present invention, after starting treatment according to the initial treatment protocol, a survey (information collection) may be conducted on at least one of i) the patient's pain level, ii) the degree of negative emotions (depression), iii) the presence or absence of insomnia, iv) the degree of cognitive distortion (catastrophizing, risk avoidance), v) the degree of stress caused by pain, vi) the most inconvenient thing in daily life (work, interpersonal relationships, etc.), and vii) a sense of competence regarding pain management, through questions once a day during a preset initial treatment period (e.g., the first 4 weeks).

[0162] For example, in the present invention, after starting treatment according to the initial treatment protocol, viii) a survey (information collection) may be conducted once a week during a preset initial treatment period regarding the treatment module or method that the patient subjectively considers to be most useful for managing pain. The control unit 130 may update the initial treatment protocol based on an analysis of the surveyed information.

[0163] Furthermore, in order to collect the information, the control unit 130 may provide the user with an information collection alarm in various ways (e.g., an application push message, etc.), and may provide an additional alarm if a response to the information collection is not made within a preset time. In this case, the time required for the information collection may be limited, and the control unit 130 may provide a preset evaluation time, and may allow evaluation of at least one of the above items i) to viii) to be made within the evaluation time.

[0164] The information input by the user for the above items i) to viii) can be utilized as the "treatment response data" described in the present invention. Meanwhile, the frequency and intervals for collecting the treatment response data can be changed in various ways, as a matter of course.

[0165] The following describes in detail how to update a treatment protocol.

[0166] For the sake of convenience, the following description will be given assuming the total treatment period to be "8 weeks." However, this is merely an example for the sake of convenience, and it goes without saying that the treatment period can be set and changed in various ways by the patient and the system administrator.

[0167] Meanwhile, the control unit 130 can collect treatment response data related to cognitive behavioral treatment according to the initial treatment protocol, and update the initial treatment protocol using the collected initial treatment response data based on the passage of a preset initial treatment period (e.g., “4 weeks”) within a preset overall treatment period (e.g., “8 weeks”).

[0168] The controller 130 can analyze the pain patient's condition for at least one analysis category based on the initial treatment response data to update the initial treatment protocol.

[0169] As used herein, an "analysis category" is a category into which treatment response data is analyzed for cognitive behavioral treatment of a pain patient, and may include, for example, at least one of emotion, pain, insomnia, cognitive distortion, stress, competence, and inconvenience.

[0170] The control unit 130 can use the initial treatment response data to obtain (or derive or calculate or compute) a condition analysis result for at least one of: i) the pain level of the pain patient (associated with the pain analysis category), ii) the degree of negative emotions (associated with the emotion analysis category), iii) the degree of insomnia (associated with the insomnia category), iv) the degree of stress related to pain (associated with the stress analysis category), v) the degree of sense of competence in dealing with pain (sense of competence category), vi) the degree of inconvenience in daily life, and vii) the degree of cognitive distortion.

[0171] The control unit 130 can derive the analysis result of the condition of the pain patient for each analysis category by various methods.

[0172] For example, the control unit 130 can acquire a condition analysis result of the pain patient for each analysis category using an artificial intelligence model that has performed machine learning for analyzing the condition of the pain patient. In this case, the condition analysis result acquired using the artificial intelligence model may include information that identifies a specific analysis category (e.g., "insomnia") in which the problem symptom of the pain patient satisfies a preset criterion among multiple analysis categories. Alternatively, the condition analysis result acquired using the artificial intelligence model may include an analysis score for each of multiple analysis categories.

[0173] As another example, the control unit 130 can compare whether the analysis scores for each of the multiple analysis categories meet a preset criterion, and identify an analysis category in which the problem symptom of the pain patient meets the preset criterion among the multiple analysis categories. The control unit 130 can calculate (or compute) the analysis score for each analysis category based on the treatment response data. For example, the control unit 130 can calculate the analysis score by using (or computing) the initial treatment response data corresponding to the objective formula. In addition, the control unit 130 can calculate the analysis score for the initial response data consisting of text by performing an artificial intelligence analysis on the initial response data consisting of text. The control unit 130 can compare each of the calculated analysis scores for each category with a problem score preset for each category, and identify an analysis category in which the analysis score exceeds the preset problem score as a category in which the problem symptom of the pain patient exists.

