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- Clinical Trial NCT04321239
Positive Psychology for Chronic Pain Self-management
October 1, 2021 updated by: Mary Janevic, University of Michigan
Feasibility of a Technology-Enabled Chronic Pain Self-Management Intervention Delivered by Community Health Workers
Learning chronic pain self-management skills can help patients improve daily functioning and quality of life, while avoiding risks associated with opioids and other pharmacological treatments.
Community health workers (CHWs) may help make chronic pain self-management interventions more accessible to older adults living in underserved communities.
The goal of this study is to conduct a randomized pilot and feasibility trial of a positive psychology-based chronic pain self-management intervention delivered by CHWs, in conjunction with mobile health tools, in a sample of 50 older adults recruited from community sites in Detroit, Michigan.
This study will involve the use of mixed quantitative and qualitative methods to assess participant engagement and satisfaction, and change in pain-related outcomes.
Study Overview
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
51
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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Michigan
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
- University of Michigan
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
60 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- English-proficient
- Ambulatory with or without assistive device
- Community-living
- Have a cell or landline phone
- Have Internet access (home or elsewhere);
- Self-reported chronic musculoskeletal pain (pain in muscles or joints for > 3 months); >4 (0-10 scale) average pain level over last week; >1 day/previous 30 when pain made it difficult to do usual activities.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Serious acute illness or hospitalization in last month
- Planned surgery in next three months
- Severe cognitive impairment or other severe physical or psychiatric disorder judged by study team to pose significant barrier to deriving program benefit
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention group
Participants will engage in a 7-week positive psychology-based chronic pain self-management program.
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Individuals in the intervention group will meet with a community health worker at an in-person or virtual study orientation session.
At this session, they will be introduced to the program, learn how to use the online modules and any associated materials, and choose a day and time for future weekly telephone sessions.
Participants will also be given a wearable physical activity tracker at the orientation session to use throughout the course of the program.
They can choose to report daily step counts either by automatically syncing to an app or by manual reporting via text message.
The program will be delivered over 6 weeks.
Each week participants will complete a web-based module and have one telephone session with the community health worker to discuss that module and to set a related goal.
Participants will also set weekly goals related to walking, which will be informed and tracked by daily step-counts from the physical activity tracker.
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No Intervention: Usual care control group
After completing the follow-up telephone survey, individuals in the control condition will be given access to the online program, a wearable physical activity tracker to use and keep, and will be invited to attend a one-time 2.5-hour in-person or telephone workshop that summarizes intervention content and that will be led jointly by study staff and a community health worker.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in Pain Interference
Time Frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
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The Pain Interference 6-item subscale of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-43 Adult Profile.
Items ask how much pain in the last 7 days has interfered with daily activities such as household chores and social activities (1=not at all to 5=very much); raw total scale scores range from 6 (low interference) to 30 (high interference).
When converted to T-scores (normed such that a score of 50 is the population mean and 10 T-score points=1 standard deviation), the possible range is 42 to 76, with a higher score representing worse outcome.
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Baseline and 8 weeks
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Change in Self-reported Physical Functioning
Time Frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
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The Physical Functioning 4-item subscale of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-29 Adult Profile.
Items ask how much difficulty participant has in doing daily activities such as household chores, using stairs, and walking 15 minutes (1=without any difficulty to 5=unable to do); raw total scale scores range from 4 (high functioning) to 20 (low functioning).
When converted to T-scores (normed such that a score of 50 is the population mean and 10 T-score points=1 standard deviation), the possible range is 23 to 57, with a higher score representing worse outcome.
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Baseline and 8 weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Participant Global Impression of Change--Pain
Time Frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
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How participant thinks their pain has changed from baseline (much worse (1) to much better (7)).
Higher score represents a better outcome.
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Baseline and 8 weeks
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Change in Pain Self-efficacy
Time Frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
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The Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, a 10-item scale (Nicholas 1989) rating confidence at doing specific things (e.g., chores, accomplishing goals, becoming more active) despite pain; each item scored from 0=not at all confident to 6=completely confident.
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Baseline and 8 weeks
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Change in Social Participation
Time Frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
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Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities, a 4-item subscale from PROMIS-20 rating the amount of trouble (1=not at all to 5=very much) in participating in social roles such as family activities, leisure activities, and work.
Raw total scale scores range from 4 (high functioning) to 20 (low functioning).
When converted to T-scores (normed such that a score of 50 is the population mean and 10 T-score points=1 standard deviation), the possible range is 29 to 64, with a higher score representing worse outcome.
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Baseline and 8 weeks
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Change in Resilience
Time Frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
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10-item version of the Connor-Davidson resilience scale rating the degree (0=not true at all to 4=true nearly all the time) respondent can cope/be resilient in various situations.
Higher score means more resilience.
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Baseline and 8 weeks
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Participant Global Impression of Change - Functioning
Time Frame: 8 weeks
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How participant thinks their functioning has changed from baseline (much worse (1) to much better (7)).
Higher score represents a better outcome.
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8 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Mary Janevic, PhD, University of Michigan
Publications and helpful links
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Study record dates
These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
May 14, 2020
Primary Completion (Actual)
December 22, 2020
Study Completion (Actual)
December 22, 2020
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
March 23, 2020
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
March 23, 2020
First Posted (Actual)
March 25, 2020
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
November 1, 2021
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
October 1, 2021
Last Verified
October 1, 2021
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- HUM00162275
- 2P30AG022845-16 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Yes
IPD Plan Description
- Self-reported survey data (baseline and 8 weeks from baseline) on pain and functioning, as well as other health and demographic information from a telephone survey of 50 pilot study participants. For 25 of these participants, we will also have up to six weeks of daily activity (step count) data. Two anonymized datasets will be created: 1) survey data only; 2) survey data plus, for the subset of 25 participants, activity data linked to survey data. In order to maintain confidentiality, outliers, dates, and personal identifiers will be removed from the data set.
- Notes from post-program qualitative interviews (n=25). These are in-depth, semi-structured interviews about challenges, facilitators, and satisfaction with various aspects of the program and its implementation. We will share de-identified copies of detailed notes from these interviews (we do not plan on producing verbatim transcripts) but not audiorecordings.
IPD Sharing Time Frame
Data will be available for sharing upon the date of online publication of the results of the primary aims.
IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type
- Study Protocol
- Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP)
- Informed Consent Form (ICF)
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.
No
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