Scool of Pain (SchooP): A Way to Create Value in Healthcare? (SchooP)

January 14, 2026 updated by: Pernille Friis Rønne, Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Implementation and Evaluation of a Novel Pain School Intervention Targeting Patients With Chronic Non-cancer Pain as a Tool to Achieve Value in Healthcare.

BACKGROUND: Chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) is a disabling condition with radical consequences. Magic fix-it solutions do not exist. CNCP is a condition for life, calling for healthcare services supporting its management. Value-based healthcare is a method to work with healthcare that, in the Capital Region of Denmark, serves as a framework for clinicians, administrators, and politicians to deliver healthcare services that create value for patients within available resources. An investigation conducted in collaboration between the Danish Health Association and Danish Regions, involving patients, medical experts, municipality representatives, and general practitioners found that the following preferences should be addressed to achieve value-based healthcare in multidisciplinary treatment of CNCP: Quality of life; acceptance; maintenance, and labor market; communication; social life; sleep; physical status and energy administration; pain management and -relief; emotional status and mood.

In response to the requirement to provide value in healthcare, the Multidisciplinary Pain Centre at Rigshospitalet designed a pain school intervention based on identified preferences. Previous studies have documented the benefits of educational programs in the multidisciplinary treatment of CNCP, but also ethnic/racial and socioeconomic disparities in treatment responses. The present study AIMED to evaluate patients' experience of participating in a pain school, designed to create value in healthcare in the multidisciplinary treatment of CNCP.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

DESIGN: The pain school intervention was evaluated using a questionnaire completed by the participants immediately after each of the seven pain school sessions. The questionnaire had two questions: 1: The topic of the pain school session was relevant for me. 2: The teachers communicated the topic of the pain school session appropriately. After the seventh and last pain school session, the participants were also asked to provide an overall evaluation of the pain school using a questionnaire with 9 questions across 4 categories.

The pain school was additionally evaluated using a qualitative design, with focus group interviews with pain school participants and individual interviews with patients who had three or more no-shows or cancellations.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

82

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

  • Denmark
      • Copenhagen, Denmark, 2200
        • Multidisciplinary Paincenter, Department of Anaesthesia, Pain, and Respiratory Support, the Neuroscience Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

The pain school participants were referred to the pain school by the multidisciplinary healthcare provides from the study setting in cohesion with the following criteria:

Inclusion criteria

  • Patient motivation
  • Ability to join a group and attend a classroom for 2 hours
  • Logistical feasibility
  • Sufficient energy

Exclusion cireteria

  • Inability to understand and speak Danish
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Current resource-demanding opioid-tapering
  • Unstable attendance to appointments.

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: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Pain school participants
Other: Pain school intervention

The pain school intervention consists of seven sessions of two hours duration, varying between teaching, joint reflections, and exercises, carried out once a week for up to 15 patients. The pain school intervention is framed by a biopsychosocial approach, delivered by a team of by multidisciplinary pain specialists. A temporary version of the pain scholl intervention was presented for patient representatives and refined according to their comments.

The topics of the final pain school sessions include:

1) Welcome and introduction, 2) Effect and side effects of medication, 3) Balancing demands and resources, 4) Social relationships, 5) Sleep, sofa, and sex, 6) Everyday life, 7) Completion and networking.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The topic of the pain school session was relevant for me?
Time Frame: Day 1.
The Question had five response categories ranging from zero (not at all) to four (to a very great extent).
Day 1.
The teachers communicated the topic of the pain school session appropriately.
Time Frame: Day 1.
The Question had five response categories ranging from zero (not at all) to four (to a very great extent).
Day 1.

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Overall evaluation of the pain school asking nine questions within four categories.
Time Frame: Day 1.
Each question item has five respons categories ranging from very dissatisfied to very satisfied.
Day 1.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 12, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 11, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

December 11, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 6, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 14, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

January 23, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 23, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 14, 2026

Last Verified

January 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • F-23056260

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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