Assessing the effect of newly developed Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE) protocol that consider culture, language and literacy level in relation to standard PNE among Hausa Speaking individuals in Gusau Metropolis.

Effect of standard and culturally sensitive pain neuroscience education on selected variables among Hausa speaking individuals with non-specific chronic neck pain in Gusau Metropolis

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202503884900037

Enrollment

Registered

2025-03-31

Start date

2025-04-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases

Interventions

Standard PNE and NSE group

Usual care group

Culture sensitive Hausa version of PNE and NSE group

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Both male and female individuals with NSCNP. The age range of the participants will be between (45 – 64) years. Participants that are diagnosed with non specific chronic neck pain i.e patient suffering with neck pain for minimum of twelve weeks. Participant must be literate in English and Hausa languages. Participant’s Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scores must be between (5-7) ranges, i.e moderate to severe neck pain.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Participant with sign of red flag, neoplastic pain, fractures, or had spinal surgery, one year before the commencement of this study, Severe degenerative changes, infection, severe spondylolisthesis, disc prolapse, fibromyagia, chronic fatigue syndrome. Participant with implant or prosthesis within the spine . Participands with cognitive disorder (Mini Mental Scale) (Folstein & Folstein 1975; Bovim, Schrader & Sand, 1994) with least score of 25 (Velasco, Ayuso., Contador,& Pareja,2015). Health conditions that can interferers with progress of the study, like pregnancy, cauda equina syndrome, complex regional pain syndrome, patients with associated pathologies that made it impossible to perform the PNE program (myopathies and neurological disorders). Participant that is undergoing another form of management within the duration limit of this study. Patients with Beck depression scores of < 11. Patients with Beck anxiety scores <1.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1.understanding the concept of PNE by participants 2. Pain intensity 3. Functional disability 4. Anxiety 5. Depression	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Effect of physical activities and work 2.Tendency of the participants to magnify pain threat value 3.level of improvement	—

Countries

Nigeria

Contacts

Public ContactMohammad Idris Abdullahi

Chief Physiotherapist

inuwasco@gmail.com+2347036047680

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026