Psychosocial Support for Acute Hospital Pain and Distress

Utah System of Higher Education (USHE)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acute Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Suggestion; Behavioral: Mindfulness; Behavioral: Psychoeducation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02590029

00085446

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this randomized study is to determine the impact of three different types of psychosocial support delivered by social workers to patients reporting uncontrolled pain during a hospital stay. This study will examine the differential effects of brief mindfulness training, therapeutic suggestion, and psychoeducation for patients reporting uncontrolled pain.

Enrollment: 244 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• English-speaking males or females 18 or older within the University of Utah Hospital system reporting "intolerable pain" or "inadequate pain control" on the Clinically Aligned Pain Assessment Tool (CAPA; Donaldson & Chapman, 2013).

Exclusion criteria

• Altered mental status due to delirium, psychosis, or pharmacological sedation as determined by clinical assessment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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244 participants in 3 patient groups

Mindfulness

Experimental group

Description:

15 minute mindfulness session

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness

Suggestion

Experimental group

Description:

15 minute therapeutic suggestion session

Treatment:

Behavioral: Suggestion

Psychoeducation

Active Comparator group

Description:

15 minute psychoeducation session

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psychoeducation