Pain Characteristics, Intensity, Patterns, Impact and Quality of Life in Women With Lipoedema: an Online Survey
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 200
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Brief Pain Inventory - short form
研究概览
简要总结
This observational study will seek to investigate the following questions in women with lipoedema:
- pain characteristics, intensity and patterns of pain
- the relationships between the characteristics, intensity and patterns of pain and age, ethnicity, location, employment status, levels of anxiety/depression, walking ability, ability to work, relations with other people, impact on sleep and quality of life.
- the impact of pain treatments or medications on the intensity of pain. The information will be collected via an online survey and participants will be recruited through social media platforms.
详细描述
Lipoedema is a chronic adipose tissue disorder that occurs almost exclusively in women and affects approximately 11% worldwide. Pain is a recurring feature described by people with lipoedema (pwL) with a recent study reporting 88.3% of patients indicating pain as a clinical feature. It has been suggested, with chronic long-term conditions, that the pain people experience can be moulded by a myriad of elements.This includes biomedical, psychosocial (e.g. patients' beliefs, expectations, and mood), and behavioural factors (e.g. context, responses by significant others). PwL often experience significant impairment in their daily activities and quality of life. It has further been found that psychological and the biomedical consequences of lipoedema can increase the chances of anxiety and depression which can subsequently further impact on quality of life and pain experience.
This observational study will seek to investigate the following questions in women with lipoedema:
- pain characteristics, intensity and patterns of pain
- the relationships between the characteristics, intensity and patterns of pain and age, ethnicity, location, employment status, levels of anxiety/depression, walking ability, ability to work, relations with other people, impact on sleep and quality of life.
- the impact of pain treatments or medications on the intensity of pain. INformation about pain characteristics, demographics, mood, functional ability and quality of life will be collected via an online survey and participants will be recruited through social media platforms.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Only
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 16 Years 至 —（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Women with lipoedema
- •16 years and older
排除标准
- •Inability to provide consent
结局指标
主要结局
Brief Pain Inventory - short form
时间窗: Only once at participation, the study duration is approximately 2 years
The Brief Pain Inventory - Short Form is a simple, 9 question self-reporting tool that expands on other questionnaires such as the McGill pain questionnaire which focuses more on the quality of pain. The questionnaire allows the individual to rate the severity of pain and it also looks at how pain affects daily functions and discloses the site of pain in the past 24 hours. Within the questionnaire there are four severity questions looking at pain 'at least', 'at worst' (both in the last 24 hours), 'on average' and 'now' using a Likert scale with 0 = no pain to 10 = pain as bad as you can imagine. Seven pain interference domains are also included in the questionnaire covering general activity, mood, walking ability, normal work, relations with others, sleep and enjoyment of life. These are also measured on a Likert scale with 0 = no interference to 10 = interferes completely.
次要结局
- Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale - 21(Only once at participation, the study duration is approximately 2 years)
- World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment(Only once at participation, the study duration is approximately 2 years)
- Symptoms severity scale(During study, only once at participation - 2 years)