NCT05544383

Effectiveness of an Interdisciplinary Pain Education Program in Public Health: a Pragmatic Clinical Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 108 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Federal University of Espirito Santo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary pain education program in improving self-efficacy and promoting quality of life in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain in public health. This is a pragmatic clinical trial carried out with patients referred to the Physical Therapy sector of a municipality who will be allocated in an interdisciplinary pain education intervention group or a comparison group of conventional physical therapy treatment.

Detailed description

his is a pragmatic clinical trial carried out with patients referred to the Physical Therapy sector of a municipality who will be allocated in an interdisciplinary pain education intervention group or a comparison group of conventional physical therapy treatment. Clinical characteristics of pain will be evaluated by multidimensional questionnaires, in addition to self-efficacy, quality of life, functional literacy and sociodemographic profile. Health professionals will be evaluated by an attitude towards pain inventory. It is expected to demonstrate the effectiveness of interdisciplinary pain education work in managing the biopsychosocial impacts of pain by promoting knowledge and self-management strategies in the care of this chronic condition. As it is a light and collective technology, it can reduce the burden of the disease and support public policy decision-making in the management of chronic pain in public health.

Conditions

• Musculoskeletal Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Interdisciplinary Pain Education Program	It is an operative group model, with the objective of promoting education in pain, where the patient occupies an active and central space in the learning process, with work focused on the dysfunctional beliefs of chronic pain, performing programmed tasks to promote autonomy in activities daily life and behavior change. The group works with one meeting per week, during the routine opening hours of the clinic, with each day a theme of a professional area being addressed, totaling 5 meetings, lasting approximately two hours.
OTHER	Conventional Physiotherapy treatment	The therapeutic approach consists of rehabilitation methods and techniques, with the aim of restoring, developing and conserving the patient's physical capacity and functionality, including manual therapy and kinesiotherapy, in addition to the use of resources such as electrotherapy, thermotherapy and auriculotherapy. The treatment is performed at the Physiotherapy outpatient clinic, twice a week, with an average duration of 45 minutes, for a period that lasts an average of 10 sessions in clinical cases of chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-10-01
• Primary completion: 2023-06-01
• Completion: 2023-06-30
• First posted: 2022-09-16
• Last updated: 2022-09-16