Pilot Testing A Theory-Driven Self-Management Intervention for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

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Conditions studied: Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

In brief

The proposed randomized control trial will evaluate auricular point acupressure (APA) treatment administered by the participant themselves with the use of a phone app on chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) outcomes. This study will randomly assign participants into three groups: (1) Self-guided mAPA (S-mAPA), (2) In-Person Training + mAPA (IP-mAPA), and (3) Usual Care Control (UC). EMA will be used to assess momentary pain outcomes and APA adherence. Data will be collected at pre- (T1), post-completion of intervention (T2), follow-ups at post 1M- (primary endpoint) (T3), 2M (T4), and 3M (secondary endpoint, long-term sustained effect) (T5) for a total of four assessments.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05020470

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

37

Starts

2021-09-22

Expected to finish

2022-08-11

Last updated by the study team

2023-06-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults 18 years of age or older.
• Receiving outpatient pain treatment for CMP condition (e.g., pain in the back, hip, knee, upper extremity, lower extremity, neck, pelvic, headache/migraine).
• Chronic pain ≥ 4 on a scale of 0-10 point numerical pain, persisting for at least 3 months or has resulted in pain on at least half the days in the past 6 months.

You may not qualify if…

• Disease that might confound therapeutic effects or explanation of outcomes, i.e., infection, malignant tumors, or autoimmune diseases.
• Severe ear skin issues.
• Use of some types of hearing aids (size may obstruct the placement of seeds)
• Concurrent major psychiatric disorder (i.e., participant self-report).
• Pregnant women will be excluded from the study based on the self-reported data.

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins School of Nursing — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas — Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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