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Piloting a Novel Peer Support Pain Self-Management Intervention (Project CONNECT)

NCT04229134 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4

Last updated 2025-07-04

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Summary

The proposed study will test the feasibility and acceptability of an 8-week home-based reciprocal peer support pain self-management intervention (CONNECT) for women Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain. The use of this format will improve the accessibility of treatment to women Veterans who experience logistical, healthcare delivery and psychosocial barriers to care. To address these barriers women Veterans who enroll in CONNECT will be paired and work together to learn/practice pain coping skills, set meaningful activity goals, and participate in a graduated walking program; they will exchange nightly text messages and engage in a weekly 20 minute phone call to reinforce each other and provide support for pain self-management efforts. This is a single-arm pilot project; all eligible and interested women with chronic musculoskeletal pain will receive CONNECT. The primary outcome will be post-treatment and long-term follow-up retention rates.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Project CONNECT

Home based pain self-management intervention using peer reinforcement to promote engagement and skill uptake

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Connecticut Healthcare System

    collaborator FED

  • Yale University

    collaborator OTHER

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Mary Driscoll, PhD · VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus, West Haven, CT

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-05
Primary Completion
2025-04-30
Completion
2025-05-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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