PAIRED: Pain Rehabilitation Database - Bath and Bristol
Research type
Research Database
IRAS ID
309299
Contact name
Jeremy Gauntlett-Gilbert
Contact email
Research summary
PAIRED: Pain Rehabilitation Database - Bath and Bristol
REC name
East Midlands - Derby Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
22/EM/0115
Date of REC Opinion
15 Aug 2022
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
There are a number of very specialist Pain Rehabilitation services in Bath and Bristol, treating both adults and children. These services use non-medical treatments - like physiotherapy and psychology - and are effective in helping people to live and function better with chronic pain.
When people go through these services they complete lots of questionnaires and some physical measurements as part of their treatment. This is detailed and valuable information, and we seek consent to store it for future research. The information from children’s clinics is particularly valuable as there is less research in this age group. We have published a lot of research on how well treatment works, and why people struggle - or thrive - in the face of chronic pain. These data help us look at the real-world struggles of highly disabled individuals, and let us see how we could make treatment better.
We only use the information that has already been given to the clinical teams, so people don’t have to do any extra procedures to take part in this research.
Research programme
The database can support research in many areas – here are some that we already interested in. 1. Treatment for children, adolescents and young adults (late adolescents) is much less well understood than treatment for adults. We will look at how well treatment works, how best to involve parents, and how parent factors influence outcomes. There are few other UK centres looking at this, and we work closely with other specialist centres doing similar treatment (e.g. Boston, Stockholm). 2. Our services help people with pain conditions that are more rare and specific, such as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome or Late Effects Cancer-related pain. We will look at factors that help people cope with these conditions and how to make treatments better. 3. We also look at the technical details of how we do our rehabilitation. Although much of the treatment is physical (i.e. physiotherapy) it is always important to look at psychological factors to help people stay motivated and to deal with setbacks. We examine specific, technical psychological factors that might help treatment work best.
Research database title
PAIRED: Pain Rehabilitation Database - Bath and Bristol
Establishment organisation
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Establishment organisation address
Combe Park
Bath
BA1 3NG