Effects of an Intervention Program Based on Pain Education in Patients With Chronic Pelvic Pain

Prospective Controlled Study of the Effects of an Intervention Program Based on Pain Education in Pain Activity Patterns and Brain Connectivity in Patients With Chronic Pelvic Pain by Magnetic Resonance Images

The purpose of this study is to obtain imaging biomarkers based on changes in activity patterns and changes in brain connectivity obtained with the analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and tractography that are related to chronic pelvic pain

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age between 18 and 55 years
• Chronic pelvic pain diagnosis
• Pain duration > 6 months
• Average pain intensity ≥ 6 during the previous week

Exclusion Criteria:

• Suspected or knowledge of actual organic pathology that requires medical or surgical treatment
• Psychiatric illness: major depression, bipolar syndrome...
• Patients with significant cognitive deficits
• Have pacemaker, metal prostheses or hearing aids incompatible with MRI
• Severe traumatic brain injury
• Previous cranial surgeries
• History of alcoholism
• Do not sign informed consent