Impact of Pelvic Pain Podcast

"Impact of an Educational Podcast for Patients With Chronic Pelvic Pain"

The purpose of this research study is to study the impact of an educational podcast on pelvic pain. If you decide to take part in this research, you may receive the standard treatment for pelvic pain, or you may receive the standard treatment plus access to an educational podcast series. You will be randomly assigned to receive access to the podcast or to receive standard care. If you are assigned to receive access to the podcast, participating in this research will involve listening to a podcast series. All participants will complete three ten-minute online surveys over the course of 6 months. Reasons you may choose to participate in this research are if you want to learn more about pelvic pain and possible benefits of listening to the podcast, such as improved quality of life, reduced stigma, or increased satisfaction with your medical care.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Endometriosis; Chronic Pelvic Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Podcast

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 100
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Annie N Apple, MD; Phone Number: 484-320-0710; Email: annie.apple@vumc.org

Study Locations

• United States
  • Tennessee
    • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37204
      • Recruiting
      • Vanderbilt Center for Women's Health
      • Contact: Annie Apple, MD; Phone Number: 484-320-0710; Email: annie.apple@vumc.org

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being seen as a new patient or consult visit by provider in the division of minimally invasive gynecology surgery for chronic pelvic pain or endometriosis
• 18 years of age or older
• Understand English
• Has an email address and personal device with capability to listen to an audio podcast

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not able to speak English
• Being seen for acute pelvic pain

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Podcast; Podcast Series - 12 episodes on topics related to chronic pelvic pain	Behavioral: Podcast; Audio podcast on chronic pelvic pain topics
No Intervention: Standard Care; Standard care for pelvic pain, no access to podcast

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Social Support Subset of Endometriosis Health Profile 30		6 months
Pelvic Pain Impact Questionnaire	Score range: Typically transformed to 0-100 Interpretation: Higher scores = worse social functioning / poorer quality of life; Lower scores = better outcomes	6 months
Loneliness and Social Isolation, DeJong Gierveld Loneliness Scale	Score range: 0-6 Interpretation: Higher scores = greater loneliness; Lower scores = less loneliness	6 months
Chronic Illness Anticipated Stigma Scale	Score range: 12-60 Interpretation: Higher scores = greater anticipated stigma; Lower scores = less perceived stigma	6 months
Patient Satisfaction CSQ4 Questionnaire	Score range: 4-16 Interpretation: Higher scores = greater satisfaction; Lower scores = lower satisfaction	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Experience with Podcast	Asks about usability and feedback	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Amador FLD, Alves GCG, Santos VRD, Moreira RSL. Use of podcasts for health education: a scoping review. Rev Bras Enferm. 2024 Mar 15;77(1):e20230096. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0096. eCollection 2024.
• De Corte P, Klinghardt M, von Stockum S, Heinemann K. Time to Diagnose Endometriosis: Current Status, Challenges and Regional Characteristics-A Systematic Literature Review. BJOG. 2025 Jan;132(2):118-130. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17973. Epub 2024 Oct 7.
• Calvi C, Sherman KA, Pham D. Loneliness and Perceived Social Support in Endometriosis: The Roles of Body Image Disturbance and Anticipated Stigma. Int J Behav Med. 2024 Jun;31(3):433-444. doi: 10.1007/s12529-023-10230-w. Epub 2023 Oct 26.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 5, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2027

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 28, 2026
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 28, 2026
• First Posted (Actual): May 6, 2026

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 19, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 15, 2026
• Last Verified: April 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Urogenital Diseases; Genital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Genital Diseases, Female; Endometriosis
• Other Study ID Numbers: 251820

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Plan Description: Research data available upon request and will include de-identified survey responses
• IPD Sharing Time Frame: After completion of the study
• IPD Sharing Access Criteria: Those who request the data for research purposes, can be sent in a secure electronic fashion upon request and review
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: STUDY_PROTOCOL; SAP; ICF; CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

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