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Study NCT ID: NCT05148364
Status: RECRUITING
Last Update Posted: 2024-05-21
First Post: 2021-11-25

Brief Title: Pain Resilience and Spiritual Health in Low Back Pain
Sponsor: Changhua Christian Hospital
Organization: Changhua Christian Hospital

Study Overview

Official Title: How Pain Resilience and Spiritual Health Affect the Pain Experience in Patients With Low Back Pain
Status: RECRUITING
Status Verified Date: 2024-05
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: In the management of chronic pain it is very important to reaffirm the patients self-worth and ability through psychological support and spiritual care The role of spiritual consultant is to provide spiritual consultation and spiritual care so that the medical team can truly implement a whole-person care of the patient including the body mind and family Pain resilience of chronic pain patients has been found to be a different construct from the general resilience in the field of chronic diseases Pain resilience emphasizes the cognitiveemotional positivity and behavior persistence of pain patients when facing pain So far there has been no research on the theme of pain resilience and spiritual health Researchers have seen the necessity of care and assistance for patients with chronic low back pain Hence this study would like to explore how pain resilience and spiritual health affect the pain experience of patients with chronic low back pain

Research objectives 1 To understand how spiritual health and pain resilience interact to influence the the pain experience in patients with chronic low back pain and 2 To understand how spiritual health and pain resilience interact and influence they way how patients with chronic low back pain cope with pain

Method This research plan will be implemented upon obtaining the approval from IRB An estimated 15 cases will be enrolled Through in-depth interviews and collection of observational data during interviews the interviewer will record transcribe and analyze the narratives and experience descriptions

The results of this study can become an important basis for clinical care of patients with chronic low back pain
Detailed Description: In the management of chronic pain it is very important to reaffirm the patients self-worth and ability through psychological support and spiritual care The role of spiritual consultant is to provide spiritual consultation and spiritual care so that the medical team can truly implement a whole-person care of the patient including the body mind and family Pain resilience of chronic pain patients has been found to be a different construct from the general resilience in the field of chronic diseases Pain resilience emphasizes the cognitiveemotional positivity and behavior persistence of pain patients when facing pain So far there has been no research on the theme of pain resilience and spiritual health Researchers have seen the necessity of care and assistance for patients with chronic low back pain Hence this study would like to explore how pain resilience and spiritual health affect the pain experience of patients with chronic low back pain

Research objectives 1 To understand how spiritual health and pain resilience interact to influence the the pain experience in patients with chronic low back pain and 2 To understand how spiritual health and pain resilience interact and influence they way how patients with chronic low back pain cope with pain

Method This research plan will be implemented upon obtaining the approval from IRB An estimated 15 cases will be enrolled Through in-depth interviews and collection of observational data during interviews the interviewer will record transcribe and analyze the narratives and experience descriptions

A spiritual consultant and a psychologist will interview the participants about their experiences of chronic low back pain how they interpret their pain experience and how they cope with the persistent pain Each participant will be interviewed individually

Questions related to the following three aspects will be asked

1 Attributes describe the changes in your personality mood and general happiness you have observed after you starting having chronic low back pain
2 Pain resilience How would you describe this persisting pain experience How do you arrange your daily activity What do you do to deal with this persistent pain
3 Spirituality As a person with chronic low back pain how do you interpret this pain experience Do you seek connections with higher powers such as powers from religion when you are desperate because of pain Since the pain is chronic and persistent it might not go away how would you define your life

Plan of analysis The current study will adopt interpretative phenomenological analysis to to examine the pain experience of the participants After data was collected through interview transcripts will be coded in detail In the process of analyzing the text the investigators will categorize the text into themes

The results of this study can become an important basis for clinical care of patients with chronic low back pain

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: False
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: None