Clinical trial NCT05976854: Online Intervention Based on Pain Neuroscience Education for Women with Pregnancy-related Lumbopelvic Pain
Official title: Effects of an Online Intervention Based on Pain Neuroscience Education for Women with Pregnancy-related Lumbopelvic Pain
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Low Back Pain
Lead sponsor: Cardenal Herrera University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-08-04
Enrollment: 200
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 50
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: 60-70% of pregnant women suffer from pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain. In the general population, patient education is the first line of treatment. For pregnant women with LBP, the guidelines are the same as for the general population. In fact, prenatal education programs specifically collect recommendations and educational strategies for managing this pain. Within educational strategies, education in the neuroscience of pain has gained special relevance in recent years due to its positive results in reducing pain in patients with low back pain. Despite the beneficial effects shown in patients with low back pain, its use has not yet been explored, to our knowledge, in women with pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain.

Detailed description: 60-70% of pregnant women suffer from pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain. Its multifactorial origin makes it difficult to establish an appropriate treatment for pain control. In the general population, patient education is the first line of treatment. For pregnant women with LBP, the guidelines are the same as for the general population. In fact, prenatal education programs specifically collect recommendations and educational strategies for managing this pain. Within educational strategies, education in the neuroscience of pain has gained special relevance in recent years due to its positive results in reducing pain in patients with low back pain. This type of education is based on reconceptualizing pain through teaching the neurobiological mechanisms that underlie the pain experience. Despite the beneficial effects shown in patients with low back pain, its use has not yet been explored, to our knowledge, in pregnant women with pregnancy-related low back and pelvic pain.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* pregnant women older than 18 years, who are in the early third trimester of pregnancy;
* minimum score of 3/10 on the numerical pain scale over the past week.

Exclusion Criteria:

* multiple pregnancy;
* previous spinal surgery;
* presence of psychiatric disorders;
* women who have participated in similar programs or interventions before enrollment.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Pain intensity
timeFrame: 4 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Disability
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: Kinesiophobia
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: Pain catastrophizing
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: Anxiety and depression
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: Level of physical activity
timeFrame: 4 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Alfara del Patriarca
country: Spain
facility: JF Lisón
state: Valencia
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