Trial reportBMJ open2018
Short-term effect of a chronic pain self-management intervention delivered by an easily accessible primary healthcare service: a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in BMJ open, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02531282 (Effect of and Experiences With a Health Promotion Intervention for People With Chronic Pain at a Healthy Life Centre - an Open, Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial With a Nested Qualitative Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effect of and Experiences With a Health Promotion Intervention for People With Chronic Pain at a Healthy Life Centre - an Open, Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial With a Nested Qualitative Study
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Assessing the Impact of Interdisciplinary Multimodal Pain Treatment on Health-Related Quality of Life in Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Pooled it
- Comparison of behavioural, physiological, and self-reported pain responses in Pakistani children with dental pain: a descriptive cross-sectional study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2025Trial
- Chronic pain self-management interventions in primary care - does it make any difference? A qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2023Trial
- Twelve-month effect of chronic pain self-management intervention delivered in an easily accessible primary healthcare service - a randomised controlled trial.BMC health services research · 2018Trial
- What does collaborative healthcare for people with musculoskeletal-related conditions look like? A scoping review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Enablers, Barriers and Practical Applications of a Group-Based Pain Self-Management Program for Patients Receiving Medical Cannabis: A Qualitative Study of Patients and Clinicians.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2025Article
- Chronic Pain Self-Management Strategies for Older Adults: An Integrative Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Rehabilitation in primary care for an ageing population: a secondary analysis from a scoping review of rehabilitation delivery models.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Exploring factors influencing patient activation in Saudi rheumatoid arthritis patients: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey-Results from the COPARA study.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2023Article
- Patient activation level and its associated factors in adults with chronic pain: A cross-sectional survey.Medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the effects on persons with chronic pain after 3 months of a group-based chronic pain self-management course compared with a drop-in, low-impact outdoor physical group activity on patient activation and a range of secondary outcomes.
designAn open, pragmatic, parallel group randomised controlled trial. Analyses were performed using a two-level linear mixed model.
settingAn easily accessible healthcare service provided by Norwegian public primary healthcare.
participantsA total of 121 participants with self-reported chronic pain for 3 months or more were randomised with 60 participants placed in the intervention group and 61 placed in the control group (mean age 53 years, 88% women, 63% pain for 10 years or more).
interventionsThe intervention group was offered a group-based chronic pain self-management course with 2.5-hour weekly sessions for a period of 6 weeks. The sessions consisted of education, movement exercises and emphasised group discussions. The control group was offered a low-impact outdoor group physical activity in 1-hour weekly sessions that consisted of walking and simple strength exercises for a period of 6 weeks. MAIN OUTCOMES: The primary outcome was patient activation assessed using the Patient Activation Measure. Secondary outcomes measured included assessments of pain, anxiety and depression, pain self-efficacy, sense of coherence, health-related quality of life, well-being and the 30 s chair to stand test.
resultsThere was no effect after 3 months of the group-based chronic pain self-management course compared with the control group for the primary outcome, patient activation (estimated mean difference: -0.5, 95% CI -4.8 to 3.7, p=0.802).
conclusionsThere was no support for the self-management course having a better effect after 3 months than a low-impact outdoor physical activity offered the control group. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT02531282; Results.
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