Clients’ viewpoints around chronic pain acceptance post drop out.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Clients’ viewpoints around chronic pain acceptance who dropped out of acceptance oriented pain management treatments.
IRAS ID
233066
Contact name
Ute Liersch
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Regent's University
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 3 months, 2 days
Research summary
Chronic pain prevalence is estimated to be between one-third and one-half of the population. Persistent pain can ruin lives. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE, 2015) advocates pain management programs to improve the well-being of chronic pain clients through mindfulness and acceptance. Increased chronic pain acceptance is correlated with a reduction in anxiety, depression and disability. But some clients drop out of acceptance based treatment and research. This client group has not been given research attention so their viewpoints of chronic pain acceptance seem to be unknown. Yet, their viewpoint around chronic pain acceptance can be helpful to understand chronic pain clients better and can help to shape pain management services.
Drop out clients will be invited to come to the Chelsea and Westminster pain management service (C&W). There they will be interviewed to gather their viewpoints around chronic pain acceptance. Interviews will be qualitatively analysed to understand this group of clients better.
REC name
London - Surrey Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/LO/1503
Date of REC Opinion
24 Nov 2017
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion