The Efficacy of a Pain Management Programme on Psychological Outcomes
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The Impact of a Pain Management Programme on Anxiety, Depression and Perceived Pain in Relation to Work Status, Type of Pain and Gender.
IRAS ID
145526
Contact name
Jane McCagh
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Research & Development Directorate
Research summary
This study aims to assess the efficacy of a pain management programme (PMP) at University Hospital South Manchester. The PMP takes place over five weeks where chronic pain patients are engaged twice a week for six hours a day in a programme of cognitive behaviour therapy and a physical exercise regime to become more active. This study will evaluate the impact of the PMP in relation to three main psychological outcomes: anxiety as assessed by the Pain Anxiety Symptom Scale (PASS, McCracken & Dhingra, 2002), depression as measured by The Centre for Epidemiologic Studies for Depression Scale (CES-D, Radloff, 1977) and perceived pain as measured by the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ, Roland & Fairbank, 2000). One hundred and eight chronic pain patients have been assessed before and after the PMP and a small cohort of 41 patients have also been assessed six months following the PMP. Repeated measure ANOVA’s will determine the efficacy of the PMP over time (pre test/post test and six month follow up) in relation to psychological outcomes. A series of between participants ANOVA’s will also be employed to determine whether work status (returning to employment, not returning to employment), gender and pain type (fibromyalgia, neck pain, back pain) influence the efficacy of the PMP in reducing anxiety, depression and perceived pain. \n
REC name
East of England - Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/EE/0088
Date of REC Opinion
27 Feb 2014
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion