Students' Understanding and Beliefs About Pain Before and After a One-day Pain Science Education Conference: an Evaluation

The beliefs held by students lead to behaviours in response to their pain which can be both helpful or a hindrance to how they manage their pain. The one-day education event aims to educate the cohort on the contemporary scientific understanding of persistent pain using a mixture of methods. It is hoped this event will result in an improvement in the alignment of beliefs and behaviours to contemporary understanding of persistent pain.The principal aim is to evaluate the pre-post knowledge and beliefs about pain following a one-day pain education event in year 12 students, aged 16 or above.

Inclusion Criteria: students at two specified schools in North Yorkshire who had been offered the pain study day or are in the control school in year 12Aged above 16. Providing consent to participate.-Exclusion Criteria:Students not providing consent.