The Effect of Pain Education on Chiropractic Students' Understanding of Chronic Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT05359900
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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)
Chronic pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide affecting just under 28 million people in the UK. Chronic pain conditions require a biopsychosocial rather than a biomedical model of care. Biomedical management lacks evidence of effectiveness but also has the potential to exacerbate the condition by raising fears and anxiety about potential pathological abnormalities. Thus, the pre-registration phase is an important point where an individual's understanding of, and beliefs about, pain and people with pain may be shaped for the future. The need for improved and better education of healthcare professionals to support best practice for low back pain with the aim of integrating professionals' management of low back pain and fostering innovation in practice is well recognised. Pain education research with pre-registration chiropractors is lacking. Therefore, this study aims to: To compare the effect of two pain education intervention, through a multi-site randomised control trial, on the following three questionnaire based outcome measures: 1. Knowledge (understanding) of chronic pain 2. Attitudes towards chronic pain patients 3. Pain management behaviours
Study details
- Official title
- The Effect of Pain Education on Chiropractic Students' Understanding of Chronic Pain, Clinical Recommendations and Attitudes Towards People With Chronic Pain
- Conditions
- Pain, Chronic
- Education
- Interventions
- Other: Pain neuroscience education
- Other: Red Flag Education
- Sponsor
- Teesside University
- Collaborators
- London South Bank University; McTimoney College of Chiropractic; AECC University College; University of South Wales
- Start date
- 2023-01-06
- Primary completion
- 2024-05-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Total sites listed
- 4
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Current Chiropractic students enrolled at either: Teesside University; The Welsh institute of Chiropractic - University of South Wales; The AECC University College; McTimoney College of Chiropractic; London Southbank University * Willing to consent to attending two educational sessions followed by completing questionnaires Exclusion Criteria: * Chiropractic students not actively enrolled at either: Teesside University; The Welsh institute of Chiropractic - University of South Wales; The AECC University College; McTimoney College of Chiropractic; London Southbank University * Participants will be excluded if they have previously received in depth education on red flags and or pain neurophysiology. * Students not willing to consent to attending two educational sessions followed by the completion of questionnaires
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05359900