Predicting pain after injuries in children
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Biopsychosocial risk factors of developing chronic pain after a lower limb injuries in children and adolescents
IRAS ID
261690
Contact name
Emma Fisher
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Bath
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 6 months, 3 days
Research summary
We are interested in finding the risk factors of developing a long-term pain condition after a lower limb injury in children and adolescents. Long-term pain is defined as having pain at the site of injury, three months after the injury. We will assess children's past experiences, mood, pain, physical ability, and social functioning, as well as their parent's past experiences, mood and behaviours over 12 months to help answer the question. This will help us understand which children are more likely to develop long-term pain and that we are able to deliver coping skills to them to prevent the development of long-term pain in the future.
We will recruit children and their parents from the Fracture Clinic at Bristol Children's Hospital. We will recruit children (8-18 years of age) who have a lower limb injuries and their parents into the study. We will exclude children with cognitive impairments and who do not have access to the Internet.
The children and their parents will answer questionnaires and 7-day daily diaries at four different time-points over 12 months (when they first have their injury, when they are discharged from fracture clinic, at 3-months, and 12-months). Participants will complete the questionnaires at home, via an online survey platform. Some children will also be asked to wear an activity monitor, similar to a fitbit. A subgroup of the larger group of children enrolled in the study will take part in experimental tasks at the University of Bath. This will assess the parent's behaviour whilst their child does different pain and non-pain tasks.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - South Yorkshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/YH/0257
Date of REC Opinion
13 Aug 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion