Impact of a Course on Stress Reduction

Chronic Pain Clinical Trial

— YOGA  

Official title:

The Impact of a Course on Stress Reduction Techniques on Satisfaction, Stress, Performance, and Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Pain

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00902863
• Other study ID #: 08-070
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 12, 2009
• Last updated: May 6, 2010
• Start date: February 2009
• Est. completion date: March 2010

Study information

• Verified date: May 2009
• Source: McMaster University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Ethics Review Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This project seeks to measure the effectiveness of a course in self-management strategies (including yoga, mindfulness, and breathing exercises). The course will be provided by a certified yoga instructor to patients being followed at the Pain Management Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS).

Description:

The Pain Management Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences is organizing a course in stress reduction techniques for patients with chronic pain. The Pain Centre has arranged for a local certified yoga instructor to lead a 6-week course that she has developed for our specific patient population. The course will include self-management strategies for pain control, such as breathing exercises, yoga poses, and mindfulness meditation. Standardized questionnaires and a semi-structured interview to record baseline and post-course outcomes. The study will involve the following questionnaires/surveys/interviews: 1) Canadian Occupational Performance Measure, 2) Perceived Stress Scale, 3) Burckhardt Quality of Life Scale, 4) Visual Analog Score, and 5) written questions concerning patient demographics, the patient's chronic pain condition, and their satisfaction with the course. The participants would be asked to fill out questionnaires at three different times: 1) baseline data collected within two weeks of starting course, 2) short-term outcome data within two weeks of completing course, and 3) long-term outcome data four to six months after the course.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 5
• Est. completion date: March 2010
• Est. primary completion date: March 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients have a history of moderate to severe chronic pain

Exclusion Criteria:

• non-English speaking patients

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Pain

Intervention

Behavioral:
• YOGA
Patients with chronic pain will undergo a six week course of YOGA

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Hamilton Health Sciences	Hamilton	Ontario

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

References & Publications (1)

Mead K, Theadom A, Byron K, Dupont S. Pilot study of a 4-week Pain Coping Strategies (PCS) programme for the chronic pain patient. Disabil Rehabil. 2007 Feb 15;29(3):199-203. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Performance and Satisfaction using Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)		6 months	No
Secondary	Pain relief using VAS and pain scores		6 months	No