Pain Classification in Caregivers for Children With Cerebral Palsy

Clinical Classification of Musculoskeletal Pain in Caregivers for Children With Cerebral Palsy

The care of children with Cerebral Palsy is a process that continues for many years. Individuals who take care of them experience musculoskeletal pain due to the difficulties they experience and face pain that becomes chronic over time. For individuals who take care of children with CP, determining the types of chronic pain is important in order to clarify the classification criteria and for individuals to reach better living standards by tailoring the treatments they will receive. Therefore, the aim of the study is to determine the types of chronic pain in caregivers for children with cerebral palsy.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cerebral Palsy; Musculoskeletal Pain; Chronic Pain; Caregivers

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 60

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Kutahya, Turkey, 43000
    • KutahyaHSU

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The convenience sampling will implement for this cross-sectional study. Caregivers for children with Cerebral palsy chronic pain who presented at the different Educational and Rehabilitation Center in Kutahya will screen for eligibility by a clinician and will subsequently request to participate in this study.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Having musculoskeletal pain complaints for the last 6 months or more
• experienced musculoskeletal pain or a sensitive disorder (like numbness, tingling, etc.) anywhere in body for which they stated a minimum score of 2 on a numeric pain rating scale
• pain that lasts at least 6 months
• To provide the documented diagnosis of Cerebral palsy of the child in the care of the participants.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having severe psychological illness
• Having a cognitive dysfunction
• Not participating in the assessment or submitting incomplete answers for questionnaires

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Numeric Pain Rating Scale	The NPRS was used to assess the participants' pain levels. In the NPRS, patients are asked to verbally rate the severity of their pain on a scale. The scale is composed of 0 (no pain at all) to 10 (worst imaginable pain).	1 minute
Margolis Pain Diagram	The Margolis Pain Diagram, consists of a dorsal and a ventral drawing body, is used to assess the location and distribution of the pain. Participants will ask to point out the place where they experience pain during the preceding 4 weeks for at least 24 hours	5 minute
Central Sensitization Inventory	The Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI) aims to evaluate symptoms thought to be associated with nociplastic pain. The CSI consists 25 items exploring emotional and somatic disorders associated with CS. Each response is scored from 0 to 4, yielding a total score of 0 to 100. A score of 40 or higher on the CSI means the presence of nociplastic pain.	10 minute
Short Form 36	The Short Form-36 (SF-36) is widely used to measurement of health related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaire. SF-36 is a 36-item generic self-administered instrument consisting of 8 subscales related to various aspects of HRQoL: physical functioning, physical role, bodily pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, emotional role, and mental health. The 8 subscales are scored from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better health status.	10 minute

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Quantitative sensory test	Quantitative sensory testing (QST) is a psychophysical method used to quantify somatosensory function in patients. In QST will be used various stimuli static thermal (thermotest), static mechanical ( a painter brush), pinprick (a calibrated pin) and vibration ( a tuning folk). QST will interrogate whether each stimulus is considered a sensory loss (negative sign) or sensory gain (positive sign or hyperalgesia).	10 minute

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Kutahya Health Sciences University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 15, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): January 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 7, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 7, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): May 12, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 10, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 7, 2023
• Last Verified: April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: chronic pain
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Brain Damage, Chronic; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Muscular Diseases; Cerebral Palsy; Chronic Pain; Musculoskeletal Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: KutahyaHSU pain in caregivers

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

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