Training to improve analgesic prescription for chronic pain

ISRCTN ISRCTN93882803
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

University of Bath
Norwood house
Bath
BA2 7AY
United Kingdom

Study information

Study designMulticentre non-randomised interventional trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designNon randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)GP practice
Study typeTreatment
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 titleA pilot trial of training in psychological flexibility to improve analgesic prescription for chronic pain in general practice
Study objectivesCan 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) studiedTopic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes, Primary Care Research Network for England; Subtopic: Generic Health Relevance (all Subtopics); Disease: Other
InterventionIntervention 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 typeOther
Primary outcome measureGP self-reported prescribing, measured at the start of the training day, and two weeks later.
Secondary outcome measuresPsychological acceptance, measured at the start of the training day, at the end of the training day, and two weeks later.
Overall study start date01/09/2009
Completion date01/10/2011

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupOther
SexBoth
Target number of participantsPlanned sample size: 196
Key inclusion criteria1. Must be a general practitioner
2. Either sex, any age
Key exclusion criteriaDoes not meet inclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment01/09/2009
Date of final enrolment01/10/2011

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

University of Bath
Bath
BA2 7AY
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

University of Bath (UK)
University/education

The Avenue
Claverton Down
Bath
BA2 7AY
England
United Kingdom

Website http://www.bath.ac.uk
ROR logo "ROR" https://ror.org/002h8g185

Funders

Funder type

Industry

Reckitt Benckiser (UK)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Editorial Notes

20/04/2017: No publications found in PubMed, verifying study status with principal investigator.