Pain management training for people with persistent pain and their informal carers (JOINT SUPPORT): multicentre randomised controlled feasibility trial with embedded qualitative study in English musculoskeletal services.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the feasibility of conducting a pragmatic, multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) to test the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a pain management training intervention to support people with persistent musculoskeletal pain and their informal carers.

Design

Two-arm, multicentre, pragmatic, open, feasibility RCT with embedded qualitative study.

Setting

National Health Service (NHS) providers in four English hospitals.

Participants

Adults receiving NHS care for persistent musculoskeletal pain and their informal carers.

Intervention

Control: usual NHS care.

Experimental

usual NHS care plus a carer-patient pain management training intervention (JOINT SUPPORT), comprising five, 1-hour, group-based sessions for patients and c

SUBMITTER: Smith T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12001371 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature