Digital Interventions for Veterans with Chronic Pain
This study is looking at two online programs for Veterans with ongoing (chronic) pain. One program, called "Veteran ACT for Chronic Pain (VACT-CP)," uses an animated guide named Coach Anne to teach you skills through interactive text conversations over 7 weekly sessions. The other program, "Online Pain School," offers 7 modules of informational videos to help you manage your pain. We want to see if these programs can help improve your pain levels and overall health. You might be able to join if you are a Veteran, 18 or older, have a diagnosis of non-cancer chronic pain, and have a computer with high-speed internet. The study aims to enroll 240 participants, but its current recruitment status is unclear.
- Study design
- This interventional study plans to enroll 240 participants. It compares two different online behavioral interventions.
- What's involved
- Participants will engage with 7 online modules, provided as weekly sessions, for either the VACT-CP or Online Pain School program.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your pain and health will be measured at Week 7, and then again at 3 months and 6 months after the program ends.
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Assessing the Efficacy of an Acceptance-Based Digital Intervention for Veterans With Chronic Pain
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
3 sites across 3 statesStudy leadership
- Erin D. Reilly, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · VA Bedford HealthCare System, Bedford, MA
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What this trial measures
- Brief Pain Inventory ChangeWeek 7, 3-Month Follow-Up, 6 Month Follow-Up
The Brief Pain Inventory is a widely-used assessment of both pain-relevant functioning and pain severity which is sensitive to change across numerous treatment studies. The pain severity index (BPI-Pain Severity) consists of four items used to assess pain severity and the pain interference scale (BPI-Interference) consists of 7 items that assess the degree of pain interference with functioning across 7 areas: general activity, mood, walking ability, normal work, relationships, sleep; and enjoyment in life. Items are rated on a 0-10 (0 = no pain/no interference and 10 = most pain/most interference).
- Veteran's RAND 36 Item Health Survey (VR-36) ChangeWeek 7, 3-Month Follow-Up, 6 Month Follow-Up
The Veteran's RAND 36 Item Health Survey (VR-36) is 36-item measure of health-related quality of life including physical functioning, role limitations due to physical problems, bodily pain, general health perceptions, vitality, social functioning, role limitations due to emotional problems, and mental health. It is often summarized into physical functioning components (PCI) and mental functioning components (MCI), and is one of the most widely utilized and valid measures of physical and psychological well-being.