Empowered Relief Delivered by Nurses

NCT ID: NCT05934435

Last Updated: 2025-04-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 149 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-11-01
• Study Completion Date: 2024-11-13

Brief Summary

This study will investigate effects of a psychoeducation pain management skills intervention on adults with persistent pain by training a cohort of American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN) nurses to deliver and it [Empowered Relief (ER)], as a single-session video-conferenced program. The primary objective is to evaluate the effects of ASPMN nurse-provided ER versus waitlist control (WLC) on pain catastrophizing, pain bothersomeness, pain intensity, pain interference, sleep disturbance, physical function, depression, anxiety, and social isolation for patients with persistent pain. Secondarily, feasibility and acceptability of the ER program will be assessed through recruitment and retention data and qualitative satisfaction data.

Detailed Description

Design: This study will be conducted as a randomized controlled trial comparing effects of ER to a WLC of participants with persistent pain when ER is provided by ER-trained ASPMN nurses. The secondary aims of feasibility and acceptability will use qualitative descriptive methods.

Participants: Participants (N=170) will be adults aged 18 and above years with self- reported or clinically diagnosed persistent pain. Participants will be recruited at clinical sites identified by ER-trained nurses and can be self or clinician referred. Participants will complete an online eligibility form to screen for inclusion and exclusion criteria. Inclusion criteria: pain >3 months more than half the time, English fluency, ability to attend a one-time web-based class and complete web-based surveys, age > 18 years. Exclusion criteria: Previous participation in ER class, cognitive impairment, non-English speaking, or psychological factors that would preclude comprehension of material or full participation in the study as determined by the investigators.

Procedures: Twenty ASPMN nurses will receive ER training facilitated by Stanford Pain Relief Innovations Lab. ER- trained nurse providers will be ASPMN-member nurses of any clinical background. ASPMN nurses will be invited to apply to become a trainer with the following expectations: ability to fully participate in a live, online, 2-day ER instructor training, able to fluently complete instructor training and deliver the ER program in English, commitment to deliver 1-3 live, online, 2-hour ER programs for patient participants, and willingness to complete post-program surveys after each session they deliver reporting on number of participants and any barriers encountered. Recruitment will occur through ASPMN-related mechanisms of communication, including its website, national officers and directors, newsletter, research group, national committees, chapter leadership and listserv.

After meeting eligibility criteria and completing informed consent, study participants will be asked to complete a baseline survey of demographics and health variables (as outlined in Table 1) and then randomized 1:1 to one of two unblinded study groups: ER and WLC. Participants randomized to the ER group will complete a HIPAA compliant, password protected Zoom ER class delivered by an ER-trained ASPMN nurse. A crossover intervention class will be offered to those patient participants randomized to WLC once the ER group has completed their class and follow up assessments, estimated at 2 months post intervention.

Conditions

Pain, Chronic

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Empowered Relief treatment

Participants randomized to the ER group will complete a HIPAA compliant, password protected 2-hour Zoom ER class delivered by an ER-trained ASPMN nurse.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Empowered Relief

Intervention Type: OTHER

psycho-educational pain skills training

Wait-list Control

Participants randomized to the Wait-list Control group will continue their usual pain care for 2 months and complete surveys to compare with the experimental treatment group. After serving as controls, they will be invited to attend the 2-hour Zoom ER class delivered by an ER-trained ASPMN nurse.

Group Type: OTHER

Empowered Relief

Intervention Type: OTHER

psycho-educational pain skills training

Interventions

Empowered Relief

psycho-educational pain skills training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

ER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• age > 18 years
• pain >3 months more than half the time
• English fluency
• ability to attend a one-time web-based class and complete web-based surveys.

Exclusion Criteria

• Previous participation in ER class
• cognitive impairment
• non-English speaking
• psychological factors that would preclude comprehension of material or full participation in the study as determined by the investigators.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

American Society for Pain Management Nursing

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Washington State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Marian Wilson

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Marian Wilson, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Washington State University

Locations

Washington State University

Spokane, Washington, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

20013-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id