Does Patient Testimonial Improve the Pain Relief Derived From a Brief Intervention

Florida State University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Pain Management; Chronic Pain; Acute Pain; Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindfulness; Behavioral: Pain Psychoeducation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07335159

STUDY00004916_Testimonial

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project is a single-site, two-arm, randomized controlled trial investigating whether providing patients in an orthopedic clinic waiting room an audio-recorded mindfulness practice decreases their pain relative to an injury management control condition.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Receiving 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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400 participants in 2 patient groups

Pain Psychoeducation

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) to promote overall well-being.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Pain Psychoeducation

Mindfulness

Experimental group

Description:

In the mindfulness intervention, participants will be randomized to listen to 1 minute of psychoeducation about mindfulness that includes a patient testimonial, 1 minute of mindful breathing, 1 minute of mindful mapping (i.e., mindfulness of pain), and 1 minute of mindfulness of personal meaning.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness