Pain Screening in Refugee Survivors of Torture

Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain, Chronic

Treatments: Other: Brief Pain Inventory Short Form

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03018782

1608017472

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators are evaluating refugee torture survivors who are receiving services at the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights. There are two research questions in this study: if the current standard of care results in the under or missed diagnosis of pain and pain syndromes, and if a validated pain screening tool can supplement the current standard protocol used in the assessments of survivors of torture.

Full description

The research plan consists of three components:

1. The Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights will coordinate with the research team regarding eligible subjects.
2. Researchers will contact potential subjects utilizing interpreter services.
3. Interested participants will be scheduled for an appointment for an examination by a pain physician and to complete the Brief Pain Inventory.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men and women from any country over the age of 18
• refugees receiving services from the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights

Exclusion criteria

• Have not experienced torture
• Subjects whose representative does not believe that they are a good candidate for the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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25 participants in 1 patient group

Brief Pain Inventory Short Form

Other group

Description:

Completes the Brief Pain Inventory Short Form

Treatment:

Other: Brief Pain Inventory Short Form