Does Patient Testimonial Improve the Pain Relief Derived From a Brief Intervention

Does Patient Testimonial Improve the Pain Relief Derived From a Brief Behavioral Intervention Delivered to Patients Experiencing Pain in a Clinic Waiting Room

This project is a single-site, two-arm, randomized controlled trial investigating whether providing patients in an orthopedic clinic waiting room an audio-recorded mindfulness practice decreases their pain relative to an injury management control condition.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Pain; Chronic Pain; Acute Pain; Pain Management
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Pain Psychoeducation; Behavioral: Mindfulness

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 400
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Adam Hanley; Phone Number: 850-645-9557; Email: adam.hanley@fsu.edu
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Carter Minnick; Email: cm25bo@fsu.edu

Study Locations

• United States
  • Florida
    • Tallahassee, Florida, United States, 32308
      • Recruiting
      • Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic
      • Contact: Emilie Miley; Phone Number: 850-877-8174; Email: research@teamtoc.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Receiving treatment at Tallahassee Orthopedic Center
• Understanding English instructions fluently
• Being 18 years of age or older

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unable to consent because of physical or mental incapacity.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Triple

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Pain Psychoeducation; In the pain psychoeducation intervention, participants will be randomized to listen to a four-minute recording about different pain management strategies (e.g., ice, rest) to promote overall well-being.	Behavioral: Pain Psychoeducation; In the pain psychoeducation intervention, participants will be randomized to listen to a four-minute recording about different pain management strategies (e.g., ice, rest) to promote overall well-being.
Experimental: Mindfulness; In the mindfulness intervention, participants will be randomized to listen to 1 minute of psychoeducation about mindfulness that includes a patient testimonial, 1 minute of mindful breathing, 1 minute of mindful mapping (i.e., mindfulness of pain), and 1 minute of mindfulness of personal meaning.	Behavioral: Mindfulness; In the mindfulness intervention, participants will be randomized to listen to 1 minute of psychoeducation about mindfulness that includes a patient testimonial, 1 minute of mindful breathing, 1 minute of mindful mapping (i.e., mindfulness of pain), and 1 minute of mindfulness of personal meaning.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in Pain Unpleasantness Numeric Rating Scale	Change in acute pain unpleasantness will be measured with an individual item ("How unpleasant is your pain, right now?") rated on a numeric rating scale. Scores range from 0 to 10, with higher scores reflecting greater acute pain unpleasantness.	Immediately before to after 4-minute audio recording

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in Pain Intensity Numeric Rating Scale	Change in acute pain intensity will be measured with an individual item ("How much pain do you have, right now?") rated on a numeric rating scale. Scores range from 0 to 10, with higher scores reflecting greater acute pain intensity.	Immediately before to after 4-minute audio recording

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Interest in additional pain management resources	After the recording, participants will complete a single dichotomous (yes/no) item assessing interest in additional pain management resources: "Would you like access to additional pain management resources similar to the one presented today?"	Immediately after the 4-minute audio recording
Net Promoter Scale	The Net Promoter Scale (NPS) is a single-item measure of satisfaction and loyalty that asks respondents to rate how likely they are to recommend a product, service, or experience to others, typically on an 11-point scale from 0 ("not at all likely") to 10 ("extremely likely"). Responses are categorized as detractors (0-6), passives (7-8), or promoters (9-10). The overall NPS score is calculated by subtracting the percentage of detractors from the percentage of promoters, yielding a score ranging from -100 to +100.	Immediately after the 4-minute audio recording

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Florida State University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 5, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): May 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): May 30, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 5, 2026
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 5, 2026
• First Posted (Actual): January 13, 2026

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 30, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 27, 2026
• Last Verified: March 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Perceptual Disorders; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Signs and Symptoms; Pain; Chronic Pain; Acute Pain; Agnosia; Behavior Therapy; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Mindfulness
• Other Study ID Numbers: STUDY00004916_Testimonial

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No