Study Results
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COMPLETED
NA
51 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2020-05-14
2020-12-22
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Intervention group
Participants will engage in a 7-week positive psychology-based chronic pain self-management program.
Positive STEPS
Individuals in the intervention group will meet with a community health worker at an in-person or virtual study orientation session. At this session, they will be introduced to the program, learn how to use the online modules and any associated materials, and choose a day and time for future weekly telephone sessions. Participants will also be given a wearable physical activity tracker at the orientation session to use throughout the course of the program. They can choose to report daily step counts either by automatically syncing to an app or by manual reporting via text message. The program will be delivered over 6 weeks. Each week participants will complete a web-based module and have one telephone session with the community health worker to discuss that module and to set a related goal. Participants will also set weekly goals related to walking, which will be informed and tracked by daily step-counts from the physical activity tracker.
Usual care control group
After completing the follow-up telephone survey, individuals in the control condition will be given access to the online program, a wearable physical activity tracker to use and keep, and will be invited to attend a one-time 2.5-hour in-person or telephone workshop that summarizes intervention content and that will be led jointly by study staff and a community health worker.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Positive STEPS
Individuals in the intervention group will meet with a community health worker at an in-person or virtual study orientation session. At this session, they will be introduced to the program, learn how to use the online modules and any associated materials, and choose a day and time for future weekly telephone sessions. Participants will also be given a wearable physical activity tracker at the orientation session to use throughout the course of the program. They can choose to report daily step counts either by automatically syncing to an app or by manual reporting via text message. The program will be delivered over 6 weeks. Each week participants will complete a web-based module and have one telephone session with the community health worker to discuss that module and to set a related goal. Participants will also set weekly goals related to walking, which will be informed and tracked by daily step-counts from the physical activity tracker.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Ambulatory with or without assistive device
* Community-living
* Have a cell or landline phone
* Have Internet access (home or elsewhere);
* 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.
Exclusion Criteria
* Planned surgery in next three months
* Severe cognitive impairment or other severe physical or psychiatric disorder judged by study team to pose significant barrier to deriving program benefit
60 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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National Institute on Aging (NIA)
NIH
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
OTHER
University of Michigan
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Mary Janevic
Associate Research Scientist
Principal Investigators
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Mary Janevic, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Michigan
Locations
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Countries
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References
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Janevic M, Robinson-Lane SG, Courser R, Brines E, Hassett AL. A Community Health Worker-Led Positive Psychology Intervention for African American Older Adults With Chronic Pain. Gerontologist. 2022 Oct 19;62(9):1369-1380. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnac010.
Provided Documents
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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan
Document Type: Informed Consent Form
Other Identifiers
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HUM00162275
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id