HELP Pain Training Program

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Pain
• Interventions: Other: HELP Pain Training Program

• Registration Number: NCT05698290
• Lead Sponsor: Michigan State University

Brief Summary

The aim of this project is to develop and test the Helping Educators Learn Pediatric Pain Assessment \& Intervention Needs (HELP Pain) program. HELP Pain provides training for school providers (e.g., school nurses, mental health professionals) on strategies to assess and manage pain-related concerns in school children. Participants will learn cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to help school children manage pain, and report on their use of strategies, and child's progress throughout the school year. Follow-up data will be collected in year 2.

Detailed Description

Chronic pain is common among school children, and impacts social, emotional and academic functioning. School providers are often tasked with addressing student pain, but may have limited training in evidence-based pain management strategies. Thus, the PI developed a training program, HELP Pain, to train school providers, such as school nurses and mental health professionals, in cognitive behavioral therapy strategies for addressing student pain. In this study, the feasibility and acceptability of the training program will be evaluated. Provider knowledge will be evaluated before and after receiving the HELP Pain training. Further, the use of HELP Pain strategies with students and their associated disability and pain outcomes will be evaluated. Results will help to tailor the HELP Pain training program for future use.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-08-25
• Study First Submitted: 2022-11-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-01-13
• Study First Posted: 2023-01-26
• Primary Completion: 2024-07-01
• Status Verified: 2025-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-02-12
• Last Update Posted: 2025-02-13
• Study Completion: 2025-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 68

Inclusion Criteria

• engaged as a school provider in Michigan

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Michigan Association of School Nurses	HELP Pain Training Program	School providers (nurses) from the Michigan Association of School Nurses.
Health Department of Northwest Michigan	HELP Pain Training Program	School providers (school nurses, mental health specialists) from the Health Department of Northwest Michigan.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Appropriateness - Qualitative report	9 months	Implementation success of the program measured by a semi-structured qualitative interview method which addresses appropriateness.
Implementation Success - Quantitative report	9 months	Twelve psychometrically validated items to assess program implementation success, will be administered after training. Providers will rate items with responses using a 5-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5).
Feasibility - Qualitative report	9 months	Implementation success of the program measured by a semi-structured qualitative interview method which addresses feasibility.
Acceptability - Qualitative report	9 months	Implementation success of the program measured by a semi-structured qualitative interview method which addresses acceptability.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge	9 months	Knowledge quiz scores before and after training, 0-20, where 20 indicates higher knowledge.
Fidelity	9 months, 2 years	Self-reported use of HELP Pain strategies with students via online survey.
Self-report Knowledge	9 months	Self-reported agreeableness using a 5-point Likert scale from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5) to 3 statements indicating knowledge from the program.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Michigan State University; 🇺🇸 Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States