Multidisciplinary Intervention for Non-Cancer Chronic Pain: Pilot Study (MICNP)

Victor Ortiz Mallasen

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Chronic Non-cancer Pain; Non-cancer Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Multidisciplinary Intervention Program for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07273084

PILOT-12PAT-2025

Details and patient eligibility

About

Introduction:

Non-cancer chronic pain (NCCP) persists beyond the injury that caused it, affecting approximately 20% of the global population (around 1.6 billion people) and 17-18% in Spain (about 8 million people). Its treatment is complex and often insufficient, highlighting the need for an integrated, multimodal, multidisciplinary approach coordinated between primary and hospital care.

Objective:

To evaluate the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary intervention program combining pain neuroscience education, therapeutic physical exercise, and promotion of healthy habits, aiming to improve health-related quality of life in individuals with NCCP at the Benicàssim Health Center.

Methodology:

This is a quasi-experimental, before-and-after pilot study, non-randomized, without a control group, using a convenience sample of 12 participants. Sociodemographic, health-related, and clinical variables will be measured, including health-related quality of life, central sensitization, kinesiophobia, catastrophizing, pain level, body mass index, sleep quality, perceived social support, anxiety, and depression. Measurements will be taken before the program, at completion, and at 3 months.

The intervention is a 6-week group program with 17 sessions, combining pain neuroscience education, individualized therapeutic exercises, and promotion of healthy habits. Data will be analyzed using SPSS v.29 with a significance level of p<0.05.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 79 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individuals aged between 18 and 79 years.
• Individuals diagnosed with non-cancer chronic pain lasting more than 3 months.

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals with pain of oncologic origin.
• Individuals who have experienced a fracture or undergone surgery within the past year.
• Pregnant women.
• Individuals without adequate understanding of the Spanish language.
• Individuals with cognitive impairment that prevents them from performing the program's interventions.
• Individuals with physical performance deficits that prevent them from carrying out the program's activities.
• Individuals with urinary and/or fecal incontinence.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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12 participants in 1 patient group

Experimental: Multidisciplinary Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

All participants will receive a multidisciplinary intervention program lasting 6 weeks, consisting of 17 sessions that combine pain neuroscience education, individualized therapeutic exercises, and promotion of healthy lifestyle habits. The program aims to improve pain management skills and health-related quality of life in patients with non-cancer chronic pain.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Multidisciplinary Intervention Program for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain