Clinical trial NCT04317391: Impact of Psychology on Life Quality in Chronic and Cancer Pain Patients
Official title: Impact of Psychology on Life Quality in Chronic and Cancer Pain Patients
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Chronic Pain Syndrome
Psychology, Social
Keywords: chronic pain
Mindfulness based stress reduction
psychology
pain management program
Lead sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
First posted: 2020-03-23
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study is to compare the effect of pain management program. We compare life quality, pain scores, sleep, anxiety and depression scores, and self report measures before and after mindfulness based pain management workshops.

Detailed description: Chronic pain is a growing problem in modern society. One in every five person in developed countries have this condition. Chronic pain is pain that persists longer than six months. It lead to psychological disorders such as anxiety, depression, anger and chronic fatigue. It decreases life quality, lower self-esteem and decrease work force. Because of these factors and the high cost of treatment, it impacts social economics highly. Chronic pain is caused by wind-up effect of the nervous system which the inhibitory signals are impaired. The nervous systems is therefore tuned up. Mindfulness based pain management helps lower this wind-up effect by noticing self, to observe and release stress. It has been proven to alter brain activity, enhance self control, improve attention and decrease secretion of stress hormones. It decreases pain and allow patients to regain control of life.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Pain condition for over six months, with diagnosis by pain physician to be of chronic pain or cancer pain.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients unable to communicate in Mandarin.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Baseline Brief Pain inventory
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Four week Brief Pain inventory
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at 4 weeks into pain management program
measure: Eight weeks Brief Pain inventory
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at 8 weeks into pain management program
measure: One year Brief Pain inventory
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at one year after completion of pain management program
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Baseline Visual analog scale
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Four week Visual analog scale
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at 4 weeks into pain management program
measure: Eight week Visual analog scale
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at 8 weeks into pain management program
measure: One year Visual analog scale
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at one year after completion of pain management program
measure: Baseline Pain self-efficacy questionnaire
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Four week Pain self-efficacy questionnaire
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at 4 weeks into pain management program
measure: Eight week Pain self-efficacy questionnaire
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at 8 weeks into pain management program
measure: One year Pain self-efficacy questionnaire
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at one year after completion of pain management program
measure: Baseline Pain catastrophizing scale
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Four week Pain catastrophizing scale
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at 4 weeks into pain management program
measure: Eight week Pain catastrophizing scale
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at eight weeks into pain management program
measure: One year Pain catastrophizing scale
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at one year after completion of pain management program
measure: Baseline Depression, anxiety, and positive outlook scale
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Four week Depression, anxiety, and positive outlook scale
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at 4 weeks into pain management program
measure: Eight week Depression, anxiety, and positive outlook scale
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at 8 weeks into pain management program
measure: One year Depression, anxiety, and positive outlook scale
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at one year after completion of pain management program
measure: Baseline Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Four week Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at 4 weeks into pain management program
measure: Eight week Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at 8 weeks into pain management program
measure: One year Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at one year after completion of pain management program
measure: Baseline Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Four week Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at 4 weeks into pain management program
measure: Eight week Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at 8 weeks into pain management program
measure: One year Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at one year after completion of pain management program
measure: Baseline Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Four week Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at four weeks into pain management program
measure: Eight week Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at 8 weeks into pain management program
measure: One year Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
timeFrame: Participants answer questionnaire at one year after completion of pain management program
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Taipei City
country: Taiwan
facility: Taipei Veterans General Hospital
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