Pilot study on the effects of a culturally-sensitive and standard pain neuroscience education for Hausa-speaking patients with chronic neck pain.

Culture-sensitive and standard PNE plus exercise therapy are feasible for Hausa patients with CNP, and current findings indicate support for reducing disability and increasing pain knowledge among them.Implications for rehabilitationBoth standard PNE and culture-sensitive PNE are feasible for administration as interventions for Hausa-speaking patients with CNP.Radio adverts may be necessary for patients recruitment in addition to specialists' referrals.Culturally sensitive PNE materials may be more desirable as an intervention option due to the low literacy level among the Hausa population.