The Feasibility of the Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH) Intervention-OUTPATIENT
NCT Number: NCT06580067
Acronym: ESPIRITU
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Phases: NA
Conditions: Sickle Cell Disease|Stress|Pain
Interventions: BEHAVIORAL: Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)|BEHAVIORAL: Self-monitoring
Sponsor: University of Florida
Sex: ALL
Age: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Enrollment: 40
Study Design: Allocation: RANDOMIZED|Intervention Model: PARALLEL|Masking: SINGLE (PARTICIPANT)|Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
Start Date: 2024-09
Completion Date: 2025-09

Summary:
The goal of this research study is to reduce stress and improve sickle cell disease (SCD) pain control and sleep quality with less opioid use by determining the feasibility of an intervention with self-management combined intercessory and petitionary prayer, named Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH) stress reduction intervention using a mobile smart device. Currently, opioid analgesics are primarily used to treat SCD pain while self-managed behavioral modalities such as PUSH, are rarely used. Little is known about the effects or mechanisms of PUSH on pain, stress, and sleep symptoms in adults with SCD. Emerging evidence from the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis theory offer insights for understanding the mechanisms. Adding PUSH as a supplement to analgesic therapies will address the dearth of self-management strategies for controlling pain in SCD. PUSH is a simple and cost-effective non-drug intervention that could reduce pain and stress in inpatients with SCD. GR is an intervention where inpatients with SCD are directed to listen to the audio recordings of the PUSH prayer session.

Primary Outcome Measures: Current Pain, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pain intensity scale: A 3-item scale that asks patients to report their pain now, worst, and average on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 is "had no pain" and 5 is "very severe." We will estimate intervention effects using regression analysis., Immediate (Day 1 baseline) and Days 2-7|Average pain intensity, A 3-item scale that asks patients to report their current, least, and worst pain intensity today, on a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 is "no pain" and 10 is "pain as bad as it could be." We will average the three scores to create an average pain intensity score. We will estimate intervention effects using linear regression., Short-term (Day 7)
Secondary Outcome Measures: Current stress, Stress intensity scale: A 3-item scale that asks patients to report their current, least, and worst stress intensity today, on a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 is "no stress" and 10 is "stress as bad as it could be." We will estimate intervention effects using linear regression., Immediate (Day 1 baseline) and Days 2-7|Average stress intensity, Stress intensity scale: A 3-item scale that asks patients to report their current, least, and worst stress intensity today, on a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 is "no stress" and 10 is "stress as bad as it could be." We will average the three scores to create an average stress intensity score. We will estimate intervention effects using linear regression., Short-term (Day 7)|Sleep quality, Sleep quality scale: A self-administered questionnaire that incorporates a discretizing VAS. The questionnaire instructions direct the respondent to rate the overall quality of sleep over a 7-day recall period on a discretizing VAS, whereby the respondent marks an integer score from 0 to 10, according to the following five categories: 0 = terrible, 1-3 = poor, 4-6 = fair, 7-9 = good, and 10 = excellent. When rating their sleep quality, respondents are instructed to consider the following core components of sleep quality: how many hours of sleep they had, how easily they fell asleep, how often they woke up during the night (except to go to the bathroom), how often they woke up earlier than they had to in the morning, and how refreshing their sleep was., Immediate (Day 1 baseline) and Short-term (Day 7)|Opioid use, Immediate (Day 1 baseline) and Short-term (Day 7)
Other Outcome Measures: Perceived stress, Perceived Stress Questionnaire: A 30-item questionnaire that measures perceived stress in the last two weeks. An overall perceived stress index (PSI) score for each scale is computed by subtracting 30 from the raw score and dividing it by 90, yielding scores that range from 0 to 1. Higher scores indicate greater perceived stress recent. We will analyze data using linear regression., Immediate (baseline)