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Integrative Medicine for Chronic Pain

Integrative Medicine for Chronic Pain - Process-Outcome-Study in the Context of an Internal Medicine Ward for Integrative Medicine

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02038244
Acronym
POSITIVE
Enrollment
300
Registered
2014-01-16
Start date
2014-02-28
Completion date
2015-03-31
Last updated
2015-09-23

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Brief summary

In this study, the effects of a 14-day inpatient treatment in an internal medicine ward for integrative medicine on pain, disability, quality of life, satisfaction with life, depression, and anxiety will be investigated. Furthermore the influence of potential process variables will be evaluated. Effects will be measured after completion of the program (2 weeks), and at 6 months follow up after start of the program.

Interventions

OTHERMultimodal integrative medicine inpatient treatment program

Sponsors

University of Witten/Herdecke
CollaboratorOTHER
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* diagnosed with any chronic pain condition * at least 6 months pain duration * written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* participation in any other clinical study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Pain Intensity14 daysVAS

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Safety14 days, 6 monthsAdverse events
Mindfulness14 days, 6 monthsConscious Presence and Self Control (CPSC) Scale
Pain Intensity6 monthsVAS
Pain Disability14 days, 6 months\- German Pain Questionnaire
Health-related quality of life14 days, 6 monthsShort Form (36) Health Survey
Life satisfaction14 days, 6 monthsBrief Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale
Easiness of life14 days, 6 monthsQuestionnaire on emotional and physical reactions
Ability and will to change14 days, 6 monthsAbility and will to change Questionnaire
Subjective stress14 days, 6 monthsPerceived Stress Scale
Depression14 days, 6 monthsBeck Depression Inventory
Acceptance14 days, 6 monthsEmotional/Rational Disease Acceptance Questionnaire

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Body responsiveness14 days, 6 monthsTranslated body awareness questionnaire will be validated. It will further be used for mediation and moderator analysis with the outcomes. * Body Responsiveness Scale (BRS)(Daubenmier 2005)
Body awareness and dissociation14 days, 6 monthsTranslated body awareness questionnaire will be validated. It will further be used for mediation and moderator analysis with the outcomes. \- Scale of Body Connection (SBC) (Price and Thompson 2007)
Postural awareness14 days, 6 monthsNewly developed body awareness questionnaire will be validated. It will further be used for mediation and moderator analysis with the outcomes. \- Postural Awareness Scale (PAS) (Cramer et al.)
Daily log2 weeksDaily rating of pain and well-being on a 100mm visual analog scale.
Body awareness14 days, 6 monthsTranslated body awareness questionnaire will be validated. It will further be used for mediation and moderator analysis with the outcomes. \- Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ) (Shields 1989)

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026