Pain Neuroscience Education in Old Adults.

A Study of the Effectiveness of Pain Neuroscience Education in the Elderly.

The primary objectives of this study are to:

• Evaluate the ability of the older adults to understand the biological processes underneath a pain experience.
• Evaluate their ability to modify their behaviors and beliefs about pain and health.

The purpose of this study is to test the effectivity of a single, group-based session of pain neuroscience education (PNE) on old adults. Participants will be 65 years or older, and they will be recruited from primary care medical clinics, public lectures, community centers and through the word of mouth. The intervention consist in one educational session of pain neuroscience education delivered by a physiotherapist. The study design is a single arm, crossover clinical trial, participants will be assessed in 3 different times (1 month before PNE ,pre-PNE, post-PNE) for knowledge of pain neuroscience, pain attitudes, pain catastrophizing and pain-related fear of movement.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects 65 years old or more.
• Able to speak and read in Spanish.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cognitive impairment. Global Deterioration Scale and Functional Assessment Staging (GDS-FAST) will be used for the screening, excluding the subjects with a level 3 or above in the GDS-FAST scale.