Chronic Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
Chronic pain concernes one in four adults in Belgium. Because of the psychological and social repercussions, a biopsychosocial approach is necessary in order to improve the quality of life chronic pain patients. Non-pharmacological techniques such as hypnosis, self-care learning, music-therapy and psycho-education are gaining more and more interest in the scientific field. However, a major problem in clinical research is patient dropout. To our knowledge, no study has investigated dropout rates in hypnosis clinical research. The aim of this study is, therefore, to better understand the predictors of dropout in several non-pharmacological treatments in chronic pain management.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSelf-hypnosis/self-care group
Self-hypnosis/self-care
BEHAVIORALMusic/self-care
Music-therapy/self-care
BEHAVIORALSelf-care
Self-care
BEHAVIORALPsycho-education
Psycho-education
BEHAVIORALSelf-hypnosis/self-care motivation
Motivation to learn self-hypnosis/self-care
Sponsors
University of Liege
Study design
Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Major * Fluency in French * Chronic pain diagnosis
Exclusion criteria
* Neurologic disorder * Psychiatric disorder * Drug addiction * Alcoholism
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amount of drop-out | T1 (before treatment) | The amount of drop-out between treatments group will be assessed by means of our database. |
| Amount of dropout between treatment groups | T1 (before treatment) | The amount of drop-out between treatments group will be assessed by means of our database. |
| Influence of therapist's expertise in hypnosis | T1 (before treatment) | The influence of the therapist's expertise in hypnosis upon drop-out will be assessed by means of our database. |
| Link between state-financial help and drop-out | T1 (before treatment) | In Belgium, in certain cases, state will financially help patients to benefit from pain non-pharmacological treatments. We would like to understand if the benefit of state financial help influences the amount of drop-out. |
| Influence of motivation | T1 (before treatment) | To understand of motivation influenced the amount of drop-out, we analysed the amount of drop-out in the self-hypnosis/self-care motivation group. |
| Influence of pain description | T1 (before treatment) | The influence of pain description upon dropout rates will be assessed by means of a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Scale ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain). |
| Influence of sleep difficulties | T1 (before treatment) | The influence of sleep difficulties upon dropout rates will be assessed by means of a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Scale ranging from 0 (no sleep difficulties) to 10 (worst sleep difficulties). |
| Influence of insomnia | T1 (before treatment) | The influence of the severity of insomnia upon dropout will be assessed by means of the Insomnia Severity Index (Morin et al., 2001). Scale ranging from 0 (none) to 4 (very severe). |
| Influence of anxiety | T1 (before treatment) | The influence of anxiety upon dropout will be assessed by means of the subtest anxiety of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS, Zigmond & Snaith, 1983). Scale ranging from 0 (never) to 4 (always). |
| Influence of depression | T1 (before treatment) | The influence of depression upon dropout will be assessed by means of the subtest anxiety of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS, Zigmond & Snaith, 1983). Scale ranging from 0 (never) to 4 (always). |
| Influence of pain disability | T1 (before treatment) | The influence of pain disability upon will be assessed by means of the Pain Disability Index (PDI, Tait et al., 1990). Scale ranging from 0 (no difficulties) to 10 (a lot of difficulties). |
| Influence of the impact of pain | T1 (before treatment) | The influence of the impact of pain in individual's life, quality of social support and general activity, upon dropout will be assessed my means of the Multidimensional Pain Index (MPI, Kerns et al., 1985). Scale ranging from 0 (none) to 6 (a lot). |
| Influence of attitudes and beliefs about pain | T1 (before treatment) | The influence of the attitudes and beliefs about pain upon dropout will be assessed my means of the Survey of Pain Attitudes (SOPA, Jensen & Karoly, 1987). Scale ranging from 0 (totally wrong) to 10 (totally right). |
| Influence of quality of life | T1 (before treatment) | The influence of quality of life upon dropout will be assessed by means of the SF-36(Ware et al., 1988). Each item is balanced to obtain a score between 0 (worst quality) to 100 (maximum quality). |
| Influence of locus of control | T1 (before treatment) | The influence of the locus of control upon dropoout will be assessd my means og the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC, Wallston et al., 1978). Scale ranging from 1 (no agreement) to 4 (agreement). |
Countries
Belgium
Outcome results
None listed