E-health Resilience Program For Chronic Spine Pain (JOOL)

University of Michigan

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Back Pain; Neck Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: JOOL app

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03667040

HUM00146178

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will examine a e-health resilience based program, JOOL, for chronic spine pain patients through the following aims:

Aim 1: To test the effectiveness of a resilience based program known as JOOL Aim 2: To evaluate the characteristics of the participants most likely to benefit from this treatment

Full description

This is a pilot RCT in which 150 patients with chronic spine pain will be randomized to one of two arms: (1) a group that downloads the JOOL mobile application resilience program; and (2) a control group.The primary outcome will be a change in physical function.

Enrollment: 2 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient of the UM Back & Pain Center
• Primary diagnosis of neck or back pain (spine pain)
• Age 18-70
• English speaking
• Able to provide consent
• Willing to download the mobile application and comply with study procedures
• Antidepressant medications stable for ≥ 4 weeks
• No plan to initiate a new non-pharmacological pain intervention during the 30-day study period (e.g. back surgery, physical therapy, behavioral therapy

Exclusion Criteria

• Having known psychotic disorder or the presence of another psychiatric condition (e.g. severe depression [HADS scores ≥ 15], suicidal ideation) or cognitive impairment (e.g. severe dyslexia, TBI) limiting ability to give consent and/or participate fully in the study
• Currently undergoing psychotherapeutic care at the Back & Pain Center because many of the concepts that are the focus of this study are already employed in that treatment
• Other factors that at the discretion of the investigators would adversely affect study participation.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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2 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

75 participants will take part in three visits (baseline, 30days and 60days)

Intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

75 participants will take complete a baseline visit and then participate in the intervention. They will use the application, the JOOL app for 30 days. Then complete surveys at 30days and 60days after the interventions

Treatment:

Behavioral: JOOL app