Weighted Blankets and Chronic Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT04447885
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov Recruiting status changes often. Contact the study team listed on ClinicalTrials.gov, and talk to your doctor before joining a study.
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 purpose of the study is to test whether the use of weighted blankets can change the experience of chronic pain and to examine if social, psychological, or health factors influence the perception of the blanket. Multiple blanket weights will be tested.
Study details
- Official title
- Weighted Blankets and Chronic Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: weighted blanket
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
- Start date
- 2020-06-04
- Primary completion
- 2020-11-25
- 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: 1. 18 years or older 2. Fluent in English 3. Diagnosis of chronic pain (self-report; those already indicating this diagnosis on researchmatch.org) 4. Willing to sleep with a weighted blanket and fitness watch for 1 week 5. Able to safely lift up to 15lb 6. Willing and able to use their personal smartphone for fitness tracker app and EMA app to submit ratings using personal data plan Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pregnancy 2. Major medical conditions such as kidney, liver, cardiovascular (hypertension, preexisting cardiac arrhythmia), autonomic, pulmonary, or neurological problems (e.g., seizure disorder) 3. Current or previous use of a weighted blanket 4. Claustrophobia
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04447885