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A Community Health Worker-Led Program for Chronic Pain and Loneliness in Older Adults

NCT06671925 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2026-03-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test a new community health worker-delivered program (Strengthening COnnections to Overcome Pain, or SCOOP) that teaches strategies for managing chronic pain and loneliness to older adults living in rural areas. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Does participating in SCOOP result in less pain interference with daily life?
2. Does participating in SCOOP result in decreased loneliness?
3. What is the level of participant engagement in SCOOP? Researchers will compare people who have participated in SCOOP with people who have not participated in SCOOP to see if SCOOP is helpful in decreasing pain interference and loneliness.

Participants will:

1. Watch brief videos teaching strategies to manage pain and boost social connections.
2. Engage in up to 7 weekly coaching sessions with a community health worker.
3. Complete two telephone interviews about health, mental health, and functioning: one at baseline, and one 2 months later.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Strengthening COnnections to Overcome Pain (SCOOP)

Each week for 7 weeks, SCOOP intervention group participants will watch a brief video on the study website teaching a pain management or social connectedness skill and have a session with a community health worker, where they will receive support with behavioral goal-setting related to pain management and/or social connections. Participants will be screened for unmet social needs and connected to appropriate resources.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Northern Michigan Health Consortium

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Michigan

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-01-27
Primary Completion
2027-05-31
Completion
2027-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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