SynthesisSystematic reviews2015
Effects of education to facilitate knowledge about chronic pain for adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Systematic reviews, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03356886 (Additional Effect of Pain Neuroscience Education to Spinal Manipulative Therapy on Pain And Disability in Chronic Low Back Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 55 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Additional Effect of Pain Neuroscience Education to Spinal Manipulative Therapy on Pain And Disability in Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Who cites it
55 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 133 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Multi-disciplinary interventions for chronic pain involving education: A systematic review.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
- A Randomised Controlled Trial Testing the Efficacy of an Educational Website About Functional Abdominal Pain for Children and Adolescents.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Trial
- Digital cognitive behavioral therapy vs education for pain in adults with sickle cell disease.Blood advances · 2024Trial
- Preventing Pain and Stress-Related Ill-Health in Employees: A 6-Months Follow-Up of a Psychosocial Program in a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2023Trial
- Effectiveness of patient education plus motor control exercise versus patient education alone versus motor control exercise alone for rural community-dwelling adults with chronic low back pain: a randomised clinical trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Trial
- Effectiveness of a group intervention using pain neuroscience education and exercise in women with fibromyalgia: a pragmatic controlled study in primary care.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Trial
- Effectiveness of a structured group intervention based on pain neuroscience education for patients with fibromyalgia in primary care: A multicentre randomized open-label controlled trial.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2021Trial
- The association between psychological characteristics and physical activity levels in people with knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2020Trial
- Trial
- Improvement in Pain Neuroscience Knowledge and Patient Perceptions Following a One-Day Multidisciplinary Pain Education Program.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2026Article
- Pain Retrained: Outcomes Analysis of an Online, Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Education Programme.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Article
- How individuals formulate their beliefs about chronic musculoskeletal pain: introducing the dual implicit-explicit processing (DIP) model of pain belief formation - a qualitative exploration.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Determinants of Neck and Shoulder Pain Among Saudi Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Pain research & management · 2026Article
- Psychological Subtypes and Intervention Strategies in Burning Mouth Syndrome: A Narrative Review.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- Participant perspectives on a multimodal program for neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Dissemination of Pediatric Chronic Pain Research: Views from Patients, Caregivers, and Healthcare Professionals.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- Group-Based Physical Activity Interventions for Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Scoping Review.Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls · 2025Review
- Rethinking pain: a paradigm shift in primary care for chronic pain via community-based, culturally-responsive GP support.Pain management · 2025Article
- [An instrument to assess biopsychosocial pain concepts in adults : Development and evaluation by experts].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundChronic pain can contribute to disability, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, poor quality of life and increased health care costs, with close to 20 % of the adult population in Europe reporting chronic pain. To empower the person to self-manage, it is advocated that education and training about the nature of pain and its effects and how to live with pain is provided. The objective of this review is to determine the level of evidence for education to facilitate knowledge about chronic pain, delivered as a stand-alone intervention for adults, to reduce pain and disability.
methodsWe identified randomised controlled trials of educational intervention for chronic pain by searching CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE and ongoing trials registries (inception to December 2013). Main inclusion criteria were (1) pain >3 months; (2) study design that allowed isolation of effects of education and (3) measures of pain or disability. Two reviewers independently screened and appraised each study.
resultsNine studies were analysed. Pooled data from five studies, where the comparator group was usual care, showed no improvement in pain or disability. In the other four studies, comparing different types of education, there was no evidence for an improvement in pain; although, there was evidence (from one study) of a decrease in disability with a particular form of education-pain neurophysiology education (PNE). Post-hoc analysis of psychosocial outcomes reported in the studies showed evidence of a reduction in catastrophising and an increase of knowledge about pain following PNE.
conclusionsThe evidence base is limited by the small numbers of studies, their relatively small sample sizes, and the diversity in types of education studied. From that limited evidence, the only support for this type of education is for PNE, though it is insufficiently strong to recommend conclusively that PNE should be delivered as a stand-alone intervention. It therefore remains sensible to recommend that education be delivered in conjunction with other pain management approaches as we cannot confidently conclude that education alone is effective in reducing pain intensity or related disability in chronic pain in adults.
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