Chronic Pain Skills Study
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Official title
Hypnosis and Meditation for Pain Management in Veterans: Efficacy and Mechanisms
Brief summary
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Chronic pain is a significant problem for many Veterans, including new Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. It is also associated with a number of other significant problems, such as post-traumatic stress disorder and sleep problems. All of these can have significant negative effects of the quality of life of Veterans Three different types of treatment that have been used to treat chronic pain in the general population include self-hypnosis, education about chronic pain, and teaching individuals how to be more mindful. The purpose of this study is to see if these three treatments can help decrease pain in Veterans. Additionally, the researchers want to determine if each of these treatments can help reduce the negative consequences associated with pain, such as changes in mood, sleep, and enjoyment of life. Different types of treatment that include self-hypnosis, education about chronic pain, and learning skills on how to change how a person perceives his/her pain have been used to treat chronic pain the general population. The purpose of this study of this study is to see if these different treatments can help decrease pain and improve quality of life in Veterans with chronic pain, and determine how and why these treatments are effective. A subject must have a Veteran status, have chronic pain, speak English and be at least 18 years old to participate. Sleep Sub-Study Chronic pain and sleep problems are common among Veterans. Study researchers believe the treatment interventions provided as part of the main study will help improve pain and sleep. However, the main study does not include a "real time" measurement of sleep nor does it include any specific strategies for examining the relationship between sleep and pain. Previous research has shown that adequate sleep has been linked to improvements in pain reports. Adversely, sleep deprivation has been found to increase pain perception since it decreases a person's ability to disengage from pain. Therefore, the purpose of this sub-study is to measure sleep in order to learn more about how it interacts with chronic pain. All of the subjects in this sub-study will be Veterans recruited from VA Puget Sound who experience moderate-to-severe chronic pain on a regular basis and who have enrolled in the main study. Study investigators will enroll up to 135 subjects into the sub-study.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02653664
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 343 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- PsychoEducation Behavioral
- Self-Hypnosis Training Behavioral
- Mindfulness Meditation Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Oct 8, 2015
- Primary completion
- Mar 29, 2020
- Completion
- Mar 29, 2020
- Last update posted
- Oct 28, 2021
2015 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 5
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington, Ninth and Jefferson Building | Seattle | Washington | 98104 | — |
| University of Washington- Harborview Medical Center | Seattle | Washington | 98104 | — |
| VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle Division | Seattle | Washington | 98108 | — |
| University of Washington, Integrated Brain Imaging Center | Seattle | Washington | 98195 | — |
| VA Puget Sound Health Care System, American Lake | Tacoma | Washington | 98493 | — |
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