Impact of a Course on Stress Reduction

Overview

This project seeks to measure the effectiveness of a course in self-management strategies (including yoga, mindfulness, and breathing exercises). The course will be provided by a certified yoga instructor to patients being followed at the Pain Management Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS).

Full Title of Study: “The Impact of a Course on Stress Reduction Techniques on Satisfaction, Stress, Performance, and Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Pain”

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: N/A
    • Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
    • Masking: None (Open Label)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: March 2010

Detailed Description

The Pain Management Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences is organizing a course in stress reduction techniques for patients with chronic pain. The Pain Centre has arranged for a local certified yoga instructor to lead a 6-week course that she has developed for our specific patient population. The course will include self-management strategies for pain control, such as breathing exercises, yoga poses, and mindfulness meditation. Standardized questionnaires and a semi-structured interview to record baseline and post-course outcomes. The study will involve the following questionnaires/surveys/interviews: 1) Canadian Occupational Performance Measure, 2) Perceived Stress Scale, 3) Burckhardt Quality of Life Scale, 4) Visual Analog Score, and 5) written questions concerning patient demographics, the patient's chronic pain condition, and their satisfaction with the course. The participants would be asked to fill out questionnaires at three different times: 1) baseline data collected within two weeks of starting course, 2) short-term outcome data within two weeks of completing course, and 3) long-term outcome data four to six months after the course.

Interventions

  • Behavioral: YOGA
    • Patients with chronic pain will undergo a six week course of YOGA

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: YOGA patients
    • Patients assessed for chronic pain at our Pain Management Centre

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Performance and Satisfaction using Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)
    • Time Frame: 6 months

Secondary Measures

  • Pain relief using VAS and pain scores
    • Time Frame: 6 months

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

  • patients have a history of moderate to severe chronic pain Exclusion Criteria:

  • non-English speaking patients

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 18 Years

Maximum Age: 75 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Dr. Lori Olivieri, Hamilton Health Sciences
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Lori Olivieri, M.D., Principal Investigator, Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

References

Mead K, Theadom A, Byron K, Dupont S. Pilot study of a 4-week Pain Coping Strategies (PCS) programme for the chronic pain patient. Disabil Rehabil. 2007 Feb 15;29(3):199-203. doi: 10.1080/09638280600756117.

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