NCT05220202

MOTIVATE to Improve Outcomes for Older Veterans With Musculoskeletal Pain and Depression

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 264 (estimated)
• Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The proposed study seeks to evaluate effectiveness, implementation processes, and cost of MOTIVATE among older Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain and comorbid depressive symptoms.

Detailed description

Investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) at two large VA facilities, to establish the effectiveness and scalability of MOTIVATE, a remotely delivered behavioral intervention for older Veterans with comorbid musculoskeletal (MSK) pain and depressive symptoms. The central hypothesis is that MOTIVATE will improve important patient-centered outcomes among older Veterans with co-occurring MSK pain and depressive symptoms.

Conditions

• Chronic Back Pain
• Depression
• Aging
• Musculoskeletal Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Behavioral Intervention Group (MOTIVATE)	Behavioral: Behavioral Intervention Group (MOTIVATE) The behavioral intervention is designed for older Veterans with musculoskeletal pain and depression and will include 8 individual telephone sessions delivered by health coaches (for up to 5 months total), accounting for additional time between sessions (if needed).

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-20
• Primary completion: 2026-10-01
• Completion: 2026-12-01
• First posted: 2022-02-02
• Last updated: 2025-08-20

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States