Interest of Day Hospital Care for Patients With Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome Referred to the Chronic Pain Unit for the First Time

Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic disabling disease. Patients present a variable picture associating pain localized to an articular or peri-articular region, motor and vasomotor disorders and trophic disorders.

Its pathophysiology, still poorly understood to this day, results from local inflammatory phenomena complicated by peripheral sensitization and central spinal and cerebral sensitization.

The diagnosis is made difficult by the fluctuating nature of the symptoms and the absence of specific complementary examination.

The treatment of CRPS is symptomatic and requires multidisciplinary care. CRPS is responsible for an alteration in the patient's quality of life. This pathology has a global impact because it affects not only the biomedical sphere but also the socio-family, professional and psychological spheres.

The investigators hypothesize that multidisciplinary intervention in the Day Hospital would improve the quality of life of patients with CRPS. The investigators also think that the passage in Day Hospital would make it possible to improve the pains, the functionality of the affected limb as well as the satisfaction of the patients.

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Key information

Conditions

Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome Autonomic Nervous System Diseases Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Nervous System Diseases Neuromuscular Diseases Peripheral Nervous System Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Centre Hospitalier Du Mans

Le Mans, 72000, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Patient volunteers over 18 years of age
Diagnosis of CRPS according to the Budapest criteria
Referred to pain assessment and treatment center

Exclusion criteria

Patients unable to express their wishes or understand the protocol
Diagnosis of CRPS not meeting Budapest criteria
Patients previously seen at pain assessment and treatment center for the care of CRPS

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Evaluate impact of day hospital care on quality of life

Time frame: 3 months after day hospital

Impact of quality of life was assessed by questionnaire Short Form Health Survey (SF36). A score ranging from 0 to 100 is obtained. A low score reflects a perception of poor health, loss of function, presence of pain.
Evaluate impact of day hospital care on quality of life

Time frame: 6 months after day hospital

Impact of quality of life was assessed by questionnaire Short Form Health Survey (SF36). A score ranging from 0 to 100 is obtained. A low score reflects a perception of poor health, loss of function, presence of pain.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier le Mans

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2021
Primary completion: 2022
Study completion: 2022
First posted: Jun 4, 2021
Registry last updated: Jul 1, 2026

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