NCT06582758

Does Choice Improve the Pain Relief Derived From a Brief Intervention

Brief (<10 Minute) Behavioral Interventions for Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 212 (actual)
• Sponsor: Florida State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Pain
• Acute Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Pain Psychoeducation	In the pain psychoeducation intervention, participants will be provided a four-minute recording about different pain management strategies (e.g., ice, rest) and accessible resources to promote overall well-being.
BEHAVIORAL	Mindful Pain Management	In the mindful pain management intervention, participants will listen to a four minute mindfulness intervention consisting of a 1-minute introduction to mindful pain management and a 3-minute mindfulness practice.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-09-04
• Primary completion: 2024-11-25
• Completion: 2024-11-25
• First posted: 2024-09-03
• Last updated: 2025-03-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States