Chronic pain
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group: Online Gamified pain management (GPM):The GPM intervention is an open for 10-week program, designed as escape room game by incorporating gamification elements, educational informat
Control group:In control group, participants will receive a digital pain management resource package for a 10-week period with same components as the GPM group but delivered in a non-gamified, standar
Sponsors
Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
19 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: To be eligible to participate in the study, the participants must meet all the 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; 5.report a score of >=2 on the VAS scale.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The participants will be excluded if they meet one or more of the following 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 and interference; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fear of pain;Pain Catastrophizing;Exercise adherence;Depression;Anxiety;Quality of life;User satisfaction on the games;Psychological Needs Satisfaction:;Perceptions, attitudes and experiences of the intervention;Intra-intervention variables; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactMimi Mun Yee Tse
School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Outcome results
None listed