Oklahoma Study of Native American Pain Risk III: Stress and Resilience

Description

The goal of this observational study is to learn about the relationship between environmental structural racism and discrimination and chronic pain risk in Native American adults. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. How does environmental structural racism and discrimination affect chronic pain-promoting mechanisms in Native Americans? 2. What psychosocial factors buffer the negative effects of environmental structural racism and discrimination on chronic pain-promoting mechanisms?

Conditions

Discrimination, Racial, Stress Physiology, Pain

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Study overview

The goal of this observational study is to learn about the relationship between environmental structural racism and discrimination and chronic pain risk in Native American adults. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. How does environmental structural racism and discrimination affect chronic pain-promoting mechanisms in Native Americans? 2. What psychosocial factors buffer the negative effects of environmental structural racism and discrimination on chronic pain-promoting mechanisms?

The Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination (SRD) on Mechanisms of the Native American Pain Disparity

Oklahoma Study of Native American Pain Risk III: Stress and Resilience

Condition
Discrimination, Racial
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Tulsa

University of Oklahoma - Schusterman Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, 74135

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Self-identify as Native American/American Indian
  • * \<18 years of age
  • * Self-reported history of cardiovascular, neuroendocrine, musculoskeletal, or neurological disorders
  • * Surrent chronic pain, defined as persistent, bothersome pain on more days than not for at least 3 months)
  • * Self-reported current substance dependence
  • * Sse of medication that could interfere with testing (e.g., recent use of analgesics, antidepressants, or anti-anxiety medications)
  • * Inability to speak English
  • * Current psychosis (assessed by Psychosis Screening Questionnaire)
  • * Serious cognitive impairment (assessed by \<20 score on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment \[MoCA\])
  • * Possible peripheral neuropathy (assessed by nerve conduction study)

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Oklahoma,

Jamie L Rhudy, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Oklahoma

Study Record Dates

2027-03-31