The Effects of Pain Neuroscience Education in a Spanish-Speaking Population

Shenandoah University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Educational Problems; Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: PNE lecture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03785353

ShenandoahU(2018-2019)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE) has been shown to be effective to alter beliefs and decrease pain among individuals with musculoskeletal pain. Additionally, PNE has been shown to alter beliefs among middle school children. This study plans to assess the effects of PNE within a group of Spanish-speaking individuals.

Full description

Chronic pain is a topic of discussion that is becoming increasingly prevalent among healthcare professionals. With the ever-growing opioid epidemic, there are a variety of discussions on different modes of treatment other than opioid prescription. Pain neuroscience education, or PNE, is one of these alternative treatment options. PNE focuses on a patient's understanding of pain itself and relates this to the current pain they are experiencing. PNE is often a discussion between provider and patient that utilizes a series of stories, metaphors, and examples where pain is described from a point of view that is not strictly medical. Recent literature suggests there is a lack of knowledge regarding pain in the United States, particularly in the Spanish-speaking population. This population is also less likely to seek a physician's advice for pain management. For these reasons, this study will focus on the Spanish-speaking population within the Winchester community. Due to success within prior PNE studies, this study will be conducted through a classroom lecture. The overarching purpose of this study is to examine the change in knowledge of pain in the Spanish-speaking population immediately following a PNE lecture composed of stories, metaphors, and examples about pain. Because Spanish-speaking individuals are less likely to seek out a medical provider, the study may support an additional treatment option for managing chronic pain. Not only will this provide further research to support the benefits of PNE, but there is the potential to modify a participant's perception of their own pain through this educational lecture.

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants must speak Spanish at least 50% of the time at home OR Spanish must be the first language learned. Participants must also be willing to sit and listen to lecture and fill out quiz before and after.

Exclusion criteria

• Any individual under the age of 18 will be excluded from the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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8 participants in 1 patient group

PNE Group

Experimental group

Description:

A group of Spanish-speaking individuals will listen to a translated lecture related to PNE (PNE lecture). They will fill out the R-NPQ pre and post the lecture.

Treatment:

Behavioral: PNE lecture