Treatment Options for Pediatric Chronic Pain: How do we Best Disseminate Our Scientific Findings

January 30, 2025 updated by: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Dissemination of Scientific Findings: Wishes and Realities in the Field of Pediatric Chronic Pain

Pediatric chronic pain is a prevalent condition with manifold treatment options. However, knowledge of targeted dissemination of intervention research findings is currently lacking.

The aim of this project is to determine satisfaction with current knowledge transfer from science to clinical practice amongst health care professionals, adolescents with CPP and their parents and to understand what treatment options have been offered to patients in Swiss pain centers Three focus groups, one with health care professionals, one with adolescent patients, and one with their parents, will be conducted to determine how the dissemination of scientific evidence to clinical practice can be improved and what hurdles exists when gathering information about pain interventions. In addition, patients will be asked about the treatment options offered to them and health care professionals about which treatments they routinely prescribe and why.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

19

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Switzerland
      • Basel, Switzerland, 40555
        • Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

9 years to 14 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Adolescents with chronic pain, one of their parents and health care professionals working with adolescents with chronic pain

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Adolescent group:

  • Adolescents suffering from chronic pain (i.e., persistent or recurrent pain for three months or more)
  • Able to read and speak German

Parent group:

  • Parents of an adolescent with chronic pain
  • Able to read and speak German

Health care professionals group:

  • Health care professional working with adolescents with chronic pain
  • Able to read and speak German

Exclusion Criteria:

  • no chronic pain or experience with chronic pain

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Other
  • Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Adolescents with chronic pain
Other: No intervention, observational study
Focus Group
Parents of adolescents with chronic pain
Other: No intervention, observational study
Focus Group
Health care professionals who work with adolescents with chronic pain
Other: No intervention, observational study
Focus Group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Information seeking behavior
Time Frame: immediattely after the focus group
Participants' key messages will be reduced to major subjects by means of content analysis. The goal is to understand participants' information seeking behavior with regard to chronic pain and interventions for chronic pain
immediattely after the focus group

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Helen Koechlin, PhD, University of Basel

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 21, 2022

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 30, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 24, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 4, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

February 14, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 30, 2025

Last Verified

January 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Dissemination Focus Groups

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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