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The structured education programme for patients with chronic widespread pain is
the first stage of the interdisciplinary group-based rehabilitation programme for
those patients at the University Rehabilitation Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
The aim of our pilot study was to investigate the impact of the education
programme on the patients' attribution of pain as dangerous. Ninety-three
participants with chronic widespread pain volunteered for the study. They were
first screened to verify whether they were suitable for inclusion in the
rehabilitation programme.
They filled in the Pain Catastrophizing Scale and the
Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia as part of the screening and after the education
programme. The results showed a statistically significantly reduced fear of
movement and catastrophizing. Hence, the education programme appears to be achieving its goals.

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