Chronic pain management during COVID 19 Pandemic

Recruiting

Conditions: Procedure and treatment not carried out for other reasons,

Registration Number: CTRI/2021/06/034116

Lead Sponsor: Government Medical College and hospital

Brief Summary: Chronic pain causes suffering and reduced quality of life. During COVID 19 there is a greater emphasis on social distancing and staying at home for people with non-emergent work. This isolation has led to psychological depression and anxiety symptoms in people. This situation is in contrast to the requirement of patients suffering from chronic pain who need to visit hospital for pain management and associated medical care. During COVID 19 pandemic patients with chronic pain are now exposed to unique challenges of attending telemedicine and teletherapy. In the absence of regular outpatient departments patients sometimes tend to self-medicate themselves. This has led to inadequate pain management as access to holistic care of bio-psychosocial management is now being done by audiovisual platforms. The present cross sectional observational study is planned to evaluate pain relief, drug therapies and other coping strategies adopted by patients during this period of COVID 19 pandemic.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Open to Recruitment

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

Patients who were earlier visiting but now not visiting GMCH during pandemic for chronic pain management Non cancer chronic pain more than three months.

Exclusion Criteria

Not willing to participate in online survey.

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To evaluate pain scores of patients with chronic pain amid COVID 19 pandemic	At one point time only i.e. when the patients will be filling online questionnaire

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To evaluate analgesic intake and coping strategies amid COVID 19 pandemic	Demographics of patients with chronic pain participating in the survey

Trial Locations

Locations (1): Government Medical College and Hospital
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Chandigarh, CHANDIGARH, India
Government Medical College and Hospital
🇮🇳Chandigarh, CHANDIGARH, India
Vanita Ahuja
Principal investigator
9646121649
vanitaanupam@yahoo.co.in