Clinical Trial: Effectiveness of Pain Neuroscience Education vs Biomedical Education for Patients Undergoing Surgery for Shoulder Pain

Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Effectiveness of Pain Neuroscience Education vs Biomedical Education for Patients Undergoing Surgery for Shoulder Pain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Brief Summary:

BACKGROUND Shoulder pain is the third most common musculoskeletal disorder observed in primary care consultations after low back and neck pain. In the absence of successful outcome following a conservative intervention, shoulder surgery is the most common procedure conduct for a multitude of surgical indications, including rotator cuff tears, instability and stiffness. However, 22% of patients develop chronic shoulder pain (CSP) following shoulder surgery . The consequences of chronic or persistent postsurgical pain result in high socio-economic burden, not only in terms of suffering and reduced quality of life for the individual, but also, with considered the subsequent costs to healthcare and social services.

Pain neuroscience education (PNE) has been shown as an effective therapeutic strategy for increasing knowledge and understanding about neurobiology, neurophysiology and processing pain, changing pain beliefs, improving patient's skills and encouraging to do physical and social activities in different chronic pain conditions.

The primary aim of this study will be to evaluate whether perioperative PNE is more effective than classical biomedical education in reducing pain and disability in patients undergoing shoulder surgery. The secondary aim will be to analyse whether perioperative PNE is more effective than classical biomedical education in reducing postoperative healthcare costs and improving surgical experience in patients undergoing shoulder surgery .


Detailed Summary:

The present study will be a 6-month randomized controlled trial that will be carried out between March 2017 and Aug 2017 in a regional hospital (secondary care setting ) of the province of Malaga, Spain. Participants scheduled for shoulder surgery and those that fulfil inclusion criteria will be asked for participating in this study. The outcomes will be assessed at baseline (in the week preceding surgery) and at 3 follow-ups times (1 week, 1 month and 6 months' post-surgery t1-t4 ).

All patients scheduled for shoulder surgery in the participating hospital and meeting the age criteria will be contacted by telephone and interviewed after having given consent. The initial telephone interview serves to provide a verbal description of the project and to screen potential study participants for in- and exclusion criteria (see above). People deemed likely to be eligible and willing to participate in the study will be scheduled for baseline assessments in the week before surgery. Furthermore, they will receive written information about the study via mail or e-mail. Prior to undertaking the baseline assessments, they will have the opportunity to ask questions and will be asked to provide written informed consent. Anonymized age, gender and visual analogue scale- verbal numerical rating scale (VAS-VNRS) for pain will be collected for those participants who decline to take part in the project, to assess the external validity of the recruited sample of participants.

Participants are not expected to start new treatments or medication other than their usual pre- and postoperative care 3 weeks prior to and during study participation. Participants will then complete several questionnaires at baseline, 1 week, 1 month and 6 months' post-intervention apart from biomedical education or PNE intervention. Retention of participants will be enco
Sponsor: University of Malaga

Current Primary Outcome: "Change from Baseline pain and function at 6 months" [ Time Frame: 6 months ]

This outcome will be measured with the shoulder pain and disability index (SPADI)


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • "Change from Baseline patient's expectations of surgical experience at 6 months" [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
    To assess surgical experience, patients will be asked to indicate the level of agreement (on a numerical rating scale from 1 "minimal" to 10 "maximal agreement") with statements about their shoulder surgery/education experience: "I am glad I underwent surgery for my shoulder."; "I was fully prepared (physically, emotionally, and psychologically) for the surgery."; "The preoperative education I received prepared me well for the surgery."; "Knowing what I know now, I would do this again given the same choices." and "The surgery met my expectations.".
  • "Change from Baseline postoperative healthcare costs at 6 months" [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
    Postoperative healthcare costs include the number of days spent in hospital following surgery, medical tests related to postoperative surgery and any kind of postoperative treatments (e.g. pain killers, physiotherapy, psychotherapy, osteopathy).


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: University of Malaga

Dates:
Date Received: November 2, 2016
Date Started: August 2017
Date Completion: October 2017
Last Updated: March 29, 2017
Last Verified: November 2016