Recruitment

Recruitment Status
Recruiting
Estimated Enrollment
Same as current

Summary

Conditions
Fibromyalgia
Type
Interventional
Phase
Not Applicable
Design
Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: Parallel Assignment Single-blind, parallel-group, randomized controlled trialMasking: Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)Primary Purpose: Treatment

Participation Requirements

Age
Between 18 years and 75 years
Gender
Both males and females

Description

Main objective A compendium of 9 fact sheets along with a related quiz have been developed in order to provide overall population current pain-science knowledge. The present study aims at analyzing the usefulness of this new tool based on pain neuroscience education (PNE) in patients from the Hospit...

Main objective A compendium of 9 fact sheets along with a related quiz have been developed in order to provide overall population current pain-science knowledge. The present study aims at analyzing the usefulness of this new tool based on pain neuroscience education (PNE) in patients from the Hospital Vall d'Hebron of Barcelona suffering from fibromyalgia, compared to a non-education group. Secondary objective Due to the extended content of the fact sheets, these can be delivered to the patient as a reading material or can be used as a support material in a educational presentation. Therefore, this study also aims at comparing the usefulness of the new tool based on PNE in two different formats: read autonomously by the patient and explained by a pain-science expert to the patient. This is a tree-arm RCT: TAU group and intervention group with 2 different groups as follows: The intervention program is divided in two groups. Both groups will be provided with the PNE fact sheets but in different format (read and explained) and will be given one week to comprehend the content before to assess their knowledge. Therefore, intervention groups will be informed that a quiz about the fact sheets will be delivered to each one in order to asses their acquired knowledge. There are 9 fact sheets overall. And each fact sheet incorporates two pages relating to one main concept. The first of two pages introduces the concept, and the second one quotes important ideas that emerge from the main concept. The 9 main concepts and consequent ideas presented in the fact sheets are based on current scientific research in pain science and have been selected and structured specifically for PNE education for chronic pain patients. The fact sheets have been fully developed and designed by Pain Revolution, a pain educator network founded by Professor Lorimer Moseley, group leader in Body in Mind Research Group from University of South Australia.

Tracking Information

NCT #
NCT04571853
Collaborators
University of South Australia
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Lorimer Moseley, PhD University of South Australia Study Director: Sara Marsall, PhD Hospital Universitari Vall dHebron