A trial of a novel attention bias modification paradigm on pain outcomes

The impact on healthy individuals of a novel attention bias modification paradigm on responses to a cold pressor task

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12615000597594

Acronym

Nil

Enrollment

Registered

2015-06-09

Start date

2015-08-11

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Attention modification training refers to training participants to attend away from emotionally relevant information. In the pain literature, ABM has been shown to improve pain outcomes. However, all research has used the dot-probe paradigm, the reliability of which has been questioned. This project aims to trial a novel ABM procedure using painful faces.

Interventions

The intervention is a computerized task involves matching the identity of two faces that have either a painful expression (pain training group) or a happy expression (happy training group). This is intended to train the participant implicitly to attend either towards happy or painful facial expressions A one-off 20-30 minute session

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

First year psychology students

Exclusion criteria

Reynauld's phenomena, epilepsy, cardiovascular problems, chronic pain disorders

Outcome results