Exercise Videos - Perspectives of People Living With Chronic Pain

Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Pain; Exercise

Treatments: Other: Focus group

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05925088

RG521-22

Details and patient eligibility

About

Exercise videos on the internet are used by millions worldwide to provide structure and motivation. They can guide exercise execution and play a role in helping people to maintain regular exercise.

On completion of the Pain Management Programme (PMP) at the Walton Centre, many patients are measurably more able bodied as a result (or at least part of a result) of regular engagement in exercise. Despite these positive outcomes and the patients stated intent to continue with exercise, many patients are struggling to maintain exercise in a meaningful way when re-assessed at their six month follow up appointment.

Patients have expressed that videos of the exercises would have motivated them to engage in sustained regular exercise in a more meaningful manner.

As physiotherapists, the investigators would like to ask a sample of patients on the PMP whether they anticipate exercise videos, reflecting the exercises practised on the PMP, would be beneficial for them to support maintenance/ sustainability of PMP exercises. Exercises practiced on the PMP include stretches, repeated movements in sitting, standing and lying, Pilates, yoga, normalised/functional movements and patients may like these exercises included in the videos.

The investigators plan to approach this using two focus groups followed by a qualitative analysis of recorded transcripts of the group discussions. Data would be analysed using a thematic analysis to establish key themes related to the research questions. The information gathered will inform the value of and content / format of specifically developed exercise videos.

The outcome of this project will inform the investigators of the use of exercise videos in this patient population and the value of this in encouraging people to keep up exercise over a sustained period. Other centres working with patients with chronic pain may be able to learn valuable lessons from this project in informing their own exercise promotion materials for their patients.

Enrollment: 13 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Have attended a PMP at the Walton Centre within the last 12 months
• Aged 18+
• Able to provide written informed consent in English

Exclusion criteria

• Have not attended a PMP at the Walton Centre, or have attended >12 months ago

Trial design

13 participants in 2 patient groups

Focus group 1

Treatment:

Other: Focus group

Focus group 2

Treatment:

Other: Focus group