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Effects and Mechanisms of Pain Neuroscience Education in Patients With Fibromyalgia
Sponsor: Taipei Medical University
Summary
This randomized controlled trials study aims, first, to determine the effectiveness of a nurse-led PNE program designed by a multidisciplinary team, compared with an active control group on pain intensity, fibromyalgia (FM) severity, pain catastrophizing, and cognitive performance in patients with FM. Second, to determine the mediator role of pain catastrophizing in the effects of PNE on outcomes of interest. Third, to explore PNE-induced changes to the brain circuitry using QEEG in patients with FM.
Official title: Effects and Mechanisms of Pain Neuroscience Education on Pain Severity, Disease Severity, Pain Catastrophizing, and Cognitive Function in Patients With Fibromyalgia : A Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 64 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
98
Start Date
2023-09-06
Completion Date
2026-07-31
Last Updated
2024-11-20
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Self-management education
A self-management of the FM handbook will be provided. SME will be delivered via weekly video calls over a 6-week period. The video call lasting for 15 minutes, will consist of reviewing the weekly self-management content (5 min), questioning and answering related to the content of the self-management handbook (5 min), and a debriefing session (5 min).
pain neuroscience education
Participants in the experimental group will receive a 6-week PNE program. The PNE program that is designed to explain pain to the participants will be implemented via 6 individual face-to-face sessions, each lasting for 45 minutes over a 6-week period. Printed take-home materials will be provided to the participants to enhance learning. The goal of PNE is to increase participants' knowledge about pain to help them reconceptualize their beliefs about pain and decrease perceived threats of pain. The content will be composed according to the second edition of the book, "Explain Pain" by Butler and Mosley (2013) as well as etiologies of fibromyalgia. Accordingly, the PI has developed the preliminary PNE content.
Locations (1)
Bio-Behavior Research Laboratory
Taipei, Taiwan