Chronic Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
Investigators will explore healthcare professionals and patients' experience in chronic pain management within primary care. Investigators will use this information to develop a decision aid tool tool which patients with chronic pain could use to help them make an informed decision during a consultation with their healthcare professionals.
Interventions
OTHERNo Intervention
No intervention - conduct a qualitative interview with patients regarding their experience.
Sponsors
University of Aberdeen
Pharmacy Research UK
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* above 18 years old, * suffering from non-malignant chronic pain (defined as pain lasting for more than three months) and, * being managed entirely within a primary care setting.
Exclusion criteria
* are not fluent in the English language, * have concomitant severe mental health problems or terminal illness, * have a known alcohol or drug addiction, and * suffer from pain caused by cancer or other malignancy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| UPP Decision Aid Tool | Day 1 | Semi-structured interviews with patients with chronic pain and healthcare professionals (General Practitioner and Pharmacists) perspectives on chronic pain management in NHS Grampain. Data will be used to support the design of a decision aid tool and the development of study information material and standard operating procedures of a subsequent feasibility study aimed at testing the tool. |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed