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. 2023 Jul 1;35(3):330-337.
doi: 10.1097/PEP.0000000000001018. Epub 2023 Apr 10.

Pain Neuroscience Education in Elementary and Middle Schools

Adriaan Louw  1 , Colleen Louw, Jessie Podalak, Kory Zimney, Jen DeLorenzo, Nicholas Maiers, Emilio J Puentedura, Paul Mintken
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Pain Neuroscience Education in Elementary and Middle Schools

Adriaan Louw et al. Pediatr Phys Ther. .

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to deliver pain neuroscience education (PNE) to participants in grades 3 to 8 to determine whether participants in these grades had positive shifts in pain knowledge and beliefs.

Methods: Three hundred twenty participants, grades 3 to 8, received a 1-time, 30-minute PNE lecture. The Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire and the Health Care Provider's Pain and Impairment Relationship Scale were administered before and after the PNE lecture.

Results: All grades improved in pain knowledge and beliefs. Higher-grade school participants (sixth to eighth grades) experienced larger shifts in pain knowledge and attitudes and beliefs than lower-grade (third to fifth grades) participants.

Conclusion: PNE results in changes in pain knowledge and beliefs in school participants in grades 3 to 8.

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