Trial name or title |
Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effect of DIGNITY Pain School Initiative. |
Methods |
RCT: 2 arms: treatment, waiting list; single centre; pre‐, post‐treatment, 6 months' follow‐up. |
Participants |
120 Cambodian torture survivors (Khmer Rouge regimen) with chronic pain. |
Interventions |
1 week group‐based "pain school:" education programme: 10 sessions × 2 hours. |
Outcomes |
Reduction in chronic pain (Brief Pain Index); improvement in pain‐associated functioning (Disability Rating Index). |
Starting date |
Not stated. |
Contact information |
DIGNITY Danish Institute Against Torture, Bryggervangen 55, DK ‐ 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. |
Notes |
Not published: information from Polatin. Pain school devised by DIGNITY. Pilot study Phaneth 2014. |