NCT03512522

Pain Self-management Program for Older Adults

Completed NA Last updated 20 November 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Online Group in Chronic Pain in 121 participants. Completed in 20 April 2019.

Timeline

23 February 2018

Primary endpoint
20 April 2019

20 April 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Regina
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	121
Start date	23 February 2018
Primary completion	20 April 2019
Estimated completion	20 April 2019
Sites	1 location across Canada

Drugs / interventions tested

• Online Group
• Workbook Group

Conditions studied

• Chronic Pain — all drugs for Chronic Pain →
• Depression — all drugs for Depression →
• Anxiety — all drugs for Anxiety →

Sponsor

University of Regina

Who can join

65 and older, any sex, with Chronic Pain or Depression. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

It is well documented that severe pain is more common in older adults than it is younger persons. Of concern, older adults may not have access to traditional face-to-face self-management programs, which are recognized to be valuable in chronic pain management. Access to effective self-management approaches is particularly important for older adults who may have mobility limitations or live in remote areas, or have difficulty accessing health care services. The development of effective pain self-management programs for older adults who cannot access traditional psychological interventions is of significant importance. Internet self-management programs have the potential to address pain undermanagement. As technology advances, the digital divide between the older and younger demographic continues to progress. Given the known difficulties with treatment access, the purpose of this study is to explore the efficacy and acceptability of a remotely-delivered chronic pain self-management program tailored to older adults, the Pain Course, when delivered in online and workbook formats. The program was previously shown to be effective among younger persons but has not been tested with older adults.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.