Overview
Pain, when it becomes chronic, can be a threat to patients and it is very common to observe a fear of pain and a fear of movement (kinesiophobia). Avoidance of movement due to fear of pain can lead to a deterioration of body image. Non-medicinal therapies are essential to correct this fear and movement avoidance behavior, to decrease "catastrophic" judgments and thus anxiety. The use of art-therapy in the accompaniment of patients with pain has shown, in particular, decreases in the intensity of pain, the level of anxiety, an improvement in stress, mood and overall psychological state. However, according to the current literature, it appears that 1) this technique is rarely used in children or adolescents, for whom non-medicinal therapies are fundamental, and 2) in the case of chronic pain, the form of art used is very rarely related to the body (most often painting, drawing, music...).
In this project, investigators propose to set up and test the potential benefit of art-therapy sessions related to the body, namely dance-therapy, in adolescents and young adults suffering from chronic pain.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients aged 12 to 20 years, girls or boys, with chronic pain.
- Diagnosis of chronic pain made in a Pain Management Center
- Patients followed in a Pain Management Center (to ensure that patients entering the protocol have pain that is not relieved by conventional treatments)
- Patients who have given written consent for adults or whose parents have given consent for minors
- Patients who are affiliated with or benefit from a social security system.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with other neurological or psychological disorders
- Patients with psychiatric illnesses
- Patients with chronic infectious, metabolic, cancerous, autoimmune diseases.
- Non-communicating patients including deaf and hard of hearing patients
- Patients or parents who do not speak or read French
- Pregnant women
- Dance or yoga professionals (dance or yoga teachers or those studying to become teachers)
