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EMPOWER: Empowering the Management of Pain-Obesity-Weight Through Enhanced Reward

NCT04851587 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 37

Last updated 2025-06-06

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Summary

The central objective of research is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of an 8-month single-arm behavioral intervention (i.e., EMPOWER) among overweight/obese middle-aged and older adults with moderate-to-high impact low back pain. Intervention content will focus on standard behavioral weight loss treatment and cognitive-behavioral pain coping therapy with a focus on environmental reward and positive affect.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

In-Person (or Remote) Intervention

Participants will be asked to engage in self-administered activities during the intervention including pleasant activity scheduling, values clarification, mindfulness practice, goal setting, standard pain coping skills, and weight management including nutrition education and physical activity monitoring.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Florida

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Emily J Bartley, Ph.D · University of Florida

  • Megan A McVay, Ph.D · University of Florida

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-11-12
Primary Completion
2024-01-31
Completion
2024-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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