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Characteristics of Pain in Women With Lipoedema

NCT ID: NCT05114317

Last Updated: 2021-11-09

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-04-01

Study Completion Date

2022-04-30

Brief Summary

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This observational study will seek to investigate the following questions in women with lipoedema:

* pain characteristics, intensity and patterns of pain
* the relationships between the characteristics, intensity and patterns of pain and age, ethnicity, location, employment status, levels of anxiety/depression, walking ability, ability to work, relations with other people, impact on sleep and quality of life.
* the impact of pain treatments or medications on the intensity of pain. The information will be collected via an online survey and participants will be recruited through social media platforms.

Detailed Description

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Lipoedema is a chronic adipose tissue disorder that occurs almost exclusively in women and affects approximately 11% worldwide. Pain is a recurring feature described by people with lipoedema (pwL) with a recent study reporting 88.3% of patients indicating pain as a clinical feature. It has been suggested, with chronic long-term conditions, that the pain people experience can be moulded by a myriad of elements.This includes biomedical, psychosocial (e.g. patients' beliefs, expectations, and mood), and behavioural factors (e.g. context, responses by significant others). PwL often experience significant impairment in their daily activities and quality of life. It has further been found that psychological and the biomedical consequences of lipoedema can increase the chances of anxiety and depression which can subsequently further impact on quality of life and pain experience.

This observational study will seek to investigate the following questions in women with lipoedema:

* pain characteristics, intensity and patterns of pain
* the relationships between the characteristics, intensity and patterns of pain and age, ethnicity, location, employment status, levels of anxiety/depression, walking ability, ability to work, relations with other people, impact on sleep and quality of life.
* the impact of pain treatments or medications on the intensity of pain. INformation about pain characteristics, demographics, mood, functional ability and quality of life will be collected via an online survey and participants will be recruited through social media platforms.

Conditions

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Lipedema

Keywords

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Pain Emotional status Quality of life

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Women with Lipoedema

No interventions administered.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women with lipoedema
* 16 years and older

Exclusion Criteria

\- Inability to provide consent
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Glasgow Caledonian University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Chee Wee Tan, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Glasgow Caledonian University

Locations

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Glasgow Caledonian University

Glasgow, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United Kingdom

Central Contacts

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Chee Wee Tan, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +44 (0)141 331 8038

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Chee Wee Tan, PhD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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EC2_CWT

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id