Brief Mindfulness Intervention for Patients at a Free Acute Care Clinic

Brief Behavioral Intervention for Pain (Shepherd's Hope)

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07025161

Enrollment

200

Registered

2025-06-17

Start date

2025-04-21

Completion date

2026-04-21

Last updated

2025-06-17

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Conditions

Pain

Brief summary

This is a single-site, two-arm, parallel-group randomized clinical trial (RCT). The clinical effects of a 4-minute audio-recorded mindfulness intervention for 100 English-speaking patients and 100 Spanish-speaking patients at a free acute care clinic will be investigated relative to a 4-minute audio-recoding about pain psychoeducation.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALPain Coping Information

A 4-minute audio recording providing common pain coping techniques (e.g., ice, rest, medication, surgery).

BEHAVIORALMindful Pain Management

A 4-minute audio recording consisting of a 1-minute introduction to mindfulness followed by a 1-minute and 30-second mindful breathing practice and a 1-minute and 30-second mindfulness of pain practice.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

OTHER

Masking

TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Age ≥18 * Seeking treatment at the Shepherd's Hope Downtown Clinic

Exclusion criteria

* Cognitive impairment preventing completion of study procedures. * Other unstable illness judged by medical staff to interfere with study involvement.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change in Pain Unpleasantness Numeric Rating Scale	Immediately before to after 4-minute audio recording	Single Likert scale item ranging from 0-10, with 0 indicating no pain and 10 representing the most unpleasant pain imaginable.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change in Pain Intensity Numeric Rating Scale	Immediately before to after 4-minute audio recording	Single Likert scale item ranging from 0-10, with 0 indicating no pain and 10 representing the most intense pain imaginable.
Change in Anxiety Numeric Rating Scale	Immediately before to after 4-minute audio recording	Single Likert scale item ranging from 0-10, with 0 indicating no anxiety and 10 representing severe anxiety.

Countries

United States

Contacts

Primary ContactAdam Hanley

adam.hanley@fsu.edu850-645-9557

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026