Behavioral Interventions for Active Duty Service Members and Veterans With Chronic Pain
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Chronic Pain, Chronic Pain |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Musculoskeletal |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 100 |
| Updated: | 2/7/2018 |
| Start Date: | April 1, 2017 |
| End Date: | August 2021 |
| Contact: | Karen Wheeler |
| Email: | karen.wheeler@hsc.utah.edu |
| Phone: | 801-581-5028 |
Behavioral Interventions for Active Duty Service Members and Veterans With Chronic Pain Conditions and Opioid Related Problems
The central aim of this proposed study is to test a multimodal, mindfulness-oriented
intervention designed to disrupt the risk chain leading to prescription opioid dose
escalation, opioid misuse and opioid addiction, which are mounting threats to active duty
service members and Veterans with chronic pain conditions, who may develop disordered opioid
use as a consequence of long-term opioid pharmacotherapy.
intervention designed to disrupt the risk chain leading to prescription opioid dose
escalation, opioid misuse and opioid addiction, which are mounting threats to active duty
service members and Veterans with chronic pain conditions, who may develop disordered opioid
use as a consequence of long-term opioid pharmacotherapy.
Inclusion Criteria:
- men/women ≥18 years of age
- ability to understand and speak the English language
- current chronic pain diagnosis (including but not limited to ICD-9 diagnoses 338.0,
338.2xx, 338.
- current use of prescription opioids for >3 consecutive months.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Mindfulness training experience (participation in MBSR/MBRP)
- opioid withdrawal evidenced by score ≥13 on the Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
- current cancer diagnosis
- having a psychiatric or medical condition that precludes the ability to provide
informed consent or participation in outpatient treatment (e.g., psychosis, mania,
acute intoxication
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