The Facing Pain Study
CompletedNot applicableNCT04010019
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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)
This randomized trial will create and compare two private Facebook conditions for patients with chronic pain. The control condition will be comprised of groups of patients who communicate without much clinician / moderator input, and the experimental condition will have a clinician moderating and teaching patients several techniques designed to facilitate social disclosure, validation, and emotional engagement with avoided activities.
Study details
- Official title
- The Impact of Facebook Support Groups for Adults With Chronic Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Enhanced Facebook Condition
- Behavioral: Control Facebook Condition
- Sponsor
- Wayne State University
- Start date
- 2019-09-27
- Primary completion
- 2020-04-13
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Must have chronic pain (i.e., pain that persists for greater than 3 months) * Must be fluent at reading and writing in English * Must have an active Facebook account and check Facebook at least 3 times a week Exclusion Criteria: * Terminal illness such as cancer * Active psychosis (e.g., hallucinations, delusions)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04010019