his is a pragmatic clinical trial carried out with patients referred to the Physical Therapy sector of a municipality who will be allocated in an interdisciplinary pain education intervention group or a comparison group of conventional physical therapy treatment. Clinical characteristics of pain will be evaluated by multidimensional questionnaires, in addition to self-efficacy, quality of life, functional literacy and sociodemographic profile. Health professionals will be evaluated by an attitude towards pain inventory. It is expected to demonstrate the effectiveness of interdisciplinary pain education work in managing the biopsychosocial impacts of pain by promoting knowledge and self-management strategies in the care of this chronic condition. As it is a light and collective technology, it can reduce the burden of the disease and support public policy decision-making in the management of chronic pain in public health.
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary pain education program in improving self-efficacy and promoting quality of life in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain in public health. This is a pragmatic clinical trial carried out with patients referred to the Physical Therapy sector of a municipality who will be allocated in an interdisciplinary pain education intervention group or a comparison group of conventional physical therapy treatment.