Chronic Pain Skills Study
CompletedNot applicableNCT02653664
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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)
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, t…
Study details
- Official title
- Hypnosis and Meditation for Pain Management in Veterans: Efficacy and Mechanisms
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: PsychoEducation
- Behavioral: Self-Hypnosis Training
- Behavioral: Mindfulness Meditation
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
- Collaborators
- VA Puget Sound Health Care System; Washington State University
- Start date
- 2015-10-09
- Primary completion
- 2020-03-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 5
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. 18 years of age or older; 2. Veteran eligible for services through Veteran Health Affairs; 3. experience moderate to severe chronic pain on a regular basis; and 4. able to read, speak and understand English. Exclusion Criteria: 1. severe cognitive impairment; 2. current or history of psychiatric or behavioral issues that require immediate attention and/or prevent the subject from participating effectively in the study; 3. reported use of a high dose of an opioid(s).
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02653664