IMproving Pain Using Peer RE-inforced Self-management Skills
CompletedNot applicableNCT01748227
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The overall purpose of this pilot study is to conduct a formative evaluation of (veteran)peer delivery of a chronic pain self-management program to veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Our specific aims are as follows: Aim 1: Evaluate the feasibility of identifying, recruiting, training, and retaining veteran peers to implement a self-management program for chronic pain. Aim 2: Identify facilitators and barriers to peer-delivery of a chronic pain self-management program. Aim 3: Convene an expert panel to review the results of Aims 1 and 2, help to interpret the results, and plan next steps.
Study details
- Official title
- Improving Pain Using Peer RE-inforced Self-management Skills (IMPPRESS)
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Peer-Delivered Pain Self-Management
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- Organization
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Start date
- 2013-01
- Primary completion
- 2013-10
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Peers will be eligible if they have chronic musculoskeletal pain and have completed a pain self-management program from any of these chronic pain trials: * Stepped Care for Depression and Musculoskeletal Pain (SCAMP) * Evaluation of Stepped Care for Chronic Pain in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans (ESCAPE) * CAre Management for the Effective use of Opioids (CAMEO) * Or participants of the VA Pain School or VA Pain program * Peers may also be recommended by their primary care providers at the VA * Eligible patients must have musculoskeletal pain in the low back, cervical spine, or extremities (hip, knee, or shoulder) that has persisted for 3 months * And have pain of at least moderate intensity as defined by a Brief Pain Inventory score 5 Exclusion Criteria: * Patients will be excluded if they have active suicidal ideation * Have been hospitalized for psychiatric or substance abuse reasons in the last 6 months pending back surgery * Current substance dependence * Severe medical conditions (e.g., New York Heart Association Class III or IV heart failure) that precludes participation * Or severe hearing or speech impairment
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01748227