[0174] Meanwhile, the control unit 130 can update the initial treatment program using the results of the pain patient's condition analysis based on the initial treatment response data so that at least one of the treatment programs and treatment modules related to the identified category is included in the treatment program.

[0175] As shown in FIG. 7, the control unit 130 can change at least some of the programs 550, 560 of the fifth treatment program to the eighth treatment program 550-580 set in the fifth treatment week to the eighth treatment week, respectively, to new programs 550', 560' based on treatment response data from the first treatment program to the fourth treatment program 510-540 set in the first treatment week to the fourth treatment week, respectively.

[0176] In this case, the control unit 130 may modify the remaining treatment programs assigned to the remaining treatment periods (5 weeks to 8 weeks) excluding the pre-set initial treatment period (e.g., 1 week to 4 weeks) and at least one of the treatment modules constituting the remaining treatment programs so that they are associated with the identified analysis category (e.g., “insomnia”).

[0177] Assume that an initial treatment protocol 810 exists as shown in FIG. 8a. The initial treatment protocol 810 may be composed of a first initial treatment program to an eighth initial treatment program 811-818 related to different topics for each of the first to eighth weeks. Each of the initial treatment programs 811-818 may include a treatment module corresponding to each topic. For example, the fifth initial treatment program 815 may include a plurality of initial treatment modules 815a-815f related to the fifth topic, and the sixth initial treatment program 816 may include a plurality of initial treatment modules 816a-816f related to the sixth topic.

[0178] 8b, the control unit 130 may exclude at least some 815d-815f and 816d-816f of the treatment modules 815a-815f and 816a-816f included in the remaining treatment programs 815-816 based on the result of the pain patient's condition analysis of the initial treatment response data. The remaining treatment programs 815-816 of the updated treatment protocol 820 may include at least some of the treatment modules 815a-815c and 816a-816c that are not excluded. In this case, the treatment modules 815a-815c and 816a-816c that are not excluded may be related to the identified analysis category.

[0179] Furthermore, the control unit 130 may reset a specific treatment program set in a preset initial treatment period (or initial treatment week) to at least a part of the remaining treatment period (remaining treatment week) based on the result of the pain patient's condition analysis of the initial treatment response data. That is, the control unit 130 can reallocate (or reset or relocate) a treatment program related to a specific topic matched to the preset initial treatment period (or initial treatment week) to the remaining treatment period (or remaining treatment week) to update the initial treatment protocol.

[0180] For example, as shown in Fig. 8c, the control unit 130 may reset the third treatment program 813 set in the third week to the fifth week, and reset the fourth treatment program 814 set in the fourth week to the sixth week. The updated treatment program 830 may include the already performed treatment programs 813 and 814 in a duplicated (or repeated) manner in different weeks. That is, in the present invention, the initial treatment program can be updated based on the initial treatment response data so that the already performed treatment program is performed again.

[0181] The overlapping or repeated treatment programs may be modules that are determined to be most useful to the pain patient. Such a determination may be made through an analysis of evaluation information on the treatment programs received from the pain patient, changes in values ​​for pain received through the worksheet module (e.g., severity of pain, mood when experiencing pain, degree of negative feelings about pain, and numerical values ​​(scores) for degree of stress about pain), frequency of use of pain management methods created in a particular treatment program, duration of use, etc. Such an analysis may be made using various artificial intelligence algorithms.

[0182] In this case, the reassigned treatment program 813, 814 may be one that is related to the identified analysis category.

[0183] Furthermore, the control unit 130 may update the initial treatment protocol 810 so that a treatment program made up of treatment modules corresponding to different topics is set for the remaining treatment period (remaining treatment week).

[0184] For example, as shown in Fig. 8d, the updated protocol 830 may include a treatment program 841 in which treatment modules corresponding to multiple topics are combined. The treatment program 841 may include treatment modules 813a-813c related to a third topic and treatment modules 814a-814c related to a fourth topic, and may be set in a fifth treatment week. That is, at least a part of the treatment programs 841 set in the remaining treatment period (remaining treatment week) may include a part of the treatment modules provided in the preset initial treatment period (or initial treatment week).

