Piloting a Novel Peer Support Pain Self-Management Intervention (Project CONNECT)
CompletedNot applicableNCT04229134
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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 proposed study will test the feasibility and acceptability of an 8-week home-based reciprocal peer support pain self-management intervention (CONNECT) for women Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain. The use of this format will improve the accessibility of treatment to women Veterans who experience logistical, healthcare delivery and psychosocial barriers to care. To address these barriers women Veterans who enroll in CONNECT will be paired and work together to learn/practice pain coping skills, set meaningful activity goals, and participate in a graduated walking program; they will exchange nightly text messages and engage in a weekly 20 minute phone call to reinforce each other and provide support for pain self-management efforts. This is a single-arm pilot project; all eligible and interested women with chronic musculoskeletal pain will receive CONNECT. The primary outcome will be post-treatment and long-term follow-up retention rates.
Study details
- Official title
- Targeting Barriers to Pain Self-Management in Women Veterans: Refinement and Feasibility of a Novel Peer Support Intervention (Project CONNECT) (CDA 18-005)
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Project CONNECT
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Collaborators
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System; Yale University
- Start date
- 2021-05-05
- Primary completion
- 2025-04-30
- Sex
- Female
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Women Veteran receiving care at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System or VA Central Western Massachusetts * Possession of a cell phone with no limits on utilization and willingness to engage in regular phone/text interactions with a peer partner * Moderate-Severe musculoskeletal pain * Pain on at least half of the days of the prior six months * Primary care provider or mental health provider clearance Exclusion Criteria: * Life threatening conditions that could impede participation * Sensory deficits that would impair participation in telephone calls * Current or pending surgical interventions * Presence of any mental health condition that would impair ability to engage in treatment or serve as a suitable peer as defined by: * diagnosis * screening measures
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04229134