Development of a Pain Rehabilitation Program for Chronic Pain After SCI

This study follows the guidelines of Medical Research Council for complex interventions and the proposed iterative feasibility process to improve and prepare the intervention for future testing in an RCT study. The research group will, toghether with a reference groups, develop a digital intervention porposal. The program will be a team-based, goal-oriented program for patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and chronic pain.

In this study, eligible participants are included in an 8 week pain rehabilitation program. The program is developed through user-involvement i.e. together with clinicians (experienced in pain rehabilitation and/or SCI rehabilitation), stakeholders, researchers and individuals with SCI. The program will include video material for education, home exercises and group discussions led by clinicians with long experience in pain rehabilitation and SCI.

The participants will fill in self-assessed questionaries at baseline and after the finish of the program about their pain, sleep, mood and quality of life. After the program some of the participants will be asked to participate in semi-structured interviews about how they navigate and engage with different components of the program. The patients will be recruited during a rutine follow up at an SCI clinic.

Seven factors will be studied to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the program, based on set goals according to the Traffic Light method.