Integrative Medicine for Chronic Pain (POSITIVE)

Universität Duisburg-Essen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Pain

Treatments: Other: Multimodal integrative medicine inpatient treatment program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02038244

135393-BO

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, the effects of a 14-day inpatient treatment in an internal medicine ward for integrative medicine on pain, disability, quality of life, satisfaction with life, depression, and anxiety will be investigated. Furthermore the influence of potential process variables will be evaluated.

Effects will be measured after completion of the program (2 weeks), and at 6 months follow up after start of the program.

Enrollment: 300 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosed with any chronic pain condition
• at least 6 months pain duration
• written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• participation in any other clinical study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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300 participants in 1 patient group

Integrative Medicine

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Multimodal integrative medicine inpatient treatment program