Illness Perception and Treatment Expectations in Lateral Elbow Pain
Not yet recruitingNCT07722845
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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)
This cross-sectional, correlational study aims to determine the predictors of illness perception and treatment expectations in adults with chronic lateral elbow pain. Sociodemographic characteristics, clinical findings (pain intensity, pain duration, elbow-specific function) and psychosocial variables (pain self-efficacy, fear-avoidance beliefs, pain catastrophizing) will be examined as candidate predictors of two patient-centred constructs: illness perception, measured with the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire, and treatment expectation, measured with the Treatment Expectation Questionnaire. Data will be analysed using hierarchical multiple linear regression in three predictor blocks. The study is reported according to the STROBE statement.
Study details
- Official title
- Determining the Predictors of Illness Perception and Treatment Expectations in Individuals With Lateral Elbow Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study
- Conditions
- Lateral Elbow Pain
- Lateral Epicondylitis
- Tennis Elbow
- Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
- Tendinopathy
- Sponsor
- Acibadem University
- Start date
- 2026-07-31
- Primary completion
- 2026-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 years or older * Diagnosis of lateral epicondylalgia or lateral elbow pain made by an orthopaedic surgeon or physiatrist * Pain intensity of at least 4 on the Numeric Rating Scale * Pain duration of at least 12 weeks (chronic) * Willing to provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * History of any surgical procedure of the upper extremity * Cervical spine pathology * Inflammatory arthritis affecting the wrist or finger joints (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis) * Active neurological disease or radiculopathy radiating to the upper extremity * Diagnosis of fibromyalgia or another widespread pain syndrome * Currently receiving active psychiatric treatment (e.g. psychosis, severe depression) * Pregnancy * Visual or cognitive impairment of a degree that would prevent completion of the questionnaires
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07722845