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Guided Self-determination in the Treatment of Chronic Pain to Promote the Life Skills of the Patient

NCT02084459 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2017-07-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this randomized study is to find out whether using the Danish-developed nursing intervention guided self-determination (GSD) can improve life skills of the chronic pain patient.

The hypothesis is "using guided self-determination in the treatment of chronic pain patients will increase the life skills of the patients and thus their life quality in spite of pain".

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Autonomy-supportive counselling (GSD)

GSD, an educational method, comprising 32 semi-structured reflection sheets inviting the patients in groups of 4 through 8 sessions of 150 minutes' duration to reflect on the patient's own situation and to be active in co-operation with the nurses.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Naestved Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Zealand University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Herlev Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mette Husum, RN · Herlev Hospital

  • Niels-Henrik Jensen, MD · Herlev Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-02-28
Primary Completion
2016-07-15
Completion
2016-07-15

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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Diseases

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