Brief Intervention for Chronic Pain and History of Stressful Experiences

Mass General Brigham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Trauma; Chronic Pain; Adverse Childhood Experiences

Treatments: Behavioral: Trauma Focused Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06983327

2024P001483

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to understand whether a brief, three session program can be helpful in reducing symptoms related to both chronic pain and stressful experiences/trauma.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Presence of a chronic pain condition (pain for at least 3 months or more)
• History of psychosocial trauma or stressful experience (Adverse Childhood Events questionnaire [ACEs] score of ≥ 3 OR Trauma History Questionnaire Score [THQ] of ≥ 2)
• English fluency
• Access to a smartphone, laptop, or computer
• Able to participate in the intervention via a virtual platform

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to participate in 3 weekly sessions
• Unable to complete study procedures due to the presence of delirium, dementia, psychosis, or other cognitive impairment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

Brief Intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Trauma Focused Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET)