An Evaluation of a Public Health Campaign in a High School Setting Targeting Pain Related Knowledge and Beliefs
January 10, 2023 updated by: Mrs Jagjit Mankelow, Teesside University
The beliefs held by students lead to behaviours in response to their pain which can be both helpful or a hindrance to how they manage their pain. The one-day education event aims to educate the cohort on the contemporary scientific understanding of persistent pain. It is hoped this event will result in an improvement in the alignment of beliefs and behaviours to contemporary understanding of persistent pain.
The principal aim is to evaluate the pre-post beliefs about pain following a one-day pain education event.
Study Overview
Detailed Description
The students will be asked to complete two questionnaires relating to their understanding of pain.
One at the start of the conference and one at the end .
The first questionnaire will gather demographic information (age, gender, ethnicity and any history of persistent pain).
The following questions will be a series of multiple-choice questions relating to beliefs about persistent pain.
The second questionnaire to be completed at the end of the day will be identical to the first, minus the demographic questions.
Each questionnaire should take 5-10 minutes to complete.
So total involvement in this study will be less than 20 minutes.
The questionnaires will be provided in an unmarked brown envelope.
The envelope will contain two questionnaires one marked "before" and one marked "after".
Participants will be asked to complete the "before" questionnaire at the start of the day and then put it back in their envelope.
At the end of the day, they will be asked to complete the "after questionnaire".
Participants will keep the envelope with them during the day and at no point will their name or any other identifiable information go on the form.
At the end of the day, they will be asked to leave the anonymous envelope in a designated area in the room.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
90
Phase
- Not Applicable
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
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Berkshire
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Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom, RG4 6DX
- Queen Anne College
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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
16 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria: students at one of six schools in Berkshire who had been offered the pain study day.
Aged above 16. Providing consent to participate.
Exclusion Criteria:
Students not providing consent.
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
- Primary Purpose: Basic Science
- Allocation: N/A
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention group
High school students receiving a day of pain science education in multiple formats, lectures, experiential, completing a task which consolidates the information.
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A full day of pain science education
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Pain Beliefs Questionnaire (PBQ)
Time Frame: one day
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Helps to identify if participant beliefs are biomedical or biopsychosocial focussed, 12-item (Edwards et al, 1992, Walsh and Radcliffe, 2002).
There are 2 scales within the PBQ: the organic beliefs scale has 8 items, with score ranges from 8-48, lower scores indicate less biomedical views and higher scores indicate more biomedical views.
The psychological scale within the PBQ has 4 items with a score range of 4-24, a higher score indicates more biopsychosocial beliefs about pain and a lower score indicates less biopsychosocial beliefs.
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one day
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Concept of Pain Inventory-Adult (COPI-Adult)
Time Frame: one day
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The Concept of Pain Inventory-Adult was designed for assessing knowledge and beliefs about pain science (Pate et al, 2022).
It is a 13-item questionnaire.
Higher COPI-Adult scores reflect greater alignment with contemporary pain science (Total scores can range from 0-52).
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one day
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Vignette
Time Frame: one day
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Participants were asked what actions they would take if they had pain with regards to medication, scans, daily activity, exercise and work either based on yes/no answers or four to five multiple choice answers.
The percentage of recommendations in keeping with guidelines were measured from 0-100% with lower scores indicating intended behaviours that were not in keeping with guidelines.
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one day
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Semi-structured interviews
Time Frame: 3 months after the pain education day
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To explore pain beliefs after the education day and experience of the education day.
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3 months after the pain education day
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Publications and helpful links
The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.
General Publications
- Andias R, Sa-Couto P, Silva AG. Blended-Learning Pain Neuroscience Education and Exercise in High School Students With Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Phys Ther. 2022 Jun 3;102(6):pzac048. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzac048.
- Neto M, Andias R, Silva AG. Pain Neuroscience Education and Exercise for Neck Pain: A Focus Group Study on Adolescents' Views. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2018 Jul;30(3):196-201. doi: 10.1097/PEP.0000000000000511.
- Pate JW, Noblet T, Hush JM, Hancock MJ, Sandells R, Pounder M, Pacey V. Exploring the concept of pain of Australian children with and without pain: qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2019 Oct 28;9(10):e033199. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033199.
- Pate JW, Simons LE, Rush G, Hancock MJ, Hush JM, Verhagen A, Pacey V. The Concept of Pain Inventory for Adults (COPI-Adult): Assessing Knowledge and Beliefs Regarding Pain Science Education. Clin J Pain. 2021 Oct 12;38(1):32-40. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000990.
- Walsh DA, Radcliffe JC. Pain beliefs and perceived physical disability of patients with chronic low back pain. Pain. 2002 May;97(1-2):23-31. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3959(01)00426-2.
Study record dates
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Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
March 17, 2022
Primary Completion (Actual)
March 17, 2022
Study Completion (Actual)
March 17, 2022
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
November 23, 2022
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
November 23, 2022
First Posted (Actual)
December 5, 2022
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
January 12, 2023
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
January 10, 2023
Last Verified
January 1, 2023
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- teesside university
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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