Impact of Psychology on Life Quality in Chronic and Cancer Pain Patients
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain Syndrome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Eight weeks Brief Pain inventory
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study is to compare the effect of pain management program. We compare life quality, pain scores, sleep, anxiety and depression scores, and self report measures before and after mindfulness based pain management workshops.
Detailed Description
Chronic pain is a growing problem in modern society. One in every five person in developed countries have this condition. Chronic pain is pain that persists longer than six months. It lead to psychological disorders such as anxiety, depression, anger and chronic fatigue. It decreases life quality, lower self-esteem and decrease work force. Because of these factors and the high cost of treatment, it impacts social economics highly. Chronic pain is caused by wind-up effect of the nervous system which the inhibitory signals are impaired. The nervous systems is therefore tuned up. Mindfulness based pain management helps lower this wind-up effect by noticing self, to observe and release stress. It has been proven to alter brain activity, enhance self control, improve attention and decrease secretion of stress hormones. It decreases pain and allow patients to regain control of life.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Pain condition for over six months, with diagnosis by pain physician to be of chronic pain or cancer pain.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients unable to communicate in Mandarin.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Eight weeks Brief Pain inventory
Time Frame: Participants answer questionnaire at 8 weeks into pain management program
Assesses the severity of pain and its impact on functioning
One year Brief Pain inventory
Time Frame: Participants answer questionnaire at one year after completion of pain management program
Assesses the severity of pain and its impact on functioning
Baseline Brief Pain inventory
Time Frame: Baseline
Assesses the severity of pain and its impact on functioning
Four week Brief Pain inventory
Time Frame: Participants answer questionnaire at 4 weeks into pain management program
Assesses the severity of pain and its impact on functioning
Secondary Outcomes
- Eight week Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire(Participants answer questionnaire at 8 weeks into pain management program)
- Baseline Pain catastrophizing scale(Baseline)
- Eight week Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(Participants answer questionnaire at 8 weeks into pain management program)
- One year Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(Participants answer questionnaire at one year after completion of pain management program)
- Eight week Visual analog scale(Participants answer questionnaire at 8 weeks into pain management program)
- Eight week Depression, anxiety, and positive outlook scale(Participants answer questionnaire at 8 weeks into pain management program)
- Baseline Pain self-efficacy questionnaire(Baseline)
- One year Pain self-efficacy questionnaire(Participants answer questionnaire at one year after completion of pain management program)
- Four week Visual analog scale(Participants answer questionnaire at 4 weeks into pain management program)
- One year Visual analog scale(Participants answer questionnaire at one year after completion of pain management program)
- Eight week Pain self-efficacy questionnaire(Participants answer questionnaire at 8 weeks into pain management program)
- One year Pain catastrophizing scale(Participants answer questionnaire at one year after completion of pain management program)
- Baseline Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire(Baseline)
- Four week Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire(Participants answer questionnaire at 4 weeks into pain management program)
- Baseline Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire(Baseline)
- Baseline Visual analog scale(Baseline)
- Four week Pain self-efficacy questionnaire(Participants answer questionnaire at 4 weeks into pain management program)
- Four week Pain catastrophizing scale(Participants answer questionnaire at 4 weeks into pain management program)
- Eight week Pain catastrophizing scale(Participants answer questionnaire at eight weeks into pain management program)
- Baseline Depression, anxiety, and positive outlook scale(Baseline)
- Four week Depression, anxiety, and positive outlook scale(Participants answer questionnaire at 4 weeks into pain management program)
- One year Depression, anxiety, and positive outlook scale(Participants answer questionnaire at one year after completion of pain management program)
- Eight week Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire(Participants answer questionnaire at 8 weeks into pain management program)
- One year Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire(Participants answer questionnaire at one year after completion of pain management program)
- Four week Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(Participants answer questionnaire at four weeks into pain management program)
- One year Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire(Participants answer questionnaire at one year after completion of pain management program)
- Four week Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire(Participants answer questionnaire at 4 weeks into pain management program)
- Baseline Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(Baseline)