Understanding Chronic Pain in NHS Grampian

University of Aberdeen50 enrolled

Overview

Investigators will explore healthcare professionals and patients' experience in chronic pain management within primary care. Investigators will use this information to develop a decision aid tool tool which patients with chronic pain could use to help them make an informed decision during a consultation with their healthcare professionals.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Interventions

No InterventionOTHER

No intervention - conduct a qualitative interview with patients regarding their experience.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * above 18 years old, * suffering from non-malignant chronic pain (defined as pain lasting for more than three months) and, * being managed entirely within a primary care setting. Exclusion Criteria: * are not fluent in the English language, * have concomitant severe mental health problems or terminal illness, * have a known alcohol or drug addiction, and * suffer from pain caused by cancer or other malignancy.

Locations (1)

NHS Grampian

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

UPP Decision Aid Tool

Semi-structured interviews with patients with chronic pain and healthcare professionals (General Practitioner and Pharmacists) perspectives on chronic pain management in NHS Grampain. Data will be used to support the design of a decision aid tool and the development of study information material and standard operating procedures of a subsequent feasibility study aimed at testing the tool.

Time frame: Day 1

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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