U-PAIN cohort study among patients with chronic pain in specialised pain care: a feasibility study

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine acceptability of study participation and feasibility of (1) recruitment, (2) data collection and (3) outcome measures for the prospective U-PAIN cohort.

Design

Internal feasibility study of a prospective cohort.

Participants and setting

64 patients, >18 years, with chronic pain at a multidisciplinary pain centre at a university hospital in Sweden.

Outcome measures

Acceptability of study participation was measured with a study-specific 10-item Likert scale. A score <3 was considered feasible, for the two items that assessed respondent burden a higher score indicated lesser participant burden and a score >3 was feasible. Recruitment was assessed by participation rates at baseline and retention at the 1-year follow-up, with threshold v

SUBMITTER: Ljungvall H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9756188 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature