Does Boredom With Simultaneously Perceived Pain Affect Pressure Pain Thresholds (BPPPT)

Linnaeus University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Pain Thresholds

Treatments: Other: Boredom intervention; Other: Humorous

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07330167

Dnr 2025-06262-01

Linnaeus University (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate if different emotional states such as boredom and happiness could influence mechanical pain thresholds and other pain - related variables such as pain tolerance, pain intensity and pain - related negative affect.

Full description

Participants will be randomized into 3 different groups watching different short video-clips (2.30 min), while at the same time experience short-lasting, experimentally induced pain. The boredom emotions group will watch a short boring video, the positive emotions group will watch a video containing a stand-up comedy show and this video will also be the distraction control, and the control group will just wait for 2.30 min, without any instructions about what to think about. Pressure pain thresholds will be measured with an algometer before and after the video-clip combined with experimental pain interventions.

Enrollment: 160 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Above 18 years of age and below 80 years of age.
• Fluent in Swedish.

Exclusion criteria

• Pain anywhere in the body during the test session.
• Known neurological disease.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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160 participants in 3 patient groups

Boredom intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The participant will watch a short video ( boredom) 2.30 minutes in length while experimental pain is induced.

Treatment:

Other: Boredom intervention

Humorous control intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

The participant will watch a short humorous video 2.30 minutes in length while experimental pain is induced.

Treatment:

Other: Humorous

Control intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

The participant will wait for 2.30 minutes with experimentally induced pain.