[0185] Furthermore, although not shown, the control unit 130 can update the initial treatment program by adding new modules for the remaining treatment period (remaining treatment weeks) that are different from the modules set in the initial protocol.

[0186] For example, assume that the fifth treatment program 815 constituting the initial treatment protocol 810 includes six fifth topic treatment modules 815a to 815f (see FIG. 8a). The control unit 130 can update the initial treatment protocol 815 by adding a new fifth topic treatment module that was not included in the already included fifth topic-based treatment modules 815a to 815f to the fifth treatment program 815.

[0187] In this case, the control unit 130 can remove at least a part of the already included fifth topic treatment modules 815a-815f and add a new treatment module. Also, the control unit 130 may include a new treatment module while leaving the already included fifth topic treatment modules 815a-815f as they are. That is, the control unit 130 may include a completely new treatment module different from the already included treatment modules, and in this case, the already included treatment modules may be removed, maintained, or variously changed.

[0188] Meanwhile, the control unit 130 may modify at least some of the example sentences provided by the treatment modules constituting the remaining treatment program based on the results of updating the initial treatment protocol so that they are associated with the identified category.

[0189] As described above, the control unit 130 can identify, from among a plurality of analysis categories, a category in which the problem symptoms of the pain patient meet a preset criterion.

[0190] In this case, the control unit 130 can specify only a preset number (e.g., two) of the multiple analysis categories. For example, the control unit 130 can specify the "depression" and "analysis" categories with the highest analysis scores from the categories of emotion, pain, insomnia, cognitive distortion, stress, competence, and inconvenience.

[0191] The storage unit 120 may have example sentence information corresponding to at least one category that satisfies a preset criterion. The control unit 130 may match the patient account with at least one of information on the category that satisfies the preset criterion and example sentence information included in the category that satisfies the preset criterion, and store the matched information. Furthermore, the matching information may store information on selected example sentences selected by the pain patient from example sentences provided by a treatment module that the pain patient has already performed, in addition to the category that satisfies the preset criterion. Furthermore, the example sentences stored as the matching information for the category that satisfies the preset criterion may also be composed of selected example sentences selected by the pain patient.

[0192] The control unit 130 can control the treatment programs 550 to 580 matched to the remaining treatment week to include example sentences related to the identified analysis category based on the example sentence information present in the storage unit 120. The control unit 130 can change (replace) at least a part of the example sentences preset for the treatment modules constituting the treatment programs matched to the remaining treatment week to the selected example sentences stored in the example sentence information corresponding to the user history.

[0193] For example, assuming that the category of depression is identified, the control unit 130 may include an example sentence such as "Jang Hye-ryeong, do you think that 'my depressed mood will never get better'" in a specific treatment module constituting the fifth treatment program set for the fifth week.

[0194] As another example, assume that the category of insomnia is specified. The control unit 130 may include an example sentence such as "Jang Hye-ryeong, do you think that 'I can never sleep deeply if I have pain'" in a specific treatment module constituting the sixth treatment program set for the sixth week. In this way, the control unit 130 can objectify the user's recognition of the example sentence by continuously exposing the example sentence selected by the pain patient in the past or the example sentence of a specific category to the pain patient.

[0195] On the other hand, in the present invention, it is possible to determine whether to maintain or change the initial treatment protocol based on the results (particularly, initial treatment response data) of cognitive behavioral treatment of a pain patient performed based on the initial treatment protocol.

[0196] The control unit 130 can determine whether to maintain the total treatment period preset according to the initial treatment protocol based on the result of the cognitive behavioral treatment of the pain patient. Also, based on the determination result, the control unit 130 can update the total treatment period. Here, the update of the total treatment period may include extending or shortening the total treatment period. The control unit 130 can determine whether to shorten (or interrupt or shorten) the total treatment period, maintain the total treatment period, or extend the treatment period to a period longer than the total treatment period.

