Feasibility Study of an Online Self-management Program for Chronic Non-cancer Pain

Laval University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Treatments

Behavioral: Pain self-management program

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05319652

2022-6312

Details and patient eligibility

About

Based on a mixed-methods design, the objective of this trial is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the "Agir pour moi" program, an 8-week online self-management program for chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP). The investigators will also explore its potential effects on self-efficacy, pain interference, pain severity, anxiety, depression, catastrophizing, and global impression of change in adults with CNCP awaiting services from a chronic pain multidisciplinary treatment center.

Full description

The mixed-methods sequential explanatory design combines a quantitative questionnaire-based study with a subsequent in depth qualitative approach.

Enrollment

63 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Age ≥ 18 years;
live with CNCP for more than 3 months;
read and understand French easily;
have access to a computer and high-speed Internet;
be available to take part in the project for 6 to 8 months;
not having started a new treatment for pain within the last month;
agree to notify the team before starting a new treatment;
be able to give informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

be supported by a multidisciplinary treatment center or be likely to be in the short term;
having participated in a CNCP self-management program within the last year;
be awaiting scheduled surgical treatment within six months.