chronic pain
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group: Online Gamified pain management (GPM):The GPM intervention is an 8-week program designed to manage chronic pain by incorporating games, educational information, and progressive exe
Control group:The control group will receive routine care. Participants will be provided two leaflets, which includes the same pain educational information involving pain mechanism, effects of chronic
Sponsors
Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 100 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Aged older than 18 years old 2) Able to read and understand the Mandarin Chinese language 3) Owners of smartphones with internet access 4) Have a previously diagnosed chronic non-cancer pain condition lasting more than three months (Treede et al., 2019) 5) Report a score of >=2 on the VAS scale
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with associated pathologies that make it impossible to perform physical exercise (myopathies, neurological diseases, cardiac disease, pregnancy, pulmonary diseases, infection and fracture) 2) Individuals undergoing surgery or invasive treatments in the last three months 3) Concurrent participation (or participation within the preceding 3 months) in a supervised exercise programme or multidisciplinary treatment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain intensity; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain Catastrophizing;Adherence;Depression and Anxiety;Quality of life;Perception and experiences of the intervention; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactMimi Mun Yee Tse
School of Nursing and Health, Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Outcome results
None listed