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The very idea of living with pain rather than curing it is, for many people, unpalatable. When told such a thing by their doctor, it can feel like being abandoned, as if medicine is moving on and leaving one to 'cope' alone. Even the word 'cope' is not neutral.
Whenever someone says, "you can/will/should cope" it sounds like someone is saying, "shut up and get on with it". This is what pain patients tell us, both in multiple qualitative studies and in our own patient partner panels. Patients also tell us that trying to live with pain without help is difficult, sometimes impossible; it is hard struggling alone, challenging for loved ones trying to help, and daunting that every day starts with the same overwhelming task. This challenge has been recognised.
Although pain is the primary reason that people go to see their GP, it is poorly managed in the UK and leaves people exposed to multiple further health risks, including clinical anxiety, depression, and loneliness, and an increased risk of further morbidity and possibly all-cause mortality.
We do have treatments for chronic pain, using pharmacological, physical and psychological approaches, all with the common aim of reducing pain, or alleviating suffering. Yet, these also have in common 'disappointing' overall results.
The Centre for Pain Research was established in 2008 and is home to a team of interdisciplinary researchers investigating the best ways of helping people learn how to live with incurable pain.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Janet Bultitude
- Department of Psychology - Senior Lecturer
- Centre for Pain Research
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (AAPS CDT)
- Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS)
- Bath Institute for the Augmented Human
Person: Research & Teaching, Core staff, Affiliate staff
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Christopher Eccleston
- Department for Health - Professor
- Centre for Pain Research
- Bath Institute for the Augmented Human
- Centre for Bioengineering & Biomedical Technologies (CBio)
Person: Research & Teaching, Core staff, Affiliate staff
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Emma Fisher
- Department for Health - Senior Research Fellow
- Centre for Pain Research
Person: Researcher, Affiliate staff
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Unhelpful Clinical Messages in Chronic Pain (UCM)
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
1/06/23 → 31/05/24
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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High impact chronic pain and UK biobank: presentation, transitions and targets for intervention
van den Windt, D., Fisher, E., Eccleston, C., Keogh, E. & Ehrhardt, B.
1/06/22 → 2/06/25
Project: Research-related funding
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High impact chronic pain and UK biobank: presentation, transitions and targets for intervention
Eccleston, C., Fisher, E., Keogh, E., Kyprianou, A., Ehrhardt, B. & Fisher, E.
1/05/22 → 30/04/25
Project: Research council
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Alterations in pain during adolescence and puberty
Nahman-Averbuch, H., Li, R., Boerner, K., Lewis, C., Garwood, S., Palermo, T. & Jordan, A., 24 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Trends in Neurosciences. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A meta-ethnography of how children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services, and treatments (Review)
France, E., Uny, D. I., Turley, R., Thomson, K., Noyes, J., Jordan, A., Forbat, L., Caes, L. & Bianchim, M. S., 18 Jul 2023, (Acceptance date) In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Antidepressants for pain management in adults with chronic pain: a network meta-analysis
Birkinshaw, H., Friedrich, C. M., Cole, P., Eccleston, C., Serfaty, M., Stewart, G., White, S., Moore, R. A., Phillippo, D. & Pincus, T., 10 May 2023, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2023, 5, CD014682.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Dataset for Study 3 from Thesis: An identification and critical analysis of barriers to raising the topic of weight in general practice
Blackburn, M. (Creator), Eccleston, C. (Supervisor), Stathi, A. (Supervisor) & Keogh, E. (Supervisor), University of Bath, Dec 2015
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00162
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Data set for "Taking aversive action: an experimental investigation into the negotiation of bodily limits"
Tabor, A. (Creator), Eccleston, C. (Researcher), Vollaard, N. (Researcher) & Keogh, E. (Researcher), University of Bath, 22 Mar 2019
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00516
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Dataset for "Service users' experiences of NHS patient medicines helpline services: A qualitative study"
Williams, M. (Creator), Jordan, A. (Creator), Scott, J. (Creator) & Jones, M. (Creator), University of Bath, 28 Jun 2020
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00745
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Student theses
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A fluid power application of alternative robust control strategies
Author: Pannett, R., 16 Sept 2010Supervisor: Keogh, E. (Supervisor) & Tilley, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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An identification and critical analysis of barriers to raising the topic of weight in general practice
Author: Blackburn, M., 27 Apr 2016Supervisor: Eccleston, C. (Supervisor), Stathi, A. (Supervisor) & Keogh, E. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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An investigation into the reciprocal relationship between gender and careers
Author: Mcatamney, K., 23 Nov 2016Supervisor: Smith, L. (Supervisor) & Keogh, E. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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