Training to improve analgesic prescription for chronic pain
ISRCTN | ISRCTN93882803 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN93882803 |
Secondary identifying numbers | 6840 |
- Submission date
- 12/05/2010
- Registration date
- 12/05/2010
- Last edited
- 20/04/2017
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Signs and Symptoms
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Record updated in last year
Plain English summary of protocol
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Ms Lisa Austin
Scientific
Scientific
University of Bath
Norwood house
Bath
BA2 7AY
United Kingdom
Study information
Study design | Multicentre non-randomised interventional trial |
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Primary study design | Interventional |
Secondary study design | Non randomised controlled trial |
Study setting(s) | GP practice |
Study type | Treatment |
Participant information sheet | Not available in web format, please contact Charlotte Mounce at C.S.Mounce@bath.ac.uk to request a patient information sheet |
Scientific title | A pilot trial of training in psychological flexibility to improve analgesic prescription for chronic pain in general practice |
Study objectives | Can a session of training in psychological flexibility (based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy [ACT]) have an affect on the way GPs prescribe opioid analgesics to patients with chronic pain and their wellbeing, compared with a control condition? |
Ethics approval(s) | Bath Research Ethics Committee, 01/09/2008, ref: 08/H0101/115 |
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Topic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes, Primary Care Research Network for England; Subtopic: Generic Health Relevance (all Subtopics); Disease: Other |
Intervention | Intervention group: half a day lecture session with exercises and group work using principles of ACT - psychological flexibility and mindfulness. Control group: half a day lecture session on guidelines related to pain and exercises and group work based on motivational interviewing techniques. Follow-up questionnaires two weeks later. Fifty minute lecture on prescribing opioids for persistent pain (all participants). |
Intervention type | Other |
Primary outcome measure | GP self-reported prescribing, measured at the start of the training day, and two weeks later. |
Secondary outcome measures | Psychological acceptance, measured at the start of the training day, at the end of the training day, and two weeks later. |
Overall study start date | 01/09/2009 |
Completion date | 01/10/2011 |
Eligibility
Participant type(s) | Patient |
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Age group | Other |
Sex | Both |
Target number of participants | Planned sample size: 196 |
Key inclusion criteria | 1. Must be a general practitioner 2. Either sex, any age |
Key exclusion criteria | Does not meet inclusion criteria |
Date of first enrolment | 01/09/2009 |
Date of final enrolment | 01/10/2011 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- England
- United Kingdom
Study participating centre
University of Bath
Bath
BA2 7AY
United Kingdom
BA2 7AY
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
University of Bath (UK)
University/education
University/education
The Avenue
Claverton Down
Bath
BA2 7AY
England
United Kingdom
Website | http://www.bath.ac.uk |
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https://ror.org/002h8g185 |
Funders
Funder type
Industry
Reckitt Benckiser (UK)
No information available
Results and Publications
Intention to publish date | |
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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
Publication and dissemination plan | Not provided at time of registration |
IPD sharing plan |
Editorial Notes
20/04/2017: No publications found in PubMed, verifying study status with principal investigator.