Using a Patient Navigator to Address the Social Drivers of Health in the Management of Pain

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Conditions studied: Pain

In brief

The purpose of this study is to see if patients with chronic pain can improve how they manage their pain and daily function by working with a care manager and by learning pain coping skills from an online teaching tool.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06665906

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

32

Starts

2024-11-19

Expected to finish

2025-10-07

Last updated by the study team

2026-01-30

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patients with daily pain for 3 months or longer
• Chronic daily musculoskeletal pain with Pain, Enjoyment, General Activity (PEG) Survey score >=4
• Primary care provider must be an Atrium provider
• Has at least one social driver of health: Financial insecurity, work and income, housing, food insecurity, safety, health literacy and at least one of the above, lack of social support and at least one of the above

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who have active cancer
• Cognitive impairment severe enough to preclude participation in a behavioral/lifestyle change program
• Live in a nursing home or inpatient treatment facility
• Unable to read and converse in English
• Those who are already connected to a patient navigator or nurse coordinator or social worker
• Planned elective surgery in the next 6 months

Where it is running

• Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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