Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation of Patients With Chronic Widespread Pain

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

192 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-05-31

Study Completion Date

2014-01-31

Brief Summary

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The primary objective of the current study is to evaluate the outcome of an interdisciplinary multi-component rehabilitation programme customized to patients with chronic widespread pain (CWP) based on multidimensional diagnostic assessment including sub-grouping, and aiming to improve functional ability in everyday life. The hypothesis is that a patient-focused multi-disciplinary rehabilitation approach will improve both functional ability and quality of life for patients with CWP.

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Detailed Description

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Chronic widespread pain (CWP) is common in the general population and represents a major clinical challenge due to the complexity of the disorder. Apart from pain, CWP comprises a range of secondary features including non-restorative sleep, fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, emotionally distress and disability affecting daily life activities and health-related quality of life. CWP is strongly associated with incapacity for normal employment and poor social participation, and incurs high direct medical costs as well as significant indirect costs, e.g. sick-leave and disability compensation.

Currently there are no official recommendations concerning the diagnosing and management of patients suffering from CWP in the European health care system. The complexity of the condition underlines the necessity of a comprehensive multi-dimensional assessment and a patient-focused multi-component intervention.

The present study is a prospective, pragmatic randomized controlled trial (RCT), with blinded outcome assessors, aiming to evaluate the outcome of an interdisciplinary multi-component rehabilitation programme customized to patients with CWP and focusing on functional ability and adaptations in everyday life. 176 patients with CWP recruited from the department of rheumatology at Frederiksberg Hospital will be consecutively enrolled in the study over a 1-year period. Participants will be randomized to a 2-weeks non-residential, group-based, multi-component treatment course conducted by an interdisciplinary team or 6-months waiting list for the same course.

The instrumentation for intervention planning, as well as for outcome evaluation, will be based on an ICF measurement framework, as recommended by WHO and performance-based assessment of functional ability (AMPS) and self-reported, health-related quality of life (SF-36) will be applied as primary outcome measures.

Overall, the study results is expected to contribute to the development of more cost-effective health care strategies aiming at prevention of mal-adaptive illness behaviour and progressive functional loss in patients suffering from CWP.

Conditions

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Chronic Widespread Pain Fibromyalgia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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waiting list assignment

6 months waiting list assignment followed by the 2-week interdisciplinary rehabilitation programme

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Intervention: interdisciplinary rehabilitation programme

A two-weeks non-residential, group-based, psycho-educative treatment course conducted by an interdisciplinary team.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

interdisciplinary rehabilitation

Intervention Type OTHER

A two-weeks non-residential, group-based, psycho-educative, multi-component treatment course conducted by an interdisciplinary team consisting of a rheumatologist, a nurse, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and a psychologist. The rehabilitation Programme comprises of a combination of lectures and group discussions, as well as instructions during physical exercise and task performance. The main focus is on education and adaptations in everyday life. There is a scheduled Programme for every day, with a daily time schedule between four and six hours. There will be a maximum of eight participants in each group.

Interventions

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interdisciplinary rehabilitation

A two-weeks non-residential, group-based, psycho-educative, multi-component treatment course conducted by an interdisciplinary team consisting of a rheumatologist, a nurse, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and a psychologist. The rehabilitation Programme comprises of a combination of lectures and group discussions, as well as instructions during physical exercise and task performance. The main focus is on education and adaptations in everyday life. There is a scheduled Programme for every day, with a daily time schedule between four and six hours. There will be a maximum of eight participants in each group.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* age above 18
* fulfills the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 1990 classification criteria of widespread musculoskeletal pain i.e. reporting of pain axially and in all 4 body quadrants for a minimum duration of 3 months
* willing to participate in a 2-week group-based rehabilitation programme

Exclusion Criteria

* severe physical impairment necessitating assistance in personal activities of daily living
* concurrent history of major psychiatric disorder not related to the pain disorder
* other medical conditions capable of causing patients symptoms (e.g. uncontrolled inflammatory/autoimmune disorder, uncontrolled endocrine disorder, malignancy)
* not Danish speaking
* enrollment in any other clinical trial within the last 30 days

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No