Effect of a Health Promotion Intervention for People With Chronic Pain at a Healthy Life Centre
Chronic Pain
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Chronic Pain focused on measuring Patient education as topic, Health promotion, Patient participation, Self efficacy
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- pain for 3 months or more
- able to participate in one hour physical activity
Exclusion Criteria:
- not fluent in Norwegian
- chronic pain arising from active malignant disease
- serious mental health illness
- substance abuse issues
Sites / Locations
- Trondheim Kommune, Friskliv og mestring
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Health promotion in patient education
Physical activity in groups
The self-management patient education has been developed at the Healthy Life Centre in Trondheim municipality based on cognitive behavioural theory and psychomotor physiotherapy. The intervention is developed in a health promotion framework focusing on salutogenesis aiming to improve the participants ability to activate their own resources for health behaviour changes .
Physical activity once a week for a period of 6 weeks in form of walking and simple strength exercises outdoor in groups led by an instructor. .