Effects of Multimodal Pain Therapy in Patients With Mixed Chronic Pain Syndromes

Influence of a Multimodal Day-unit Pain Therapy on Pain Experience, Pain-related Disability and Depression in Patients With Chronic Pain Syndromes

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01346202

Acronym

IMPERApain

Enrollment

260

Registered

2011-05-02

Start date

2011-01-31

Completion date

2013-07-31

Last updated

2013-07-15

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Conditions

Chronic Pain

Keywords

multi-modal pain therapy, chronic pain

Brief summary

Complex and chronified pain syndromes requires a specialized therapeutic concept. From patients with chronic low back pain the investigators know, that an interdisciplinary multi-modal approach may improve the therapeutic success. In this observational study the investigators investigated if the multi-modal pain therapy is also effective in patients with mixed chronic pain syndromes.

Detailed description

The multi-modal pain therapy includes: * specific drug therapy * pain education * psychological therapy * physical therapy * behavioral therapy * work hardening * bio-feedback * ergotherapy

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* age \>= 18 years and \<= 65 years * verified chronic pain for more than 6 month

Exclusion criteria

* application for a pension * non-accordance with multi-modal pain therapy * dominant geriatric symptoms * dominant psychiatric symptoms

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
intensity of pain	Change from Baseline in intensity of pain at 1 year	pain intensity 1 year after multi-modale therapy compared with pain intensity before treatment

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
pain disability index	Change from Baseline in pain disability index at 6 months	pain disability index 6 month after multi-modale therapy compared with pain disability index before treatment

Countries

Germany

Outcome results