Chronic Pain
Conditions
Keywords
visualization, abdominal respiration, synchronized breathing, Sophronisation, relaxation therapy, Do In self-massage, sophrology, breathing exercise, therapeutic education
Brief summary
The benefit of learning psychocorporal techniques in Therapeutic Education on the quality of life of patients with chronic pain will be studied. The purpose of this nursing research protocol is to highlight the improvement of the quality of life of chronic pain patients through psycho-physical techniques performed during group therapeutic education workshops.
Detailed description
The study will be performed at Centre for the Study and Treatment of Pain. The patients with chronic pain will participate to a group programm of therapeutic education. The programm consists of 9 workshops about psycho-corporal techniques performed in group. The patients will complete questionnaries before beginning the program, at the end of the programm, 6 months after the end of the program, and 12 months after the end of program. The questionnaries will be SF36, HADS, CPAQ, and digital pain scale.
Interventions
This is a validate questionnary: Ware et al,1992, McHorney et al, 1993, McHorney et al, 1994 French version : Author : Alain Leplège; et coll. En 2001
this is a validate scale: author: Zigmond A.S., Snaith R.P. in 1983
This is a validate questionnaire: Fish, R., McGuire, B.E., Hogan, M., Stewart, I. & Morrison, T. (2010).
this is a validate scale A.N.A.E.S. February 1999
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* chronic pain since more the 3months * Patients for whom a group relaxation techniques program is planned and accepted by the patient
Exclusion criteria
* Patient with progressive cancer pain * severe psychiatric pathology (example: psychosis, deep melancholy) * Patient not compliant or refusing to participate in research * Person who does not understand French, or illiterate * Person physically unable to complete questionnaires (visually impaired or blind) * Person protected by sections L1121-5 to L1121-8.1 of the French Public Health Code
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| change of quality of life during the program | score at the end of the workshop compared to the score at the beginning | SF36 score |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in quality of life | Comparison between the beginning of the program and twelve months after the end of the program. | assessed by sf36 score |
| Change in anxiety and depression | Comparison at different moments in time - beginning, end, 6 months after, 12 months after | assessed by HADS |
| Change in perceived pain | Assessment at the beginning of the program and 12 months after the end using a numerical pain scale | assessed by numeric pain scale |
| Evolution in patient's acceptance of chronic pain:after the end | Comparison at different moments in time - beginning, end, 6 months after, 12 months after | assessed by Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire |
| Change in physical activity | Change in physical activity between the beginning of the program and 12 months after the end | assessed by SF36 Physical Activity Sub-Scale |
Countries
France