Chronic Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
Chronic pain is a major health issue with substantial economic burden.To support chronic pain patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, yoga based self-managed intervention was delivered through tele-health platform. Project was designed as community-based program, creating new social networks for patients, health care providers and academics. Platform to deliver intervention and data collection was AiM COVID mobile app. Our objective was to determine the efficacy of Yoga based self-management intervention for people living with chronic pain pain intensity, disability and health related quality of life.
Interventions
OTHERYoga Therapy
Yoga based self managed practices personalised to chronic pain patients
Sponsors
Patanjali Yog Peeth (UK) Trust
Aarogyam UK
Study design
Observational model
ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Chronic pain for at least 3 months * Having access to internet and video calls
Exclusion criteria
* Pregnant or breast-feeding women, * Patients not willing to give written consent * Patients with severe psychiatric or personality disorder * Malignancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain intensity and disability | From baseline to 6 week post intervention | Pain intensity and related disability was measured through Brief Pain Inventory |
| Health Related Quality of Life | From baseline to 6 week post intervention | Quality of life was measured through 36-Item Short-Form Survey |
| Self-efficacy of pain | From baseline to 6 week post intervention | Self efficacy was measure through Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed