Does Boredom Affect Mechanical Pain Thresholds (BEAMPT)

April 25, 2025 updated by: Helena Gunnarsson, Linnaeus University
The purpose of this study is to investigate if the feeling of boredom could influence mechanical pain thresholds.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Participants will be randomized into 3 different groups watching different short video-clips (2.30 min). The boredom group will watch a boring video about ploughing, the distraction control group will watch a positively valenced video, the control group will just wait for 2.30 min, without any instructions about what to think about. Pressure pain thresholds will be measured with an algometer before and after the video-clip interventions.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

120

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

  • Sweden
      • Växjö, Sweden
        • Linnaeus University

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • No pain at the test session
  • Swedish fluency.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pain anywhere in the body during the test session
  • known neurological disease.

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: Basic Science
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Boredom
The participant will watch a short video with boring content.
Behavioral: Emotional intervention
Participants will receive different emotional interventions such as boredom, positive valence, mind-wandering.
Experimental: Distraction control
The participant will watch a short video with positively valenced content.
Behavioral: Emotional intervention
Participants will receive different emotional interventions such as boredom, positive valence, mind-wandering.
No Intervention: Control
The participant will wait for 2.30 minutes without any instructions of what to think about.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Pressure pain thresholds
Time Frame: 30 minutes
Pressure Pain thresholds will be measured over the right and left m. trapezius and over the right and left m. tibialis anterior.
30 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Linnaeus University

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)

March 25, 2025

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 25, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

April 25, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 12, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 17, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

February 18, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 29, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 25, 2025

Last Verified

March 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Dnr 2024-07849-01

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

The anonymous data collected will be shared. Any information that could possibly be used to identify a participant (education) will be removed.

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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