Escoge Salud (Choose Health): a Chronic Pain Self-Management Program in Middle to Older Age Hispanic Americans

Escoge Salud (Choose Health) Effects and Sustainability of a Chronic Pain Self-Management Program in Middle to Older Age Hispanic Americans

The purpose of this study is to evaluate patient satisfaction and health status before and after a 6-week established self-management training program for middle to older age Hispanic Americans living with chronic musculoskeletal pain in a large, hospital based urban health maintenance organization. The secondary aim is to evaluate the effects of remote, nonfrequent healthcare provider feedback for 6 months on health care utilization, health status and patient satisfaction.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Chronic Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) for chronic pain in Spanish; Behavioral: Remote feedback active group; Behavioral: Remote feedback control group

Detailed Description

Managing chronic pain in the US costs approximately $635 billion and half of this expenditure is for joint and arthritis related pain syndromes. Interestingly, compared with non-Hispanic whites (NHWs), Hispanic Americans (HAs) report significantly lower rates of chronic pain with consistently higher levels of pain intensity in both population and clinically based studies. Chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) incidence increases with age and the HA aging population is among the fastest growing segments of the US population. Despite reporting more intense pain, HA are less likely to seek medical care versus NHWs for acute and chronic pain. Lack of access, cultural stoicism and an external locust of control are thought to explain why HAs seek care at a reduced rate. Psychological factors play a significant role in pain experience, HAs may employ catastrophic thinking and experience more pain related anxiety which are predictors of exacerbated pain experience. Pain comorbidities may be amenable to treatment with appropriate, culturally sensitive treatment focusing on enhancing self-efficacy to manage the complex array of psychological pain comorbidities. There is a societal impact of undertreating chronic pain in the HA population. While HAs have the lowest rate of short-term sick usage (<1-2 days), they have the highest rate of long-term sick usage (>31 days). This increased long-term time off puts HAs at risk of losing their job if the time off exceeds Family Leave and Medical Act minimums. Lastly, it is well documented, HAs are hesitant to take strong pain medication and there is conflicting evidence surrounding taking over-the-counter medications for pain management. There is a need to provide culturally sensitive, effective chronic pain management treatments for HAs.

There have been 5 well designed studies (n=931) demonstrating efficacy of a trans-created Spanish version of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) for HAs with chronic musculoskeletal pain. CDSMP has demonstrated effectiveness in improving pain intensity, self-efficacy (SE) and health behaviors in a community setting . The intervention is a healthcare provider and/or peer led 2.5 hour self-management training session, 1 time per week for 6 weeks taught in a group setting in Spanish. The program is grounded in Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory and uses goal setting and problem solving as corner stones to create a personalized self-management program. Improvements post-intervention in SE predict sustainability of health behaviors and maintenance of improved health status in the long term. Additionally, remote non-frequent health care provider feedback has been associated with maintenance of health behaviors, however this his not been tested in the HA population.

The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility (patient satisfaction and change in health status) after bringing the CDSMP programming to a large urban hospital based medical center that does not currently offer a culturally sensitive, self-management training program in Spanish middle to older age HAs with chronic pain. The secondary aim is to pilot the effectiveness of an every 6th week phone/video visit feedback visit for 24 months on both health status and healthcare utilization.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 18
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • San Francisco, California, United States, 94118
      • KaiserPermanente

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 40 years to 80 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Spanish Speaking
2. Had 1 or 2 outpatient dispense records of NSAIDS between Jan 1 2018 to Dec 31 2018.
3. 5 doctor office visits between 07/01/2017 - 12/31/2018 for any health program.
4. Non-malignant musculoskeletal pain for at least 6 months
5. Interested in learning self-management
6. Ability to have telephone/video visit every 6 weeks
7. Ability to travel to medical center 1x/week for 6 weeks in the afternoon for 2.5 hours

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Major psychiatric or substance abuse problem
2. Mild cognitive impairment/dementia
3. Malignant pain or terminal illness
4. Listed in the Non-contact database

