Cyclical Sighing for Pain

Florida State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Cyclical Sighing; Behavioral: Pain Coping Information

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06292793

STUDY00004696

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a single-site, two-arm, parallel-group randomized clinical trial (RCT). The clinical effects of a 4-minute audio-recorded cyclical sighing intervention for orthopedic patients will be investigated relative to a 4-minute audio-recoding about pain psychoeducation.

Enrollment: 81 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥18
• Seeking treatment at the Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic

Exclusion criteria

• Cognitive impairment preventing completion of study procedures.
• Other unstable illness judged by medical staff to interfere with study involvement.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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81 participants in 2 patient groups

Pain Coping Information

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Pain Coping Information

Cyclical Sighing

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cyclical Sighing