Effect Study of on Intervention on Pain, Function, Health and Behaviour for Older Adults Living With Chronic Pain
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT02953470
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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)
The aim for the study is to examined the effect of an individually tailored integrated behavioral medicine in physiotherapy intervention including functional exercise, for older adults, having chronic musculoskeletal pain, living alone and dependent on formal care. The study is a pragmatic randomized controlled trial with one intervention group and one control group. The intervention is a 12-weeks home-based program. The intervention consists of an individually tailored intervention and aims to enhance ability to perform everyday activities by improving physical function and reduce pain-related beliefs and pain-related disability. The comparison group achieves general advice about physical activity. All participants will be tested at baseline, a post-assessment at 12 week and a three month follow-up. Primary outcome is pain interference by the Brief Pain Inventory and physical function by Short Physical Performance Battery. Secondary outcomes measures if the goal setting is reached, self-efficacy in relation to the goal setting, pain catastrophizing, level of physical Activity, falls efficacy and Health related quality of life.
Study details
- Official title
- Community-dwelling Older Adults Living With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: The Effect of an Evidence-based Intervention on Pain, Function, Health and Behaviour
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Individual tailored functional exercise
- Behavioral: Standard care
- Sponsor
- Oslo Metropolitan University
- Start date
- 2016-10
- Primary completion
- 2018-09
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 75 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Norway
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * 75 years, Living in the central part of Oslo, Norway Living alone in ordinary housing Dependent on home help services for individual care and/or housekeeping activities or home care for medical needs The presence of musculoskeletal pain for three month or longer Ability to walk independently indoors, with or without a walking aid Ability to understand and speak Norwegian Ability to fill in activity diary or to have someone to help them with that. Exclusion Criteria: Older adults ongoing physiotherapy treatment for injury/illness, Are in a palliative stage of treatment Have experienced heart failure in the past three months.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02953470