University of Portsmouth - Chronic pain study

[Flo0212]

Hello,

I am Le Nguyen, a Master’s student in Health Psychology from University of Portsmouth. For my research project, I investigate the relationship between self-compassion and pain perceptions. Moreover, I want to explore how emotional distress regulates these relationships. I am looking for volunteers aged 18 or over and have chronic pain to answer a 10-minute online questionnaire. Here is the link to my study portsmouthpsych.eu.qualtric....

By participating in this project, you are helping to broaden the existing knowledge regarding these matters, which can contribute to more effective interventions in the future. Thank you for your time and if you would like further information, please contact me via [e-mail].

[lovenothate]

Just to let you know the link isn’t working for me.

[Flo0212 in reply to lovenothate]

Hello, I am sorry about that. For some reasons half of the link was cut off after I posted it. I am looking into this at the moment and will let you know as soon as I can.

Thank you for your time.

[CanuckAnon in reply to lovenothate]

Me neither

[Flo0212 in reply to CanuckAnon]

Hello,

Thank you very much for your time. While waiting for the problem to be solve, would you mind sending me an email to [e-mail] please? I will then be able to send you the link to the study.

[HipHipClunk]

I've tried the link a few times and it isn't working.

[Flo0212 in reply to HipHipClunk]

Hello, I am sorry about that. For some reasons half of the link was cut off after I posted it. I am looking into this at the moment and will let you know as soon as I can.

Thank you for your time.

[Flo0212 in reply to HipHipClunk]

Hello,

Thank you very much for your time. While waiting for the problem to be solve, would you mind sending me an email to [e-mail] please? I will then be able to send you the link to the study.

[Harleyquin1]

Hi I hope you can get this sorted out as I have had chronic lower back pain from a substantial lumber injury for many years

At present am trying to address some of the issues that have arisen.

[Flo0212 in reply to Harleyquin1]

Hello,

Thank you for your support with the study. I am waiting for the issue to be looked into at the moment. Meanwhile, you could send me an email to [e-mail] if you would like the link to the study :).

I really appreciate the information you have given me. However, I just want to let you know that the study mainly investigates the benefits of self-compassion by looking into its relationships with pain coping and pain catastrophizing (please note the term "pain catastrophizing" used in this study is to understand perceived helplessness, rumination and magnification of the pain without any intentions to downplay anyone's conditions). However, if you would like to share more about your experience with the study or with the condition in general, it would be a pleasure for me to hear from you. Please feel free to drop me an email and your experience may give me valuable insight for future research.

[Harleyquin1 in reply to Flo0212]

Hi Flo

i can identify with that quite profoundly Going ouch when you think it is going to hurt even if it dose not.

I have sent you an email I hope you get ok

[Flo0212 in reply to Harleyquin1]

Hi,

I have received the email and just sent you a reply. I am very grateful for your help. Please take care and stay safe during this difficult time.

[Harleyquin1 in reply to Flo0212]

Hi Le

Ok thank you I will attend to that before morning thumbs are worn out from typing at moment. I would be interested in any available results for interest not important if not available I hope my information is useful for yourself.

Good luck with your Project

Stay healthy

[Flo0212 in reply to Harleyquin1]

Hi,

Thank you for your support. I hope you can have a good rest.

Your information has been very helpful. It would be a pleasure for me to share the results with you. Although as I mentioned I would share the results with the organization and they will potentially be distributed amongst the members. Due to confidentiality and anonymity regulations, I cannot send results to every individual who have done the study. But please just confirm that you are aware of that and still happy for me to send the results to your email address once the study is completed (hopefully will be around September 2020).

Once again, many thanks and take care

[Harleyquin1 in reply to Flo0212]

Hi Flo not le

You are very welcome. I except they will be shared professionally not a problem.

They are honest and nothing to be embarrassed about.

Its nice to be believed

Be happy and healthy x

[Harleyquin1 in reply to Harleyquin1]

Hi again

I would be very happy to receive results on that email. I will be most interested and educated by then 😀😀

[Flo0212 in reply to Harleyquin1]

Thank you for being so sweet and positive. I have been dealing with a lot of negativity lately as people don’t like certain aspects of the study and your support has given me more motivation to help others even by just a little bit.

[Harleyquin1 in reply to Flo0212]

I have noticed.

All my sympathies to you

Dont let negativity rule the day. was happy to help and chronic pain is so often greeted by scepticism

The " Oh yes I understand" 🙄response but the eyes say a different thing.

My best wishes in your project 😀

[Flo0212 in reply to Harleyquin1]

Thank you so much x

[Hidden]

What do people actually get for spending 10 mins or more helping your research?? Will they ever see any results or do you disappear once you have your material?

And Masters projects don't usually have a particularly broad readership.

Periodically students come onto this site and solicit help for projects only they benefit from.

[Flo0212 in reply to Hidden]

Hi,

Participation in this study is completely voluntary and as you have mentioned that this is a student's project, there is no funding and I cannot give any rewards. I hope 10 minute is not too much to ask from participants' time. However, it has been planned that I will share my results with any organisations that have helped me distribute the survey.

Doing this project is more to help contribute to research in chronic pain than to my own gain. The study may not be as significant as coming up with a new intervention for chronic pain. However, it is looking into self-compassion, which has not been mentioned in many research. This can be beneficial not only for people with chronic pain but also for those whose love ones have chronic pain. Besides psychological interventions available, simply being kind, less judgmental and taking things easy can be a good way to maintain the effectiveness of these interventions. The rationale behind the study is more than just that, but that is the overall idea of the study and I am hoping to find some positive results.

[Hidden]

You'll share your research with organisations, but not the voluntary participants.

So how exactly do participants benefit?

Kindness etc are qualitative variables, and you seem to have predetermined the outcome. Perhaps your belief in its contribution to wider research, is being rather too kind.

[Harleyquin1 in reply to Hidden]

Why not give someone the benefit of your experience when it can do nought but heighten awareness of a very difficult condition to examine.

We all have plenty of house bound time on our hands and you may well make a valuable contribution that eases others suffering.

At very worst you will lose 15 minutes of time, even doing that you may gain some understanding.

[Harleyquin1 in reply to Harleyquin1]

I would add we all may gain a health professional that works in a field of concern for us.

Just a thought to think on I prey.

[Hidden in reply to Harleyquin1]

No thank you.

[Kesani]

Good luck with your research project. I don't have chronic pain so there is no need for me to answer a 10-minute online questionnaire. I had to write a research paper on a similar topic. An expert from studenterra.com/ helped me a lot with it! There was no risk at all for me because they promised to refund all my money.