Does Choice Improve the Pain Relief Derived From a Brief Intervention

Florida State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acute Pain; Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Pain Psychoeducation; Behavioral: Mindful Pain Management

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06582758

STUDY00004916_MOD5065

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project is a single-site, four-arm, randomized controlled trial investigating whether providing patients in an orthopedic clinic waiting room the ability to choose which pain management intervention the receive impacts the degree of pain relief they experience.

Full description

This project is a single-site, four-arm, randomized controlled trial investigating whether providing patients in an orthopedic clinic waiting room the ability to choose which pain management intervention the receive impacts the degree of pain relief they experience. Participants will be randomized to one of three conditions: 1) a 4-minute pain psychoeducation recording, 2) a 4-minute mindfulness recording, or 3) choice. In the choice condition, participants will be able to choose which recoding (i.e., pain psychoeducation or mindfulness) they would like to listen to.

Enrollment: 212 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Receiving pain treatment at Tallahassee Orthopedic Center
• Understanding English instructions fluently
• Being 18 years of age or older

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to consent because of physical or mental incapacity.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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212 participants in 4 patient groups

Mindful Pain Management (randomized)

Experimental group

Description:

In the control mindful pain management intervention, participants will be randomized to listen to a four minute mindfulness intervention consisting of a 1-minute introduction to mindful pain management and a 3-minute mindfulness practice.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindful Pain Management

Pain Psychoeducation (randomized)

Active Comparator group

Description:

In the pain psychoeducation intervention, participants will be randomized to listen to a four-minute recording about different pain management strategies (e.g., ice, rest) and accessible resources to promote overall well-being.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Pain Psychoeducation

Choice: Mindful Pain Management

Experimental group

Description:

In the choice mindful pain management intervention, participants will choose to listen to a four minute mindfulness intervention consisting of a 1-minute introduction to mindful pain management and a 3-minute mindfulness practice.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindful Pain Management

Choice: Pain Psychoeducation

Active Comparator group

Description:

In the choice pain psychoeducation intervention, participants will choose to listen to a four-minute recording about different pain management strategies (e.g., ice, rest) and accessible resources to promote overall well-being.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Pain Psychoeducation