Can Exposure to Inclusive Virtual Art Decrease Pain and Social Disconnection Among Individuals Living With Chronic Pain?
NCT ID: NCT05310747
Last Updated: 2025-04-23
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
311 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2022-10-07
2023-01-06
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Eligible individuals will be offered informed consent documentation via the StudyPages platform and then will be randomized to their study group:
1. Artwork present + Social connection prime high
2. Artwork present + Social connection prime low
3. Artwork absent + Social connection prime high
4. Artwork absent + Social connection prime low
5. Hanging control group - no exposure to any independent variables (i.e. artwork: present or absent; social connection prime: high or low)
Participants will fill out pre-intervention scales (pain intensity and unpleasantness; perceived social disconnection) prior to their virtual museum experience. Participants will then visit a virtual art museum gallery for 10 minutes or receive no exposure if they are in the hanging control group. In the artwork present condition, the virtual museum will feature paintings as part of an exhibition. In the artwork absent condition, paintings will be removed and thus the virtual museum will be empty. In the high social connection prime condition participants will be assigned to write an essay about a person and situation that made them feel valued, seen, and heard. In the low social connection prime condition participants will be assigned to write about a person and situation that made them feel ignored and not very valued. After 10 minutes within their condition participants will complete a post-intervention survey.
In addition, written responses to the social connection primes and museum visit data (e.g., user movement, object interaction, and perceptions about artwork in the museum) will be collected and analyzed.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
FACTORIAL
1. Artwork present + Social connection prime high
2. Artwork present + Social connection prime low
3. Artwork absent + Social connection prime high
4. Artwork absent + Social connection prime low
5. Hanging control group - no exposure to any independent variables (i.e. artwork: present or absent; social connection prime: high or low)
TREATMENT
TRIPLE
Study Groups
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Artwork present + social connection high
Individuals participate in an exercise to prime a feeling of high social connection and then explore a virtual museum exhibit with artwork for 10 minutes
Artwork present
A virtual museum exhibit with a curated selection of artworks
Social connection high
Participants will identify a person from their life that makes them feel socially connected and then write (1) about that person and (2) an experience they had with that person that made them feel socially connected.
Artwork present + social connection low
Individuals participate in an exercise to prime a feeling of low social connection and then explore a virtual museum exhibit with artwork for 10 minutes
Artwork present
A virtual museum exhibit with a curated selection of artworks
Social connection low
Participants will identify a person from their life that makes them feel socially disconnected and then write (1) about that person and (2) an experience they had with that person that made them feel socially disconnected.
Artwork absent + social connection high
Individuals participate in an exercise to prime a feeling of high social connection and then explore a virtual museum exhibit with no artwork for 10 minutes
Artwork absent
The same virtual museum exhibit space as the 'Artwork present' condition but with all of the artworks removed from the walls
Social connection high
Participants will identify a person from their life that makes them feel socially connected and then write (1) about that person and (2) an experience they had with that person that made them feel socially connected.
Artwork absent + social connection low
Individuals participate in an exercise to prime a feeling of low social connection and then explore a virtual museum exhibit with no artwork for 10 minutes
Artwork absent
The same virtual museum exhibit space as the 'Artwork present' condition but with all of the artworks removed from the walls
Social connection low
Participants will identify a person from their life that makes them feel socially disconnected and then write (1) about that person and (2) an experience they had with that person that made them feel socially disconnected.
Hanging control group
Individuals will receive no exposure to any independent variables (i.e. artwork: present or absent; social connection prime: high or low) for 10 minutes before completing their final survey.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Artwork present
A virtual museum exhibit with a curated selection of artworks
Artwork absent
The same virtual museum exhibit space as the 'Artwork present' condition but with all of the artworks removed from the walls
Social connection high
Participants will identify a person from their life that makes them feel socially connected and then write (1) about that person and (2) an experience they had with that person that made them feel socially connected.
Social connection low
Participants will identify a person from their life that makes them feel socially disconnected and then write (1) about that person and (2) an experience they had with that person that made them feel socially disconnected.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* chronic moderate to severe pain (≥ 6 months in duration; ≥ 4 in response to the question, "on average this week my pain intensity has been?" on a 0-10 NRS)
* lonely (≥ 4 on the 3-item Loneliness Scale)
* access to an electronic device with internet connection in order to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria
* adults unable to consent
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of California, Davis
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Locations
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University of California, Davis
Sacramento, California, United States
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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1811205
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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