Sleep & Daytime Physical Activity in People with Chronic Pain
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Sleep & Daytime Physical Activity in People with Chronic Pain
IRAS ID
169820
Contact name
Fatanah Ramlee
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Warwick
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
People with chronic pain (e.g. fibromyalgia, back pain) are reported to be less active than those without chronic pain in the general population. Numerous psychological factors have been associated with their relatively lower physical activity levels. A recent study has found a day-to-day relationship between sleep quality and physical activity. The study found that in the absence of any intervention, chronic pain patients spontaneously engaged in more daytime physical activity following a night of better sleep. The findings are interesting as it provides initial evidence to support the role of sleep in the regulation of daily physical activity. However, it is still not known what type of daytime physical activity chronic pain patients engage in following a better night of sleep and whether this increase in daytime physical activity is beneficial for pain regulation. Furthermore, sleep quality and chronic pain may interact with numerous psychophysiological factors to affect daytime physical activity. Hence, the proposed study aims to address these gaps in the literature by examining how day-to-day variations of sleep quality is associated with daytime physical activity and psychophysiological variables and whether the increase level of daytime physical activity has an effect on pain regulation in people with chronic pain.
The proposed study is a daily process study that will be carried out at the participants’ natural living and sleeping environment, without involving any intervention or experiment manipulation.REC name
West Midlands - South Birmingham Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/WM/0171
Date of REC Opinion
20 Jul 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion