Evaluation of a Pilot Shard-care Program for Patients With Chronic Pain in the Champlain-LHIN (Shared-Care)

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Quality of Life; Chronic Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Online Chronic Pain Management Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03531476

20180238-01H

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is evaluating an intervention consisting of a five week online mindfulness program for patients being referred to the Pain Clinic and triaged to eConsult. A pain specialist will be in contact with the patient's family physician to confirm it's appropriate and then a therapist will initiate contact with the patient to assess eligibility. The therapist will be a registered health professional with experience with patients with chronic health problems and will be supporting the online program where the participant will have communication access to them. Questionnaires will be sent at three time points to assess changes.

Full description

There are currently many patients waiting to be seen at The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic (TOHPC). However, many patients with chronic pain (CP) have exhausted medical options or could be served in the community with appropriate support for them and their family physicians (FPs). eConsult is a secure web-based platform that allows TOHPC physicians to provide pain management advice within seven days within the Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN).

In order to provide enhanced care to patients and improve the uptake of eConsult for CP, the investigators have developed a shared care model for CP in the Champlain LHIN. This program combines the use of eConsult for FPs and a 5-week self-directed online CP management program with therapist support available as needed.

Enrollment: 240 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• aged 18-years or older
• ability to understand oral and written English
• report chronic pain (≥3months)

Exclusion criteria

• refusal or inability to provide informed consent
• severe, unstable or untreated psychiatric conditions (ex. severe depression, psychosis, bipolar, etc.)
• does not have access to the internet or electronic device capable of watching videos

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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240 participants in 1 patient group

Online chronic pain management program

Experimental group

Description:

There is only one arm. Those who consent to participate in the study and take the online self-directed chronic pain management program with therapist support.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online Chronic Pain Management Program