Do cognitive symptoms predict self-management in Chronic Pain v.01
Research type
Research Study
Full title
To what extent do self-reported cognitive symptoms predict self-management in chronic pain?
IRAS ID
305643
Contact name
georgina forden
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of East Anglia
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 5 months, 2 days
Research summary
People with chronic pain are offered one-to-one or group support from chronic pain services in the NHS. For some people these treatments are very useful, and for other people there are barriers which make these treatments less useful. Some of the barriers to finding them useful, can include low mood and problems with memory and concentration. Research shows us that problems with low mood, memory and concentration can be very common for people with chronic pain. We know that low mood can make our memory worse and impact on how much we are able to focus.
We want to find out more about how low mood impacts on how we manage chronic pain. We also want to find out if there are any other challenges that make managing chronic pain more difficult.
This will be useful because understanding what is hard about managing chronic pain can help us to better support people with pain in the future.We will do this by asking people with chronic pain to answer some questions about their pain, their mood, their memory and how much they can focus. We will then look at this data to see if low mood and thinking abilities such as memory are associated with the way people manage with chronic pain.
REC name
London - Hampstead Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/PR/1450
Date of REC Opinion
9 Nov 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion