Clinical trial · Interventional
Supporting Self-management of Chronic Pain
Supporting Self-management in Chronic Pain: a Collaborative Approach Providing Relevant Tools to Healthcare Professionals and People With Pain.
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Does the Navigator Tool Intervention improve communication regarding self-management during consultations between healthcare professionals and people with chronic pain? As there is usually no cure for chronic pain, healthcare professionals are increasingly turning to methods of treatment that emphasise management of symptoms rather than elimination of pain. However, as Pain Concern's previous research has shown, there are several barriers to self-management that both healthcare professionals and people with pain face in their consultations in primary care. The Navigator Tool Intervention has been designed to overcome the majority of these barriers through improving the quality of communication regarding self-management during consultations. In line with the House of Care Model, where care relies on engaged and informed patients, healthcare professionals committed to partnership working, and organisational processes that support this, our intervention prepares both the healthcare professionals and patients for their consultation. By providing a training session for the healthcare professionals in how supported self-management can be brought into the consultation room, and by providing the patients with a paper-based tool that allows them to organise their concerns and questions prior to the consultation, the intervention aims to steer the conversation toward the aspects that the patient needs to discuss in order to better manage their pain. This study will launch the intervention and evaluate its effectiveness in improving self-management support through conversation. It will be launched over a 3 month period in 4 sites across Scotland; 24 patients will be using the tool with a trained healthcare professional and 24 will act as a control group, receiving standard care without the tool. Questionnaires assessing the satisfaction with the consultation(s) and communication, as well as confidence in managing one's pain, will be analysed and compared between the two groups. Interviews will be carried out with healthcare professionals and a sample of patients having used the tool to gain a deeper understanding of the usefulness of the intervention and how it may be improved in the future.
Conditions
Conditions (8)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Chronic Pain Due to Injury | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Chronic Pain Due to Malignancy (Finding) | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Chronic Pain Due to Trauma | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Chronic Pain Hip | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Chronic Pain Post-Procedural | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Chronic Pain Syndrome | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Chronic Pain, Widespread | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Navigator Tool Intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention Group (using Navigator Tool)
- description
- The participants will receive a copy of the Navigator Tool Intervention, a paper-based information pack including the My Pain Concerns Form, suggested questions to ask your healthcare professional, a goal setting sheet and information on common self-management strategies. They will be encouraged to fill in some of the forms before the consultation, and some during the consultation. They will have consultations with a healthcare professional who has undergone a Self-management Awareness Training with the Thistle Foundation.
- interventionNames
- Other: The Navigator Tool Intervention
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control Group (not using Navigator Tool)
- description
- These participants will not have access to the Navigator Tool Intervention, and will have consultations with a healthcare professional who has not undergone the Self-management Awareness Training.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Be over 18 years of age * Have experienced pain for more than 3 months Exclusion Criteria: * Being unable to communicate in English * Being unable to attend consultations with a healthcare professional for the duration of the project * Being currently participating in another research project regarding chronic pain
References
Publications (0)
Data not yet available