Pain Neuroscience Education in Elementary and Middle Schools

Authors:
  • ALAdriaan Louw
    Adriaan Louw
  • CLColleen Pt Louw
    Colleen Pt Louw
  • JPJessie Podalak
    Jessie Podalak
  • KZKory Zimney
    Kory Zimney
  • JDJen DeLorenzo
    Jen DeLorenzo
  • NMNicholas Maiers
    Nicholas Maiers
  • EPEmilio J. Puentedura
    Emilio J. Puentedura
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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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