A Pilot Study Evaluating a Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Group Therapy in a Primary Care Setting

NCT01517256 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2012-01-25

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Summary

The investigators will evaluate the effectiveness of "Living Everyday Above-and-beyond Pain" (LEAP) program in the primary care setting. LEAP is a multidisciplinary chronic pain group therapy developed for the two clinic sites of McMaster Family Health Team: McMaster Family Practice and Stonechurch Family Health Centre. LEAP aims to improve patients'quality of life, interaction with the health care system and their health care utilization. This is a pilot study to evaluate mainly feasibility. The investigators will make use of both experimental and qualitative methods gather evidence of the programs success, strengths and weaknesses.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Living Everyday Above-and-beyond Pain (LEAP)

8-week multidisciplinary group therapy aiming consisting of education about the nature of chronic pain, pacing and goal setting, mindfulness medication techniques, cognitive reflections on beliefs, impulses and obsessions, physical activation, and medication management.

OTHER

Wait-listed

Patients are wait-listed while awaiting participation to the LEAP program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-11-30
Primary Completion
2011-11-30
Completion
2011-11-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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