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2B Active: Outpatient Rehabilitation for Adolescents With Chronic Pain

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Chronic Pain
Registration Number
NCT02181725
Lead Sponsor
Maastricht University Medical Center
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a multimodal rehabilitation program effectively reduces functional disability in adolescents with chronic musculoskeletal pain, compared to care as usual.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age 12-21 years at the start of the study
  • Complaints of chronic non-specific musculoskeletal pain of a duration > 3 months
  • Considerable activity limitations
  • Fear of movement
  • Indication for outpatient multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment
  • Adequate Dutch literacy to complete the assessments (which mainly comprise questionnaires)
Exclusion Criteria
  • Any suspicion of a medical (orthopaedic, rheumatic or neurological) disease, that can explain the current pain complaints
  • Any suspicion of an (underlying) psychiatric disease, for which psychiatric treatment is better suited, according to the expert opinion of the consultant in rehabilitation medicine.
  • Pregnancy

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in Functional DisabilityBaseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks, 10 months, 12 months

Adolescent self-reported functional disability

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in Pain CatastrophizingBaseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks, 10 months, 12 months

Parental catastrophizing about their child's pain

Change in Functional DisabilityBaseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks, 10 months, 12 months

Parent-perceived functional disability of their child

Change in Depressive symptomsBaseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks, 10 months, 12 months

Adolescent self-reported depressive symptoms

Change in Pain IntensityBaseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks, 10 months, 12 months

Adolescent self-reported pain intensity

Change in General Health Related Quality of LifeBaseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks, 10 months, 12 months
Treatment expectationsBaseline

Parent self-report

Treatment satisfaction/ patient centeredness16 weeks
Change in Quality of lifeBaseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks, 10 months, 12 months

Adolescent self-reported pain-specific quality of life

Change in parental responses to childrens painBaseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks, 10 months, 12 months
Treatment satisfaction/ family centeredness16 weeks
Cost-diary per monthBaseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks, 10 months, 12 months

Parent self-reported adolescent related costs

Change in Perceived HarmfulnessBaseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks, 10 months, 12 months

Adolescent self-reported perceived harmfulness of daily activities

Change in Fear of PainBaseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks, 10 months, 12 months

Parent proxy report measure

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

Maastricht University Medical Center

🇳🇱

Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

Laurentius Ziekenhuis Roermond

🇳🇱

Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands

Revant Revalidatiecentrum Breda

🇳🇱

Breda, Noord Brabant, Netherlands

Rijndam Revalidatiecentrum

🇳🇱

Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands

Maastricht University Medical Center
🇳🇱Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

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