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The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if pain knowledge group intervention among chronic pain patients would influence their level of physical activity, pain intensity, depression, kinesiophobia and central sensitization. The main question it aims to answer is:
Primary hypothesis: pain education will decrease participants' depression and pain intensity and increase their physical activity.
There is no comparison group.
Participants will participate in a 6-week pain knowledge intervention where they will be learning about sleep, stress models, physical activity benefits, pain neurobiology, mindfulness, pain medication.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Pain education intervention | Experimental | The participants will receive a 6-week pain education in groups. In addition, they are asked to wear an Actigraph to measure their actual physical activity. The topics in the pain education group are as follows:
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| pain education | Behavioral | In one group there will be 8-12 participants who will meet once a week during 6 -weeks time. The educational sessions will be 2-hours long including sometimes some exercises and also reflection of the participants. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change of pain intensity from baseline to 6-weeks | Pain is measured using Graded Chronic Pain Scale -Revised where the lowest value is 0 and the highest is 100. The higher the score, the more pain the subject feels. | from enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks |
| Change of pain intensity from baseline to 6-weeks | Pain is measured using Brief Pain Inventory Short form where the lowest value is 0 and the highest value is 10. The higher the score, the more pain the subject feels. | from enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in depression from baseline to 6-weeks | Depression is measured using Emotional well-being questionnaire where the lowest value is 0 and the highest value is 100. Lower score indicates worse health condition. | from enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Hanna Kalajas-Tilga, PhD | Contact | +372 5816 1041 | hanna.kalajas-tilga@ut.ee | |
| Mati Arendi, PhD | Contact |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Tartu University Hospital | Recruiting | Tartu | Tartu | 50406 | Estonia |
We might share the data of the participants on OpenScience Platform
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| ID | Term |
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| D059350 | Chronic Pain |
| D003863 | Depression |
| D009043 | Motor Activity |
| D000092442 | Kinesiophobia |
| ID | Term |
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| D010146 | Pain |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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| D001526 | Behavioral Symptoms |
| D001519 | Behavior |
| D010698 | Phobic Disorders |
| D001008 | Anxiety Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |