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Nurse-Delivered Brief Pain Relief Skills Treatment in Rural Communities

Not yet recruitingNot applicableNCT07863375
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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 randomized clinical trial is to learn if a nurse-delivered psychoeducational pain management skills intervention \[Empowered Relief\] can improve pain outcomes for adults with chronic pain who live in rural communities The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: Does nurse-delivered Empowered Relief improve pain intensity and pain interference more than a health education intervention after 3 months? Does nurse-delivered Empowered Relief improve pain catastrophizing, pain self-efficacy, and relaxation response more than a health education intervention after 3 months? Does nurse-delivered Empowered Relief improve sleep disturbance, depression, fatigue, and anxiety more than a health education intervention after 3 months? Participants will: Attend either a single-session 2-hour Empowered Relief class or a Health Education intervention. Complete assessments measuring pain and related symptoms with online surveys immediately post-intervention and 3 months later. Receive daily prompts to practice skills from the intervention.

Study details

Official title
Nurse-Delivered Brief Pain Relief Skills Treatment in Rural Communities
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsor
Washington State University
Collaborators
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Start date
2027-03-01
Primary completion
2030-09-30
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: * ≥18 years of age * Pain condition with duration ≥ 3 months * Capacity to give informed consent * Able to read, speak, and understand English * Past month average pain intensity score ≥ 4/10 on a 0-10 Numerical Rating Scale Exclusion Criteria: * Cognition found to be moderately or severely impaired on screening * Active suicidality (online screening) * Receipt of Empowered Relief or digital Health Education in the past 6 months

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07863375