Investigating the relationship between post traumatic stress disorder, psychological factors and pain in Spinal Cord Injured patients.
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Brief title
Condition
- Spinal cord and nerve root disorders
Synonym
Research involving
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Factors associated with SCI pain.
- pain intensity (0*10 on a numerical rating scale)
- Dutch version of the Ten Item Screener for PTSD (STV 10)
- Schokverwerkingslijst / Impact of Event Scale (SVL - 22)
Secondary outcome
Aspects of pain:
- Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory;
- Short Form Health Survey-36 (SF36);
- Pain treatment methods
- Dutch version of the Illness cognition Questionnaire (ICQ)
Aspects of psychiatric comorbidity
- Symptom checklist (SCL-90)
- Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
Background summary
Pain is a common complication after spinal cord injuries (SCI). Given that SCI
pain has a great impact on the quality of life and interferes with all daily
activities, it is important to reveal which factors contribute to it and what
can be done about it. Treatment of pain associated with spinal cord injured
patients is difficult and often disappointing. It is therefore important that
the various psychological factors that contribute to the development and
maintenance of pain, are investigated. In literature, the prevalence of pain is
estimated around 65%. In a study in the Netherlands 77.1% of respondents with
SCI, sufferd from pain. Pain and quality of life were largely related to
psychological factors. Catastrophic thoughts and feelings of helplessness were
the main factors. With this research investigation we hope to gain more insight
into psychosocial factors associated with pain in spinal cord injury. With this
knowledge, in the future treatment can be adjusted so that ultimately pain
treatment will become more effective.
Study objective
Investigating the relationship between post traumatic stress disorder,
psychological factors and pain in Spinal Cord Injured patients.
Study design
This is a cross sectional study.
Study burden and risks
In order to attain information about associated psychological factors, we will
send out self-reported questionnaire to patients from Reade. None of the
patients will face any risk by participating in this study. The burden
participating patients undergo, is the time they*ll need filling in the
questionnaire, which is to the utmost 1 hour.
Postbus 58271
1040 HG, Amsterdam
NL
Postbus 58271
1040 HG, Amsterdam
NL
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Age
Inclusion criteria
Age 18 years and older
Diagnosed with Spinal cord injury at any level, complete or incomplete leasion
Sufficiently fluent in the Dutch language
Exclusion criteria
No informed consent
Design
Recruitment
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| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL37709.048.11 |