Pain Neuroscience Education in Old Adults.

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Healthy
• Interventions: Behavioral: PNE

• Registration Number: NCT03523949
• Lead Sponsor: University of Barcelona

Brief Summary

The primary objectives of this study are to:

* Evaluate the ability of the older adults to understand the biological processes underneath a pain experience.

* Evaluate their ability to modify their behaviors and beliefs about pain and health.

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to test the effectivity of a single, group-based session of pain neuroscience education (PNE) on old adults. Participants will be 65 years or older, and they will be recruited from primary care medical clinics, public lectures, community centers and through the word of mouth. The intervention consist in one educational session of pain neuroscience education delivered by a physiotherapist. The study design is a single arm, crossover clinical trial, participants will be assessed in 3 different times (1 month before PNE ,pre-PNE, post-PNE) for knowledge of pain neuroscience, pain attitudes, pain catastrophizing and pain-related fear of movement.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-04-30
• Status Verified: 2018-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-05-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-05-10
• Study First Posted: 2018-05-14
• Last Update Posted: 2018-05-14
• Study Start: 2018-06-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-06-01
• Study Completion: 2019-09-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Subjects 65 years old or more.
• Able to speak and read in Spanish.

Exclusion Criteria

• Cognitive impairment. Global Deterioration Scale and Functional Assessment Staging (GDS-FAST) will be used for the screening, excluding the subjects with a level 3 or above in the GDS-FAST scale.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
PNE.	PNE	Procedure: This educational intervention is based in the latest evidence of pain neuroscience education, used in multiple rehabilitation programs. Its aim is to change the subject's pain understanding, teaching them the biological processes underneath the pain construct, as a mechanism to reduce itself and its related maladaptive thoughts and behaviors.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge of Pain Neuroscience. Changes from baseline to immediately after PNE.	baseline, pre-PNE, immediately after PNE	Participants will be asked to complete the Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire (NPQ) (Spanish version)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain Attitudes.	baseline, pre-PNE, immediately after PNE	Participants will be asked to complete the Survey of Pain Attitudes Brief Version (SOPA-B) (Spanish version).
Pain Catastrophism.	baseline, pre-PNE, immediately after PNE	Participants will be asked to complete the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) (Spanish version).
Pain-related Fear of Movement.	baseline, pre-PNE, immediately after PNE	Participants will be asked to complete the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK-11) (Spanish version).