HRV and Pain Intensity

Moens Maarten

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Chronic Pain

Treatments: Other: Heart Rate Variability; Other: Pain intensity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04539353

INTERVAL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to explore the association between pain intensity and heart rate variability in patients with chronic pain.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with chronic pain for at least 3 months
• Age > 18 years
• Patient has been informed of the study procedures and has given written informed consent
• Patient willing to comply with study protocol

Exclusion criteria

• Healthy patients or patients with acute pain.
• Evidence of an active disruptive psychiatric disorder that may impact perception of pain, and/or ability to evaluate treatment outcome as determined by investigator
• Patients were excluded if they had one or more coexisting conditions known to affect HRV analysis.

Trial design

200 participants in 1 patient group

chronic pain

Description:

Patients with chronic pain, regardless of the cause of the pain.

Treatment:

Other: Pain intensity

Other: Heart Rate Variability