Expressed Beliefs About the Cause of Pain in a Paediatric Population (EBPain)

Expressed Beliefs About the Cause of Pain in a Paediatric Population: a Mixed Explanatory Sequential Study.

The aims of this study are to explore what beliefs children and adolescents manifest about the cause of the pain they describe; to compare whether if there are differences between beliefs by age and by persistence of pain; and to relate explanations of the cause of pain with current scientific evidence to determine if these beliefs are erroneous.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Chronic Pain; Pediatric ALL; Pain Perception
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Explanations of the cause of pain

Detailed Description

Design:

Mixed (explanatory sequential). The primary endpoint of the study were explanations of the cause of pain recorded by means of an open-ended question.

Setting:

The participants were school-age children attending a charted school in the province of Barcelona.

Participants:

Of the 345 potential school participants, 306 agreed to participate. 36 pupils were excluded when applying the eligibility criteria, so the resulting sample was of 270.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 345

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Barcelona
    • Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, Spain, 08800
      • Laura Menés Fernández

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 10 years to 16 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The participants in this study were a convenience sample of schoolchildren aged 10- 16 years from a charter school (Barcelona, Spain), a school large enough to have a sufficient sample.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• to be schooled at the El Cim school
• to be between 10 and 16 years old (both included)
• to have or have had pain in the last month; to be able to read and write in Catalan and/or Spanish.

Exclusion Criteria:

• had an intellectual disability and/or cognitive impairment that interfered with their participation
• had not submitted the informed consent form duly completed and signed by their legal guardians

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Explanations of the cause of pain	Participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire where they were asked "Do you have or have you had pain in the last month?" and "Why do you think you have or have had this pain?". The answer is an open response.	1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Rovira i Virgili

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Huguet A, Miro J. The severity of chronic pediatric pain: an epidemiological study. J Pain. 2008 Mar;9(3):226-36. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2007.10.015. Epub 2007 Dec 21.
• 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.
• Salvat I, Adillon C, Andres EM, Monterde S, Miro J. Development of the Conceptualization of Pain Questionnaire: A Measure to Study How Children Conceptualize Pain. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Apr 6;18(7):3821. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18073821.
• Hassett AL, Hilliard PE, Goesling J, Clauw DJ, Harte SE, Brummett CM. Reports of chronic pain in childhood and adolescence among patients at a tertiary care pain clinic. J Pain. 2013 Nov;14(11):1390-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2013.06.010. Epub 2013 Sep 7.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): June 30, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 24, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 7, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): February 16, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 16, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 7, 2023
• Last Verified: February 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Chronic Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: 114/2018

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