Patients' Perspectives About a Pain Education Video

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The overall goal of this single session semi-structured interview project is to explore the validation and contradiction of the preexisting pain beliefs in patients with chronic pain. Aim 1: After patients watch an educational video, explore occurrences of perceived validation and contradiction and the impact of validation and contradiction on pain beliefs, emotion, and pain. Aim 2: Obtain patients' recommendations for improving the educational value of the video.

Detailed Description
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The long-term goal is to reduce disability in patients with chronic pain by improving communication about pain among patients, caregivers, and health care providers (HCPs). The proposed study addresses the long-term goal by conducting a project that investigates the validation and contradiction of patients' preexisting pain beliefs during pain education. Completion of the proposed project will advance the literature on validation and contradiction in patients with chronic pain by (1) focusing on a pain education resource instead of dyadic communication, (2) modifying a measure of validation and contradiction for relevance to an education resource, (3) exploring erroneous perceptions of validation and contradiction, (4) examining the impact of validation and contradiction on pain beliefs, and (5) obtaining patients' recommendations for a popular pain education film. The information gained will be used to improve pain education resources to increase their beneficial effects on pain and disability.

Official Title
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Patients' Perspectives About a Pain Education Video

Conditions
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Pain

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: pain education video


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: 18 years old or older; new patient of the CPMC; living independently; and self-reported recurrent or persistent pain on most days of the last year. Exclusion Criteria: previously viewed the pain education video used in this project; insufficient hearing to communicate with an interviewer; and an inability to complete the session within the time allowable.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Other: Pain Education Video<br>Participants will watch a pain education video and then answer several questions. | Other: pain education video<br>* The video was made for the DOD and VHA to educate their soldiers and veterans about chronic pain.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| agreement and disagreement with preexisting beliefs | qualitatively assessed via thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews | 1 day | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| emotional response to agreement and disagreement with preexisting beliefs | qualitatively assessed via thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews | 1 day | 
| pain beliefs | qualitatively assessed via thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews | 1 day |