The Effect of Pain Education Group Therapy and Its Impact on Chronic Pain, Kinesiophobia, and Physical Activity

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Conditions studied: Chronic Pain

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if pain knowledge group intervention among chronic pain patients would influence their level of physical activity, pain intensity, depression, kinesiophobia and central sensitization. The main question it aims to answer is: Primary hypothesis: pain education will decrease participants' depression and pain intensity and increase their physical activity. There is no comparison group. Participants will participate in a 6-week pain knowledge intervention where they will be learning about sleep, stress models, physical activity benefits, pain neurobiology, mindfulness, pain medication.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07491549

Run by

University of Tartu

People needed

50

Starts

2026-04-01

Expected to finish

2030-12-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-30

Who can join

Age: 16 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Pain lasting longer than 3 months,
• Consequences resulting from long-term pain (such as decreased physical activity, sleep disturbances, fatigue, low mood, etc.)

You may not qualify if…

• Surgery that occurred less than 3 months prior
• Fracture or limb trauma that occurred less than 3 months prior

Where it is running

• Tartu University Hospital — Tartu, Tartu, Estonia (enrolling)

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