Reaching Rural Veterans: Applying Mind-Body Skills for Pain Using a Whole Health Telehealth Intervention - UG3 Pilot

Description

This project addresses the significant challenge of providing evidence-based non-pharmacologic pain management to rural-dwelling Veterans in the VA healthcare system who have chronic pain. For this preparatory phase (UG3) the investigators will conduct a pilot study of 40 rural VA patients with chronic pain to assess the feasibility of delivering RAMP (experimental intervention for the UH3 trial) in terms of recruitment and engagement, intervention fidelity and adherence, data collection, and other key metrics.

Conditions

Chronic Pain

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Study overview

This project addresses the significant challenge of providing evidence-based non-pharmacologic pain management to rural-dwelling Veterans in the VA healthcare system who have chronic pain. For this preparatory phase (UG3) the investigators will conduct a pilot study of 40 rural VA patients with chronic pain to assess the feasibility of delivering RAMP (experimental intervention for the UH3 trial) in terms of recruitment and engagement, intervention fidelity and adherence, data collection, and other key metrics.

Reaching Rural Veterans: Applying Mind-Body Skills for Pain Using a Whole Health Telehealth Intervention

Reaching Rural Veterans: Applying Mind-Body Skills for Pain Using a Whole Health Telehealth Intervention - UG3 Pilot

Condition
Chronic Pain
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Minneapolis

Minneapolis VAMC, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55417

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

  • * Veteran participants must be rural dwelling
  • * Patient's Veterans Affairs (VA) primary care provider is in the Southeast region of the US
  • * Email address in the VA electronic health record (EHR)
  • * Report pain at least most days in the past 3 months
  • * Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) Pain Interference subscale score of 4 or greater
  • * Willingness and ability to complete study activities including meeting remotely via videoconferencing when program sessions are held
  • * Participation in a prior project conducted by the study team on mindfulness for pain (NCT0456158) or an engagement activities advisor for the current project
  • * Current enrollment in a research study for pain
  • * Current enrollment in a similar facilitated, multi-week, multi-modal CIH program
  • * Severe, poorly controlled psychiatric or substance use disorder (based on chart review using structured checklists, conducted by trained staff who are trained and supervised by a clinical psychologist)

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center,

Study Record Dates

2025-02