STEPS: An Efficacy Trial of a Chronic Pain Self-Management Program for Older Adults
CompletedNot applicableNCT05278234
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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 goal of this study is to determine whether community health workers (CHWs)-i.e., lay health workers with close ties to the communities they serve - can effectively teach cognitive-behavioral pain management strategies to older adults in a disadvantaged urban setting. Specific aims are: to test, in a sample of 414 primarily African American older adults, whether the STEPS pain self-management intervention, delivered over 7 weeks through telephone sessions with a CHW and mobile health tools, improves pain outcomes at 2 and 12 months compared to a usual care control group. We will also assess the mechanisms by which the intervention may bring about positive changes in pain outcomes. We will use mixed quantitative and qualitative methods to assess participant engagement and satisfaction, and factors affecting implementation.
Study details
- Official title
- An Efficacy Trial of Community Health Worker-Delivered Chronic Pain Self-Management Support for Vulnerable Older Adults
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: STEPS
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Aging (NIA); Henry Ford Health System
- Start date
- 2022-12-06
- Primary completion
- 2026-04-24
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 50 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: * Community-living * Have a cell or landline phone * Self-reported chronic musculoskeletal pain (pain in muscles or joints for \>= 3 months); \>=4 (0-10 scale) average pain level over last week; \>=1 day/previous 30 when pain made it difficult to do usual activities. * Able to converse comfortably in English Exclusion Criteria: * Serious acute illness or hospitalization in last month * Planned major surgery in next three months that would interfere with program participation (e.g., knee or hip replacement); * Severe cognitive impairment or other severe physical or psychiatric disorder judged by study team to pose significant barrier to participation
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05278234