Effectiveness of a Pain Science Education Programme in Adolescent Students.

Effectiveness of a Specific Pain Science Education Programme in Adolescent Students. Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial.

The aim of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of a Pain Science Education program to improve the conceptualization of pain in adolescents between 11 and 13 years old, schooled in the first year of Compulsory Secondary Education.

Design:

Randomized controlled clinical trial. The primary endpoint of the study was pain conceptualization recorded by a questionnaire.

Setting:

The participants were school-age children attending a different high school in the province of Barcelona.

Participants:

Of the 450 potential school participants, 306 agreed to participate. 13 pupils were excluded when applying the eligibility criteria, so the resulting sample was of 293

Inclusion Criteria:

• to be schooled at the El Cim school
• to be between 10 and 16 years old (both included)
• to have or have had pain in the last month; to be able to read and write in Catalan and/or Spanish.

Exclusion Criteria:

• had an intellectual disability and/or cognitive impairment that interfered with their participation
• had not submitted the informed consent form duly completed and signed by their legal guardians