Pain in Competitive Athletes With Physical Disabilities: Techniques, Support and Perceived Difficulties

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05639842
• Recruitment Status: Completed
• First Posted: December 6, 2022
• Last Update Posted: December 6, 2022
• Sponsor: Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
• Information provided by (Responsible Party): Sandra Constantino Murillo, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

Tracking Information

• First Submitted Date: November 21, 2022
• First Posted Date: December 6, 2022
• Last Update Posted Date: December 6, 2022
• Actual Study Start Date: December 9, 2021
• Actual Primary Completion Date: December 9, 2021 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Current Primary Outcome Measures (submitted: December 2, 2022)

Cross-sectional surveys [ Time Frame: 5 months ]

An ad-hoc questionnaire was developed with questions that sought to respond to the specific objectives of this study, taking into consideration the information obtained in the previous qualitative study. The questionnaire consisted of 74 questions, 68 closed multiple-choice and 6 open-ended, organised into six sections: characteristics of the athlete, how pain affects their sporting career, tolerance and acceptance of pain, techniques and strategies for managing pain, social support for pain management and finally difficulties in pain management. A Likert scale from 1 (very infrequently) to 5 (very often) was used.Depending on the interpretation of the questions asked in each section, higher scores mean a better or worse result.

• Original Primary Outcome Measures: Same as current
• Change History: No Changes Posted
• Current Secondary Outcome Measures: Not Provided
• Original Secondary Outcome Measures: Not Provided
• Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures: Not Provided
• Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures: Not Provided

Descriptive Information

• Brief Title: Pain in Competitive Athletes With Physical Disabilities: Techniques, Support and Perceived Difficulties
• Official Title: Pain in Competitive Athletes With Physical Disabilities: Techniques for Its Management, Support Received and Perceived Difficulties
• Brief Summary: Pain in physically disabled athletes affects the sporting career directly or indirectly through psychological consequences. Numerous studies address psychological skills in able-bodied athletes and in able-bodied athletes they are scarce.This information is part of a research project aimed at finding resources to help athletes in their pain management.
• Detailed Description: The purpose of this study is to determine how competitive athletes perceive how pain can affect their sporting careers; what techniques and/or strategies athletes use for pain management and how useful these are; to determine the extent to which athletes with disabilities have received support for pain management and to what extent they have found it useful; and to determine the difficulties they often face in managing their pain.The aim of this questionnaire is to find out how pain, resulting from injury, can affect the sporting careers of competitive athletes with physical disabilities and what techniques they use to manage it.
• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Observational Model: Other; Time Perspective: Other
• Target Follow-Up Duration: Not Provided
• Biospecimen: Not Provided
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample
• Study Population: A total of 413 participants were interviewed on a voluntary basis. Spanish and Latin American nationality.

Condition

• Pain
• Athletes
• Physical Disability

Intervention

Other: Pain in competitive athletes with physical disabilities. Techniques for its management, support received and perceived difficulties.

A total of 413 athletes with physical disabilities participated in the study, 157 Spanish athletes and 260 Latin American athletes. The athletes were contacted through different sports federations, Paralympic Committees and sports teams of people with disabilities.For the distribution of the questionnaire, the researcher made an initial telephone contact with the Spanish Paralympic Committee and the Spanish Sports Federation for People with Physical Disabilities, to explain the objectives of the study and ask for their collaboration in the dissemination. Subsequently, the information was officially sent to them by email.

• Study Groups/Cohorts: Not Provided
• Publications *: Not Provided

Recruitment Information

• Recruitment Status: Completed
• Actual Enrollment (submitted: December 2, 2022): 413
• Original Actual Enrollment: Same as current
• Actual Study Completion Date: April 17, 2022
• Actual Primary Completion Date: December 9, 2021 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Athletes:

• Competitive athletes.
• Physical disability.
• Age without criteria.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Failure to meet the inclusion criteria.

Sex/Gender

• Sexes Eligible for Study: All

• Ages: 15 Years to 60 Years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Contacts: Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
• Listed Location Countries: Spain

Administrative Information

• NCT Number: NCT05639842
• Other Study ID Numbers: UPMadrid.
• Has Data Monitoring Committee: No

U.S. FDA-regulated Product

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: No

IPD Sharing Statement

• Plan to Share IPD: No

• Current Responsible Party: Sandra Constantino Murillo, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
• Original Responsible Party: Same as current
• Current Study Sponsor: Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
• Original Study Sponsor: Same as current
• Collaborators: Not Provided

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Sandra Constantino Murillo; Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

• PRS Account: Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
• Verification Date: December 2022