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: 6-week self-management and remote feedback for 6 months; All participants will receive the 6-week self-management program and after, half the group will be randomized to an every 6th week healthcare provider feedback phone or video visit session for 6 months (4 visits over 24 months).	Behavioral: Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) for chronic pain in Spanish; The CDSMP meets for 2.5 hours for 6 weeks. Topics covered are: understanding pain, finding resources, mindfulness, pain science, pacing, exercise, relaxation, communication, sex/intimacy, healthy eating, weight and medication management, making treatment decisions and confronting fears. Participants are encouraged to create their own personal health goals and make weekly action plans to meet their personal goals. Each week participants learn new tools and problem-solving techniques to meet their health goals and themes are repeated throughout 6-week period to ensure understanding and integration. Participants are encouraged to problem-solve and ask questions to the group about creating and carrying out their self-management plan. The intervention follows the content of the book Programa de Manejo Personal del Dolor Crónico (Living a Healthy Life with Chronic pain); Other Names: CDSMP for chronic pain in Spanish; Behavioral: Remote feedback active group; After the 6-week self management program, half the participants will be randomized to an every 6 weeks for 6 months phone or video visit from a health care provider, in Spanish. The phone or video sessions will include: review previous action-plans (goals) and provide support in forming new action-plans (goals)
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: 6-week self-management and control group for 6 months; All participants will receive the 6-week self-management program and after, half will be randomized to a 6 month control grup	Behavioral: Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) for chronic pain in Spanish; The CDSMP meets for 2.5 hours for 6 weeks. Topics covered are: understanding pain, finding resources, mindfulness, pain science, pacing, exercise, relaxation, communication, sex/intimacy, healthy eating, weight and medication management, making treatment decisions and confronting fears. Participants are encouraged to create their own personal health goals and make weekly action plans to meet their personal goals. Each week participants learn new tools and problem-solving techniques to meet their health goals and themes are repeated throughout 6-week period to ensure understanding and integration. Participants are encouraged to problem-solve and ask questions to the group about creating and carrying out their self-management plan. The intervention follows the content of the book Programa de Manejo Personal del Dolor Crónico (Living a Healthy Life with Chronic pain); Other Names: CDSMP for chronic pain in Spanish; Behavioral: Remote feedback control group; After the 6-week self-management program, half the participants will be randomized to a control group for 6 months.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Self Efficacy	Spanish Arthritis self-efficacy scale (ASES). This tool has 8 questions rating 'certainty' in ability to manage health and chronic pain. It is scored on a visual analogue scale from 1-10, 1= very uncertain to 10= very certain. Higher scores indicate more self-efficacy.	baseline to 6-weeks
Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Global Health	Spanish PROMIS Global Health v1.2 measures global physical, mental and social health. It has 10 questions, 9 of which are answered on a 5-point Likert scale and 1 question on a visual analogue scale where 0=no pain and 10=worst pain imaginable. PROMIS measures are scored on a t-score metric where 50 is set to be the population norm and higher scores indicate better global health.	baseline to 6-weeks
Pain Catastrophizing	Spanish Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) evaluates 3 distinct phenomenon which are characterized by feelings of helplessness, active rumination and excessive magnification associated with pain experience. The questionnaire has 13 questions and is scored on a 5-point Likert scale, 0= not at all to 4 = all the time. Higher scores indicate more catastrophizing.	baseline to 6-weeks
Health Distress	Health Distress Scale evaluates distress and worry due to illness. It has 4 question that are answered on a 5-point Likert scale where 0= none of the time and 5= all of the time. Higher scores indicate more distress and worry.	baseline to 6-weeks
Patient Satisfaction	Adapted from Camino con Gusto study. 3 questions on satisfaction with the intervention scored on scored on a 4-point scale: 1 = Strongly disagree, 2 = Disagree, 3 = Agree, 4 = Strongly agree.	baseline to 6-weeks
Patient Global Impression	Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC) captures the patients satisfaction with the intervention by asking "How satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the self-management program?' and is scored on a 7-point scale where 7-point scale where -3 =very dissatisfied 0= neither satisfied or dissatisfied and 3= very satisfied.	baseline to 6-weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Doctors office visits	Number of Primary Care doctors office visits	6 weeks to 30-34 weeks
Emergency Room use	Number of Emergency Room visits	6 weeks to 30-34 weeks
Self Efficacy	Spanish Arthritis self-efficacy scale (ASES). This tool has 8 questions rating 'certainty' in ability to manage health and chronic pain. It is scored on a visual analogue scale from 1-10, 1= very uncertain to 10= very certain.	6-weeks to 30-34 weeks
PROMIS Global Health	Spanish PROMIS Global Health v1.2 measures global physical, mental and social health. It has 10 questions, 9 of which are answered on a 5-point Likert scale and 1 question on a visual analogue scale where 0=no pain and 10=worst pain imaginable.	6-weeks to 30-34 weeks
Pain Catastrophizing	Spanish Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) evaluates 3 distinct phenomenon which are characterized by feelings of helplessness, active rumination and excessive magnification associated with pain experience. The questionnaire has 13 questions and is scored on a 5-point Likert scale, 0= not at all to 4 = all the time	6-weeks to 30-34 weeks
Health Distress	Health Distress Scale evaluates distress and worry due to illness. It has 4 question that are answered on a 5-point Likert scale where 0= none of the time and 5= all of the time	6-weeks to 30-34 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Amy Gladin, DPT, senior physical therapist

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): February 14, 2019
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): December 31, 2021
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): December 31, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 2, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 14, 2020
• First Posted (ACTUAL): September 18, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): May 31, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 26, 2022
• Last Verified: May 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Latino; health care utilization; sustainability; Hispanic American; self-management training
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Chronic Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1326143-3

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Plan Description: The study will share de-identified health status pre/post and healthcare utilization information to other investigators upon request
• IPD Sharing Time Frame: December 2019 to December 2020
• IPD Sharing Access Criteria: Available to Investigators upon request
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No