NCT06105281

Nurse Specialist Intervention Promoting Altered Coping and Treatment for Chronic Pain

What Impact Does a Consultation With a Nurse Pain Specialist Have on Behaviour Towards Chronic Pain and Pain Intensity in Chronic Pain Patients?

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 172 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universiteit Antwerpen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate of the implementation of an autonomous consultation with a nurse pain specialist for chronic pain patients has an influence on the behaviour towards the chronic pain. The trail will be done with patients that has planned an infiltration in a pain centre. Furthermore the pain intensity and patent satisfaction will be investigated as second outcomes. During the consultation there will be explained what the patient can expect from the treatment in the pain clinic. What the patient expect from the infiltration will also be surveyed, so that it can be adjusted if necessary. In the end of the consultation there will be a brief explanation of chronic pain and the physiology as well als the different factors that have an influence on it. This study is a monocentric randomised controlled trail of 172 participants, with an equal allocation (1:1). To collect the data there will be three different questionnaires for both groups. The first is a baseline measurement. The second will take place three weeks after the infiltration and the third ten weeks after the infiltration. This is in order to see if there is an evolution in the outcomes during time.

Conditions

• Chronic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	The consultation with a pain specialist nurse	When the participant receives a consultation with the pain specialist nurse ,there will be assessed if the patient knows what the procedure involves and what they can expect of it. To meet de expectations of the patient the nurse will explain the procedure and what they can expect. Further there will be an short education about what pain is and the physiology of chronic pain. Because chronic pain has a lot of influencing factors the nurse will explain the main factors.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-10-13
• Primary completion: 2024-05-30
• Completion: 2024-05-31
• First posted: 2023-10-27
• Last updated: 2023-10-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium