Pain Catastrophizing as a Cause for Systemic Inflammation

PHASE1CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

93

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2009

Primary Completion Date

April 30, 2012

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2014

Conditions
Musculoskeletal Pain
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Pain Catastrophizing Induction

Participants will undergo a psychologist-guided 10-minute induction of negative cognitive focus on the theoretical future worsening of one's pain condition.Biological stress response will be measured via heart rate, blood pressure and serum cortisol.

Trial Locations (1)

97239

Oregon Health and Science Universtiy, Portland

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute

OTHER

collaborator

Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)

NIH

lead

Beth Darnall, PhD

OTHER