Singing for Chronic Pain, a New Intervention for the Management of Chronic Pain

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Chronic Pain

Treatments: Other: Singing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04111861

2019 RCHT 61

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the project is to determine the feasibility of delivering a Singing for Chronic Pain (SCP) programme to patients with chronic pain attending a pain clinic.

The investigator will also be looking to provide a preliminary estimate of the benefit of SCP on self-efficacy, self -management skills, mindfulness and well-being as measured by standardized outcome measures.

Enrollment: 24 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years of age or older and have a diagnosis of chronic pain with a duration of 6 months or more.

Exclusion criteria

• Having a mental health and/or physical health diagnosis that might prevent active engagement/participation in group sessions; Severe hearing impairment; Severe/profound cognitive impairment that may limit active engagement/participation in group sessions.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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24 participants in 1 patient group

Intevention

Experimental group

Description:

To see if singing can be used as a detractive method from patients experiencing ongoing pain.

Treatment:

Other: Singing