Pain Neurophysiology Education for Sport Therapy Students

Behavior Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Pain Neurophysiology Education on Sport Therapy Students Knowledge, Attitudes and Clinical Behaviour Towards Athletes With Chronic Pain: a Randomised Control Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03002181
• Other study ID #: PNE Edu
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 18, 2016
• Last updated: December 22, 2016
• Start date: October 2016
• Est. completion date: November 2016

Study information

• Verified date: December 2016
• Source: Teesside University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United Kingdom: Research Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The effect of a 70 minute Pain Neurophysiology Education session on Sport Therapy Students Knowledge, Attitudes and Clinical Behaviour Towards Athletes With Chronic Pain

Description:

This single-blind, randomised control trial aims to investigate the effect of a brief 70 minute Pain Neurophysiology Education session on sport therapy students knowledge, attitudes and clinical behaviour towards athletes with chronic pain. Participants will be selected from first year undergraduate and postgraduate sport therapy cohorts. Random number generator will assign participants into two subgroups. Group 1 will receive a control education on clinical 'red flags'. Red flags are questions that are routinely asked by therapists in clinical practice to screen for sinister pathology. Group 2 will receive education called 'Pain Neurophysiology Education' (taken from the Explain Pain publication). This mode of education uses the neurophysiology of pain to explain the experience, and has been used as an educational tool for patient, healthcare practitioners and students alike. Data collection (completion of three questionnaires) will take place immediately prior, and immediately after each education session.

The change in these outcomes pre and post intervention will subsequently be compared between groups.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: November 2016
• Est. primary completion date: November 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 1st year undergraduate sport therapy students

• 1st year postgraduate, pre-registration sport therapy students

• Enrolled at Teesside University, UK.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous detailed pain education on either PNE or Red Flags.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Attitude
• Behavior
• Knowledge

Intervention

Other:
• Education
70 minute education session.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Teesside University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain Neurophysiology Quiz. (knowledge)	A 13 point validated questionnaire assessing participant knowledge of contemporary pain knowledge.	Outcome measure assessed IMMEDIATELY post intervention, on the same day. NO FOLLOW UP.	No
Primary	The Health Care Pain Attitudes and Impairment Relationship Scale. (attitudes)	A 13 item validated likert-scale questionnaire to measure health care professionals attitudes towards the ability of patients with pain to function despite their pain.	Outcome measure assessed IMMEDIATELY post intervention, on the same day. NO FOLLOW UP.	No
Primary	Clinical Vignette. (clinical recommendations)	A case vignette is a validated proxy measure of clinical behaviour, and is assessed by multiple choice recommendations following a case scenario. This recommendations are weighted as either 'appropriate' or 'inappropriate' based on current clinical guidelines.	Outcome measure assessed IMMEDIATELY post intervention, on the same day. NO FOLLOW UP.	No