De-STRESS pain (stage 3)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Assessing the acceptability and proof of concept of a patient-centred evidence-based intervention to address distress in the context of chronic MSK pain.
IRAS ID
327835
Contact name
Tamar Pincus
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Southampton
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 7 months, 30 days
Research summary
People with chronic musculoskeletal pain often feel low, exhausted, irritable and have trouble to do the things they usually do. This may be identified by GPs as depression, and therefore patients are prescribed anti-depressants. However, the distress related to chronic musculoskeletal pain is different from clinical depression - many patients don’t want antidepressants, and do not improve after being prescribed them. This project aims to explore the feasibility of an intervention aiming to help people with pain related distress. The intervention will involve 4-6 sessions with a social prescriber who will work with the individual to make a plan to improve their mood. This will mainly be through social re-activation (or increasing pleasant activities). Alongside this participants will have access to a web-based resource.
REC name
London - Bloomsbury Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
23/LO/0676
Date of REC Opinion
9 Aug 2023
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion