Pain Neuroscience Education for Older Adults With Pain From Primary Care: a Feasibility Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain
- Sponsor
- Aveiro University
- Enrollment
- 24
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Perception of participants towards the intervention structure and content
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study aims to investigate the feasibility of using pain neuroscience education for older adults with chronic pain from primary care services. It will have a group of participants receiving pain neuroscience education and exercise and a group receiving usual care.
Investigators
Anabela G Silva
Assistant Professor
Aveiro University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •be able to read and write and have chronic pain (defined as pain lasting 3 months or more and felt at least once a week during these 3 months ) anywhere in the body.
Exclusion Criteria
- •presence of pathology of the nervous or cardiovascular systems, cancer, or having had a surgery in the last 6 months or the presence of a condition for which the practice of therapeutic exercise could be contraindicated.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Perception of participants towards the intervention structure and content
Time Frame: 9 weeks
Semi-structured interviews with participants on the structure and content of the intervention
Exclusion rate
Time Frame: 9 weeks
ratio between the number of individuals excluded for not meeting the inclusion criteria and the total number of individuals contacted
Dropout rate
Time Frame: 9 weeks
ratio between the number of participants who abandoned the study and the number of participants who completed the initial assessment
Inclusion rate
Time Frame: 9 weeks
ratio between the number of participants included in the study and the total number of people contacted
Refusal rate
Time Frame: 9 weeks
ratio between the number of individuals who refused to participate in the study and the number of individuals contacted
Number of participants reporting adverse events
Time Frame: 9 weeks
Self-report of any adverse event perceived as being related to the intervention
Retention rate
Time Frame: 9 weeks
ratio between the number of participants who completed the final assessment and the number of participants who completed the initial assessment
Secondary Outcomes
- Pain severity and interference(6 months)
- Depression(6 months)
- Gait velocity(6 months)
- Knowledge of pain neuroscience(6 months)
- Perception of change(6 months)
- Pain catastrophizing(6 months)
- Fear of movement(6 months)
- Postural control(6 months)
- Self-perceived disability(6 months)