Feasibility Study of an Online Self-management Program for Chronic Non-cancer Pain

Co-development and Assessment of the Feasibility and Potential Effects of an Online Self-management Program for Chronic Non-cancer Pain

Based on a mixed-methods design, the objective of this trial is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the "Agir pour moi" program, an 8-week online self-management program for chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP). The investigators will also explore its potential effects on self-efficacy, pain interference, pain severity, anxiety, depression, catastrophizing, and global impression of change in adults with CNCP awaiting services from a chronic pain multidisciplinary treatment center.

The mixed-methods sequential explanatory design combines a quantitative questionnaire-based study with a subsequent in depth qualitative approach.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age ≥ 18 years;
• live with CNCP for more than 3 months;
• read and understand French easily;
• have access to a computer and high-speed Internet;
• be available to take part in the project for 6 to 8 months;
• not having started a new treatment for pain within the last month;
• agree to notify the team before starting a new treatment;
• be able to give informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• be supported by a multidisciplinary treatment center or be likely to be in the short term;
• having participated in a CNCP self-management program within the last year;
• be awaiting scheduled surgical treatment within six months.