New Educational Tool for FM

NCT ID: NCT04571853

Last Updated: 2020-10-01

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

300 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-09-21

Study Completion Date

2021-10-10

Brief Summary

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This study aims at analyzing the usefulness of a new educational tool developed by Pain Revolution, a compendium of 9 fact sheets along with a related quiz in patients from the Hospital Vall d'Hebron of Barcelona suffering from fibromyalgia, compared to a non-education group. The present study also aims at comparing the usefulness of the new tool based on PNE in two different formats: read and explained.

Detailed Description

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Main objective

A compendium of 9 fact sheets along with a related quiz have been developed in order to provide overall population current pain-science knowledge. The present study aims at analyzing the usefulness of this new tool based on pain neuroscience education (PNE) in patients from the Hospital Vall d'Hebron of Barcelona suffering from fibromyalgia, compared to a non-education group.

Secondary objective

Due to the extended content of the fact sheets, these can be delivered to the patient as a reading material or can be used as a support material in a educational presentation. Therefore, this study also aims at comparing the usefulness of the new tool based on PNE in two different formats: read autonomously by the patient and explained by a pain-science expert to the patient.

This is a tree-arm RCT: TAU group and intervention group with 2 different groups as follows:

The intervention program is divided in two groups. Both groups will be provided with the PNE fact sheets but in different format (read and explained) and will be given one week to comprehend the content before to assess their knowledge. Therefore, intervention groups will be informed that a quiz about the fact sheets will be delivered to each one in order to asses their acquired knowledge.

There are 9 fact sheets overall. And each fact sheet incorporates two pages relating to one main concept. The first of two pages introduces the concept, and the second one quotes important ideas that emerge from the main concept. The 9 main concepts and consequent ideas presented in the fact sheets are based on current scientific research in pain science and have been selected and structured specifically for PNE education for chronic pain patients. The fact sheets have been fully developed and designed by Pain Revolution, a pain educator network founded by Professor Lorimer Moseley, group leader in Body in Mind Research Group from University of South Australia.

Conditions

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Fibromyalgia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Parallel Assignment Single-blind, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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PNE-explained group

The participants in the PNE-explained group will be explained the fact sheets with an explanatory video (due to COVID-19 circumstances) conducted by the therapist M.S. The video will last one hour approximately and it contains a presentation by Mayte Serrat with a view of the fact sheets. This group will be given one week to watch the video and comprehend its content.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

PNE-explained group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

There are 9 fact sheets overall. And each fact sheet incorporates two pages relating to one main concept. The first of two pages introduces the concept, and the second one quotes important ideas that emerge from the main concept. The 9 main concepts and consequent ideas presented in the fact sheets are based on current scientific research in pain science and have been selected and structured specifically for PNE education for chronic pain patients. The fact sheets have been fully developed and designed by Pain Revolution, a pain educator network founded by Professor Lorimer Moseley, group leader in Body in Mind Research Group from University of South Australia.

PNE-read group

The PNE-read group will receive the fact sheets via email along with instructions regarding the content and the procedure to read the content. Instructions will suggest to read only two fact sheets per day during 4,5 days. It will be suggested to take 30 minutes at least for each fact sheet.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

PNE-read group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The PNE-read group will receive the fact sheets via email along with instructions regarding the content and the procedure to read the content. Instructions will suggest to read only two fact sheets per day during 4,5 days. It will be suggested to take 30 minutes at least for each fact sheet.

TAU group

Participants allocated into this group will maintain treatment as usual (TAU) and will follow the recommendations by their usual health professional.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

TAU group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants allocated to this group will maintain treatment as usual (TAU) and will follow the recommendations by their usual health professiona

Interventions

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PNE-explained group

There are 9 fact sheets overall. And each fact sheet incorporates two pages relating to one main concept. The first of two pages introduces the concept, and the second one quotes important ideas that emerge from the main concept. The 9 main concepts and consequent ideas presented in the fact sheets are based on current scientific research in pain science and have been selected and structured specifically for PNE education for chronic pain patients. The fact sheets have been fully developed and designed by Pain Revolution, a pain educator network founded by Professor Lorimer Moseley, group leader in Body in Mind Research Group from University of South Australia.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

PNE-read group

The PNE-read group will receive the fact sheets via email along with instructions regarding the content and the procedure to read the content. Instructions will suggest to read only two fact sheets per day during 4,5 days. It will be suggested to take 30 minutes at least for each fact sheet.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

TAU group

Participants allocated to this group will maintain treatment as usual (TAU) and will follow the recommendations by their usual health professiona

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adults from 18 to 75 years-old.
* 1990 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria + the 2011 modified ACR diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia
* Able to understand Spanish and accept to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

* Participating in concurrent or past RCTs (previous year).
* Comorbidity with severe mental disorders (i.e. psychosis) or neurodegenerative diseases (i.e. Alzheimer) that that would limit the ability of the patient to participate in the RCT.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of South Australia

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Lorimer Moseley, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of South Australia

Sara Marsall, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Hospital Universitari Vall dHebron

Locations

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Mayte Serrat

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Spain

Central Contacts

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Mayte Serrat, MSc

Role: CONTACT

+34934893891 ext. 6644

Elena Granell

Role: CONTACT

+34934893891

Facility Contacts

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Mayte Serrat, MSc

Role: primary

+34934893891 ext. 6644

Role: backup

+34934893891

Other Identifiers

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NEW EDUCATION TOOL

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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