A Brief Intervention for Chronic Pain in Primary Care

Henry Ford Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Psychotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03692468

Pain in Primary Care

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research study is to investigate potential benefits of a behavioral intervention for co-occurring chronic pain and distress that is delivered in a primary care clinic.

Enrollment: 61 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Chronic pain condition
• A current patient within the Henry Ford Health System Academic Internal Medicine Clinic in Detroit
• Has been within the Henry Ford Health System for at least 6 months

Exclusion criteria

• Current behavioral health treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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61 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will engage in a 5 session psychotherapy intervention focused on improving pain and mood.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psychotherapy

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients will receive treatment as usual from their care providers.