ArticleContemporary clinical trials2020
The chronic pain skills study: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial comparing hypnosis, mindfulness meditation and pain education in Veterans.
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- A Systematic Review of a Polyvagal Perspective on Embodied Contemplative Practices as Promoters of Cardiorespiratory Coupling and Traumatic Stress Recovery for PTSD and OCD: Research Methodologies and State of the Art.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of hypnosis, mindfulness meditation, and education for chronic pain on substance use in veterans: A supplementary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.Rehabilitation psychology · 2023Trial
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- Transdiagnostic Cognitive Processes in Chronic Pain and Comorbid PTSD and Depression in Veterans.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2022Trial
- Immediate Effects of Hypnosis, Mindfulness Meditation, and Prayer on Cold Pressor Outcomes: A Four-Arm Parallel Experimental Study.Journal of pain research · 2022Trial
- Behavioral activation and behavioral inhibition: An examination of function in chronic pain.Rehabilitation psychology · 2021Trial
- Positive impacts of psychological pain treatments: Supplementary analyses of a randomized clinical trial.Rehabilitation psychology · 2025Article
- Evaluating the benefits of a second pain treatment following a clinical trial.Rehabilitation psychology · 2024Article
- Pain Catastrophizing Mediates the Relationship Between Pain Intensity and Sleep Disturbances in U.S. Veterans With Chronic Pain.Military medicine · 2023Article
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- Functional Changes in Brain Activity Using Hypnosis: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Analgesic Opioid Misuse and Opioid Use Disorder among Patients with Chronic Non-Cancer Pain and Prescribed Opioids in a Pain Centre in France.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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- Delivery of a Group Hypnosis Protocol for Managing Chronic Pain in Outpatient Integrative Medicine.The International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosisArticle
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13 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesTo describe the protocol of a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and mechanisms of three behavioral interventions.
methodsParticipants will include up to 343 Veterans with chronic pain due to a broad range of etiologies, randomly assigned to one of three 8-week manualized in-person group treatments: (1) Hypnosis (HYP), (2) Mindfulness Meditation (MM), or (3) Education Control (EDU). PROJECTED OUTCOMES: The primary aim of the study is to compare the effectiveness of HYP and MM to EDU on average pain intensity measured pre- and post-treatment. Additional study aims will explore the effectiveness of HYP and MM compared to EDU on secondary outcomes (i.e., pain interference, sleep, depression, anxiety and PTSD), and the maintenance of effects at 3- and 6-months post-treatment. Participants will have electroencephalogram (EEG) assessments at pre- and post-treatment to determine if the power of specific brain oscillations moderate the effectiveness of HYP and MM (Study Aim 2) and examine brain oscillations as possible mediators of treatment effects (exploratory aim). Additional planned exploratory analyses will be performed to identify possible treatment mediators (i.e., pain acceptance, catastrophizing, mindfulness) and moderators (e.g., hypnotizability, treatment expectations, pain type, cognitive function).
settingThe study treatments will be administered at a large Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the northwest United States. The treatments will be integrated within clinical infrastructure and delivered by licensed and credentialed health care professionals.
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