Community-based Exercise for Older Adults With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Chronic pain management services in Ireland are severely under-resourced. There is a key opportunity for community-based exercise to address some of the needs of people early in their chronic pain journey and potentially prevent or reduce their needs for secondary healthcare support, reducing the burden on healthcare w
| Condition(s) | Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting |
| Phase | NA |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Summary | Chronic pain management services in Ireland are severely under-resourced. There is a key opportunity for community-based exercise to address some of the needs of people early in their chronic pain journey and potentially prevent or reduce their needs for secondary healthcare support, reducing the burden on healthcare waiting lists. Musculoskeletal pain is a significant barrier to participation in physical activity for these older adults, and at present, community-based exercise trainers do not have any education or resources to help support people with chronic pain to sustain their participation in physical activity programmes. Healthcare professionals who hold negative beliefs in relation to the role of physical activity for chronic pain are more likely to provide advice that reinforces u |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: * Participants will be aged 50 or older, * report chronic MSK pain of ≥3 months duration, * not currently meeting the exercise guidelines of 150 minutes of moderate physical activity per week (determined using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) Exclusion Criteria: * Participants will be excluded if they have health conditions which could be worsened by exercise (e.g. neurological, or cardiovascular conditions, post-exertional malaise (screened using the DePaul Post-Exertional Malaise Questionnaire have recently undergone trauma or surgery, or have significant mobility issues which would limit exercise participation. * Participants who are unable to communicate in English sufficiently to complete consent or baseline assessment will be excluded |
| Ages | 50 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Lead sponsor | University of Limerick |
| Locations | Limerick, Ireland |
| Start date | 2024-09-01 |
| NCT ID | NCT06535633 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06535633 |