[0197] The control unit 130 can make the above-mentioned judgment based on various criteria, for example, it can make a judgment as to whether to interrupt, maintain, or extend treatment for a pain patient depending on whether the results of the cognitive behavioral treatment of the pain patient satisfy predetermined criteria (e.g., criteria respectively set in relation to interrupting, maintaining, or extending treatment).

[0198] As an example, the control unit 130 can digitize the result of the cognitive behavioral treatment of the pain patient into a score or the like, and can determine whether to interrupt, maintain, or extend the treatment for the pain patient depending on which of a plurality of intervals the corresponding score falls within. For example, when the cognitive behavioral treatment result score of the pain patient falls within the first interval (interruption interval), the control unit 130 can interrupt (or reduce) the cognitive behavioral treatment for the pain patient.

[0199] For example, if the result of the cognitive behavioral treatment of the pain patient is positive, the result of the cognitive behavioral treatment may belong to the score of the first section. In this case, the control unit 130 may shorten the entire treatment period, and in this case, the control unit 130 may determine the period to be shortened. The control unit 130 may update the initial treatment protocol so that only the preceding treatment is performed up to the time when monitoring is performed, and no subsequent treatment is performed. In this case, the cognitive behavioral treatment for the pain patient may be discontinued.

[0200] As another example, if the cognitive behavioral treatment result score of the pain patient is included in the second section (maintenance section), the control unit 130 may maintain the cognitive behavioral treatment for the pain patient. In this case, the treatment period (e.g., 8 weeks) set in the initial protocol may be maintained as is. If the result of the cognitive behavioral treatment of the pain patient is normal, the result of the cognitive behavioral treatment may belong to the score of the second section. In this case, the control unit 130 may maintain the entire treatment period as is. Meanwhile, an update to the initial protocol may also be performed in this case, and the update to the initial protocol may be performed as described above in FIGS. 8a to 8d, so the specific description will be replaced with the above description.

[0201] As another example, if the cognitive behavioral treatment result score of the pain patient is included in the third section (maintenance section), the control unit 130 may extend the treatment period of the cognitive behavioral treatment for the pain patient. In this case, the treatment period (e.g., 8 weeks) set in the initial protocol may be further extended (e.g., 12 weeks, etc.). If the result of the cognitive behavioral treatment of the pain patient is negative, the result of the cognitive behavioral treatment may belong to the score of the third section. In this case, the control unit 130 may further extend the entire treatment period. The control unit 130 may determine the extension period. The control unit 130 may determine the range of the extension period according to the condition of the pain patient. The worse the condition of the patient, the longer the extension period may be. If the treatment period is extended, the control unit 130 may determine a treatment program to be performed during the extended treatment period and update the initial treatment program so that the determined treatment program is further assigned to the extended treatment period. Of course, the update of the initial treatment protocol may further include not only the determination of a program for the extended treatment period, but also the update of the already assigned treatment program.

[0202] Meanwhile, the control unit 130 may determine which treatment program to further allocate to the extended treatment period by using the pain patient's feedback on the treatment program. Furthermore, the control unit 130 may utilize the state information of the pain patient for each analysis category analyzed based on the initial treatment response data for the already-implemented treatment program in order to allocate the treatment program to the extended treatment period. The control unit 130 may determine a category in which treatment should be further performed for the pain patient based on state information of the pain patient for each analysis category for at least one of emotion, pain, insomnia, cognitive distortion, stress, competence, and inconvenience, and further allocate a treatment program for the corresponding category to the extended treatment period. Meanwhile, the method of determining the treatment program to be allocated to the extended treatment period may be very diverse. For example, the control unit 130 may receive the patient's intention regarding the extension of the patient's treatment program. The time point at which the patient's intention is received may be diverse, and may receive the patient's intention of whether or not to extend the treatment period at the time when the preset treatment period is completed or the preset treatment program is started, for example. The control unit 130 may provide an interface for receiving information from the patient in a pop-up page or various other ways. When the control unit 130 receives the patient's intention to extend the treatment period, the control unit 130 may extend the treatment program. In this case, the patient may also select the extension period. Furthermore, the user may select at least one of the topics or treatment modules of the extended treatment program. In this way, the patient can receive more effective treatment by selecting a treatment program or treatment module that is useful to him or her. As described above, the method and system for providing cognitive behavioral treatment for a pain patient according to the present invention may receive questionnaire response data for a plurality of questionnaire data via a user terminal, and detect condition information of the pain patient related to the pain duration and the degree of cognitive distortion of the pain patient based on the questionnaire response data.In addition, a treatment protocol for cognitive behavioral treatment customized for the pain patient can be provided based on the condition information of the pain patient. As a result, the cognitive behavioral treatment providing method and system according to the present invention can provide a behavioral treatment program customized for the pain patient, taking into consideration the duration of pain and the degree of cognitive distortion of the pain patient, even if the pain patient has the same disease, rather than providing a uniform cognitive behavioral treatment depending on the pain patient's disease. Furthermore, the pain patient can receive cognitive behavioral treatment customized to his or her own condition.

