Pain: The Influence of Psychological Factors
- Conditions
- chronic painchronic pain syndrome100059421002830210077546
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON49660
- Lead Sponsor
- Meander Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 174
Inclusion criteria per group:, Case group: referred for treatment and diagnosed
with chronic pain by a rehabilitation/pain specialist. Chronic pain is
diagnosed when complaints are lasting for at least three months, persisting
beyond the normal tissue healing time and in the absence of an obvious
underlying biological cause. Control group: referred for treatment and
diagnosed by the rehabilitation/pain specialist with a painful acute injury or
a painful condition that can be somatically explained. Inclusion criteria for
both groups: age between 18 and 65 years and ability to speak Dutch.
The exclusion criteria for both groups are: younger than 18 years or older than
65 years, inability to speak Dutch, diagnosed mental retardation, substantial
cognitive impairments, current major psychiatric disorders and substance abuse
(other than pain medication). It is important to note that mild and moderate
anxiety and/or depressive symptoms do not result in exclusion.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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