The Facing Pain Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Chronic Pain

In brief

This randomized trial will create and compare two private Facebook conditions for patients with chronic pain. The control condition will be comprised of groups of patients who communicate without much clinician / moderator input, and the experimental condition will have a clinician moderating and teaching patients several techniques designed to facilitate social disclosure, validation, and emotional engagement with avoided activities.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04010019

Run by

Wayne State University

People needed

119

Starts

2019-09-27

Expected to finish

2020-04-13

Last updated by the study team

2020-04-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Must have chronic pain (i.e., pain that persists for greater than 3 months)
• Must be fluent at reading and writing in English
• Must have an active Facebook account and check Facebook at least 3 times a week

You may not qualify if…

• Terminal illness such as cancer
• Active psychosis (e.g., hallucinations, delusions)

Where it is running

• Wayne State University — Detroit, Michigan, United States

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