Clinical trial NCT05997368: Investigation of the Relationship of Pain Perception and Pain Belief With Age in People With Chronic Lack Pain
Official title: Investigation of the Relationship of Pain Perception and Pain Belief With Age in People With Chronic Lack Pain
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Chronic Pain
Low Back Pain
Keywords: pain perception
pain beliefs
Lead sponsor: Uskudar University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-08-18
Enrollment: 210
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 79
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The study will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Volunteers who accepted the voluntary consent form will be included in the study.

Brief summary: This study was planned to investigate the relationship between pain perceptions and pain beliefs of individuals in different age groups with chronic low back pain and symptom severity.

Detailed description: The study will be conducted as an observational descriptive and cross-sectional research. Participants will be recruited after the purpose and content of the research are explained by the researchers, their written consent is read, and the volunteers who agree to be included in the study are given their written consent. The data collection process was carried out face-to-face and via a Google Forms survey over the internet, and will be conducted with the participants face-to-face and online. In the study; The pain beliefs questionnaire (PBQ), the centrality of pain scale (COPS) and the numerical rating scale (NRS-11) will be used.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* having low back pain for at least the past three months
* be between the ages of 18-79.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Those outside the age limit of 18-79 and illiteracy.

Primary outcomes:
measure: The numeric rating scale - NRS-11
timeFrame: 2 weeks
measure: The centrality of pain scale - COPS)
timeFrame: 2 weeks
measure: The pain beliefs questionnaire - PBQ
timeFrame: 2 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Üsküdar Unıversıty
Study officials:
affiliation: Uskudar University
name: Mahsun EKİNCİ
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References:
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citation: Wandner LD, Scipio CD, Hirsh AT, Torres CA, Robinson ME. The perception of pain in others: how gender, race, and age influence pain expectations. J Pain. 2012 Mar;13(3):220-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2011.10.014. Epub 2012 Jan 5.