[0203] Furthermore, the method and system for providing cognitive behavioral therapy for pain patients according to the present invention can sequentially provide a plurality of specific treatment programs according to the treatment week, so that the pain patient can receive cognitive behavioral therapy systematically and complete the treatment without interruption.

[0204] Furthermore, the method and system for providing cognitive behavioral therapy for pain patients according to the present invention updates the treatment program to be useful for treating the pain patient based on treatment data collected during the progress of the cognitive behavioral treatment, thereby making it possible to provide updated cognitive behavioral therapy taking into account the improvement status of the pain patient without having to continuously provide the initial treatment program.

[0205] Meanwhile, the present invention described above can be embodied as a program that is executed by one or more processes in a computer and can be stored in a medium (or recording medium) that can be read by such a computer.

[0206] Furthermore, the present invention described above may be embodied as computer readable codes or instructions on a medium having a program recorded thereon, that is, the present invention may be provided in the form of a program.

[0207] On the other hand, the computer readable medium includes any kind of recording device in which data readable by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer readable medium include HDD (Hard Disk Drive), SSD (Solid State Disk), SDD (Silicon Disk Drive), ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, etc.

[0208] Furthermore, the computer-readable medium may include a storage and may be a server or cloud storage that the electronic device can access through communication. In this case, the computer can download the program according to the present invention from the server or cloud storage through wired or wireless communication.

[0209] Furthermore, in the present invention, the above-mentioned computer is an electronic device equipped with a processor, that is, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and the type of the computer is not particularly limited.

[0210] However, the above detailed description should not be construed as limiting in all respects, but should be considered as illustrative. The scope of the present invention should be determined by a reasonable interpretation of the appended claims, and all modifications within the scope of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. providing a plurality of questionnaire data for diagnosing a condition of a pain patient on a user terminal; receiving, via the user terminal, questionnaire response data for the plurality of questionnaire data; Identifying a user group to which the pain patient belongs from among a plurality of user groups classified according to a state of the pain patient based on the questionnaire response data; determining an initial treatment protocol corresponding to the user group from among a plurality of treatment protocols; A method for providing cognitive behavioral therapy for a pain patient, comprising the step of sequentially providing a plurality of specific treatment programs included in the initial treatment protocol to the user terminal according to the treatment week set for each of the plurality of specific treatment programs.

2. The server stores multiple treatment programs that are matched to different topics, The plurality of treatment programs include each of the plurality of treatment programs includes at least one treatment module related to a topic matched thereto; Each of the plurality of treatment protocols comprises: The cognitive behavioral therapy delivery method of claim 1, characterized in that it is composed of at least one different treatment program or treatment module depending on the characteristics of the pain duration and the degree of cognitive distortion of the user group matched to each of the multiple treatment protocols.

3. The plurality of user groups A first user group having acute pain and high cognitive distortion, the first user group being associated with characteristics of pain duration and degree of cognitive distortion; A second user group having acute pain and low cognitive distortion, with respect to the characteristics of pain duration and degree of cognitive distortion; A third user group having chronic pain and high cognitive distortion in relation to the characteristics of pain duration and degree of cognitive distortion; and a fourth user group having chronic pain and low cognitive distortion associated with the characteristics of pain duration and degree of cognitive distortion; The criteria for distinguishing between acute and chronic pain are based on whether the duration of pain exceeds a certain threshold. The cognitive behavioral therapy providing method of claim 2, wherein the criterion for distinguishing between high and low cognitive distortion is determined based on whether a score (SCORE) collected based on a plurality of questions related to cognitive distortion exceeds a standard score.

