Objective Pain Score for Chronic Pain Clinic Patients
CompletedNCT02882971
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Currently, there is no observational pain scale for use in the outpatient setting for adult patients. An observational pain scale can allow for objective measurement of pain in patients over time and after treatment without the bias associated with self-report. Currently chronic pain patients are asked to rate their pain many times throughout their care, often over years. This introduces a bias in reporting as a pain a person is currently experiencing will seem more severe then a remembered pain event. A behavioral pain scale would allow for an objective measurement of pain that is reliable across multiple raters and comparable over time, which can help in judging the success of pain treatments.
Study details
- Official title
- Objective Pain Score for Chronic Pain Clinic Patients
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Pain Assessment
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- Start date
- 2016-10
- Primary completion
- 2017-11
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 75 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adults age 18-75 2. Patients able to self-report their pain using a validated pain scale 3. Patients of the chronic pain clinic who will be receiving a pain treatment procedure 4. English speaking 5. Received and signed a consent to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pregnant and lactating women 2. Patient with chronic malignant pain 3. Patients less than 18 4. Patient older than 75 5. Patients with dementia 6. Non-English speaking patients 7. Patients unable to do a self-report pain scale 8. Uncontrolled psychiatric conditions 9. Uncontrolled substance abuse issues 10. Patient's lost to follow-up 11. Patients who don't wish to participate
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02882971