An Evaluation of a Public Health Campaign in a High School Setting Targeting Pain Related Knowledge and Beliefs

NCT05636345 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: teesside university
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 90
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The beliefs held by students lead to behaviours in response to their pain which can be both helpful or a hindrance to how they manage their pain. The one-day education event aims to educate the cohort on the contemporary scientific understanding of persistent pain. It is hoped this event will result in an improvement in the alignment of beliefs and behaviours to contemporary understanding of persistent pain. The principal aim is to evaluate the pre-post beliefs about pain following a one-day pain education event.

Conditions

Pain, Chronic

Keywords

pain science education; pain knowledge; pain beliefs; experience of education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Pain Beliefs Questionnaire (PBQ)

  Helps to identify if participant beliefs are biomedical or biopsychosocial focussed, 12-item (Edwards et al, 1992, Walsh and Radcliffe, 2002). There are 2 scales within the PBQ: the organic beliefs scale has 8 items, with score ranges from 8-48, lower scores indicate less biomedical views and higher scores indicate more biomedical views. The psychological scale within the PBQ has 4 items with a score range of 4-24, a higher score indicates more biopsychosocial beliefs about pain and a lower score indicates less biopsychosocial beliefs.

  one day

• Concept of Pain Inventory-Adult (COPI-Adult)

  The Concept of Pain Inventory-Adult was designed for assessing knowledge and beliefs about pain science (Pate et al, 2022). It is a 13-item questionnaire. Higher COPI-Adult scores reflect greater alignment with contemporary pain science (Total scores can range from 0-52).

  one day

• Vignette

  Participants were asked what actions they would take if they had pain with regards to medication, scans, daily activity, exercise and work either based on yes/no answers or four to five multiple choice answers. The percentage of recommendations in keeping with guidelines were measured from 0-100% with lower scores indicating intended behaviours that were not in keeping with guidelines.

  one day

• Semi-structured interviews

  To explore pain beliefs after the education day and experience of the education day.

  3 months after the pain education day

Study Arms (1)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

High school students receiving a day of pain science education in multiple formats, lectures, experiential, completing a task which consolidates the information.

Other: pain science education

Interventions

pain science education OTHER

A full day of pain science education

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Aged above 16. Providing consent to participate.

You may not qualify if:

• Students not providing consent.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Teesside University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Queen Anne College

Reading, Berkshire, RG4 6DX, United Kingdom

Location

Related Publications (5)

• Andias R, Sa-Couto P, Silva AG. Blended-Learning Pain Neuroscience Education and Exercise in High School Students With Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Phys Ther. 2022 Jun 3;102(6):pzac048. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzac048.

  PMID: 35485186 BACKGROUND

• Neto M, Andias R, Silva AG. Pain Neuroscience Education and Exercise for Neck Pain: A Focus Group Study on Adolescents' Views. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2018 Jul;30(3):196-201. doi: 10.1097/PEP.0000000000000511.

  PMID: 29924066 BACKGROUND

• Pate JW, Noblet T, Hush JM, Hancock MJ, Sandells R, Pounder M, Pacey V. Exploring the concept of pain of Australian children with and without pain: qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2019 Oct 28;9(10):e033199. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033199.

  PMID: 31662406 BACKGROUND

• Pate JW, Simons LE, Rush G, Hancock MJ, Hush JM, Verhagen A, Pacey V. The Concept of Pain Inventory for Adults (COPI-Adult): Assessing Knowledge and Beliefs Regarding Pain Science Education. Clin J Pain. 2021 Oct 12;38(1):32-40. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000990.

  PMID: 34636751 BACKGROUND

• Walsh DA, Radcliffe JC. Pain beliefs and perceived physical disability of patients with chronic low back pain. Pain. 2002 May;97(1-2):23-31. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3959(01)00426-2.

  PMID: 12031776 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer in Rehabilitation Science

Model Details: exploratory, single-site, mixed-methods study

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 23, 2022
• First Posted: December 5, 2022
• Study Start: March 17, 2022
• Primary Completion: March 17, 2022
• Study Completion: March 17, 2022
• Last Updated: January 12, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1)