An Online Pain Education Program for Working Adults: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial With One-month Follow-up
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Pain intensity and pain interference
研究概览
简要总结
Pain is popular among working population and it is a strong predictor of poor quality of life. In this study, an internet-delivered pain education program will be provided to working adults aims at helping patients equip with pain-related knowledge and useful skills and evaluate the effectiveness of the internet-delivered program. Participants will be recruited follow snowball sampling and will be randomly allocated to experimental group and control group by 1:1 ratio. The internet-delivered pain education will last for 4 weeks with one-month follow-up. Basic knowledge of pain, pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment and related resources will be introduced in the program. Pain intensity, pain-related disability, anxiety, depression and self-efficacy will be measured in baseline post-treatment and at one-month follow-up. Acceptability and satisfaction to the program will also collected.
详细描述
Participants' eligibility will be accessed based on the following details:
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Inclusion criteria:
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. Age between 16 to 60;
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. Have a full-time job;
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. Resident of China;
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. Can read and understand Chinese;
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. History with non-cancer pain in past 6 months(Nicholas et al., 2013);
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. Pain score should be at least 2 when using Numeric Rating Scale, a 11-point numeric scale (Pieh et al., 2012);
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. Own a mobile phone and can access to mobile phone, computer and the internet.
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Exclusion criteria
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. Hospitalized patients;
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. Experiencing a drug addiction problem;
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. Further medical and surgical treatments or interventions is planned.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 16 Years 至 60 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Age between 16 to 60;
- •Have a full-time job;
- •Resident of China;
- •Can read and understand Chinese;
- •History with non-cancer pain in past 6 months;
- •Pain score should be at least 2 when using Numeric Rating Scale, a 11-point numeric scale;
- •Own a mobile phone and can access to mobile phone, computer and the internet.
排除标准
- •Hospitalized patients;
- •Experiencing a drug addiction problem;
- •Further medical and surgical treatments or interventions is planned.
研究组 & 干预措施
Experimental group
Online pain education program will be accessible by the intervention group
干预措施: Online pain education program (Other)
Control group
No intervention for the control group, only one-page simple material related to pain will be provided.
结局指标
主要结局
Pain intensity and pain interference
时间窗: Baseline, Week 4, one-month after intervention
Changes from baseline to Week 4 and one-month after the intervention in pain intensity and pain interference using Brief Pain Inventory
次要结局
- Depression, Anxiety and Stress(Baseline, Week 4, one-month after intervention)
- Pain self-efficacy(Baseline, Week 4, one-month after intervention)
- Participant's Satisfaction and acceptability to the program(Week 4)
研究者
TSE Mun Yee Mimi
Associate professor
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University