The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if pain knowledge group intervention among chronic pain patients would influence their level of physical activity, pain intensity, depression, kinesiophobia and central sensitization. The main question it aims to answer is:
Primary hypothesis: pain education will decrease participants' depression and pain intensity and increase their physical activity.
There is no comparison group.
Participants will participate in a 6-week pain knowledge intervention where they will be learning about sleep, stress models, physical activity benefits, pain neurobiology, mindfulness, pain medication.
Pain lasting longer than 3 months,
Consequences resulting from long-term pain (such as decreased physical activity, sleep disturbances, fatigue, low mood, etc.)
Surgery that occurred less than 3 months prior
Fracture or limb trauma that occurred less than 3 months prior
Single group
pain education
BehavioralIn one group there will be 8-12 participants who will meet once a week during 6 -weeks time. The educational sessions will be 2-hours long including sometimes some exercises and also reflection of the participants.
Change of pain intensity from baseline to 6-weeks
Pain is measured using Graded Chronic Pain Scale -Revised where the lowest value is 0 and the highest is 100. The higher the score, the more pain the subject feels.
Change of pain intensity from baseline to 6-weeks
Pain is measured using Brief Pain Inventory Short form where the lowest value is 0 and the highest value is 10. The higher the score, the more pain the subject feels.
Change in depression from baseline to 6-weeks
Depression is measured using Emotional well-being questionnaire where the lowest value is 0 and the highest value is 100. Lower score indicates worse health condition.
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