4. The step of sequentially providing to the user terminals includes: Providing specific treatment modules constituting the plurality of specific treatment programs to the user terminal in sequence according to treatment weeks set for each of the plurality of specific treatment programs; and collecting treatment response data by the particular treatment module from the user terminal; 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising updating the initial treatment protocol with the treatment response data.

5. The step of updating the initial treatment protocol comprises: During a preset overall treatment period during which the plurality of specific treatment programs are to be provided to the user terminal, the initial treatment protocol is updated using initial treatment response data obtained from a treatment module provided for each treatment week of a preset initial treatment period; The update of the initial treatment protocol includes:

5. The cognitive behavioral therapy providing method according to claim 4, characterized in that the method is performed by changing at least one of the remaining treatment programs allocated to the remaining treatment period excluding the initial treatment period of the entire treatment period and the treatment modules constituting the remaining treatment programs.

6. The step of updating the initial treatment protocol comprises: using the initial treatment response data to analyze the pain patient's condition for each of a plurality of distinct analysis categories related to at least one of emotion, pain, insomnia, cognitive distortion, and stress; using the analysis results to identify one of the plurality of analysis categories in which the pain patient's problem symptoms meet a preset criterion; and modifying at least one of the remaining treatment program allocated to the remaining treatment period and the treatment modules constituting the remaining treatment program so as to be associated with the identified category.

7. 7. The cognitive behavioral therapy delivery method of claim 6, wherein as a result of updating the initial treatment protocol, at least some of the example sentences provided from the treatment modules constituting the remaining treatment program are changed to be associated with the identified category.

8. The step of updating the initial treatment protocol comprises: determining whether to provide the plurality of specific treatment programs to the user terminal for a preset total treatment period based on the treatment response data; and updating the preset total treatment period based on the judgment result. The renewal of the set total treatment period is as follows:

5. The cognitive behavioral therapy method according to claim 4, further comprising shortening the total treatment period to a period shorter than the total treatment period, or extending the total treatment period to a period longer than the total treatment period.

9. Each of the plurality of specific treatment programs includes a worksheet module for checking at least one of a pain level, a pain duration, a mental health condition, and a physical health condition of the pain patient; In the step of sequentially providing to the user terminals, 2. The cognitive behavioral therapy providing method of claim 1, characterized in that, before providing a treatment program corresponding to a current treatment week among the plurality of specific treatment programs, the method provides a user's answer information to a worksheet module provided in a treatment week prior to the current treatment week in order to allow the pain patient to recognize the pain patient's past condition.

10. A communication unit that communicates with a user terminal; A storage unit for storing a plurality of treatment programs each of which is matched to a different topic; A control unit that provides a plurality of questionnaire data for diagnosing a condition of a pain patient on a user terminal, The control unit is receiving response data to the plurality of questionnaire data from the user terminal via the communication unit; Based on the response data, a user group corresponding to the condition information of the pain patient is identified from among a plurality of user groups classified according to the condition of the pain patient, and an initial treatment protocol corresponding to the user group is determined from among a plurality of treatment protocols; A cognitive behavioral treatment provision system, characterized in that a plurality of specific treatment programs included in the initial treatment protocol are provided to the user terminal in sequence according to the treatment week set for each of the plurality of specific treatment programs.

11. A program executed by one or more processes in an electronic device and stored on a computer-readable recording medium, The program is providing a plurality of questionnaire data for diagnosing a condition of a pain patient on a user terminal; receiving response data to the plurality of questionnaire data via the user terminal; Identifying a user group corresponding to condition information of the pain patient from among a plurality of user groups classified according to the condition of the pain patient based on the response data; determining an initial treatment protocol corresponding to the user group from among a plurality of treatment protocols; A program stored on a computer-readable recording medium, comprising instructions for sequentially providing a plurality of specific treatment programs included in the initial treatment protocol to the user terminal according to the treatment week set for each of the plurality of specific treatment programs.

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