104
Participants
Start Date
April 4, 2024
Primary Completion Date
June 1, 2028
Study Completion Date
August 31, 2028
Physical Self Regulation Telehealth
2 sessions of an intervention delivered via telehealth. Session 1 includes awareness and strategies for monitoring habits and 4 exercises to practice 5 times per day. Session 2 will be 2 weeks later and is a review of session 1 and an introduction to diaphragmatic breathing. Breathing is practiced for 15 minutes twice per day.
Psycho-education Telehealth
2 sessions of an intervention delivered via telehealth. Session 1 includes discussing trigeminal nerve function, jaw and muscle anatomy, posture, pain referral patterns, and stress biology. Participants rate pain and jaw fatigue 5 times per day. Session 2 will be 2 weeks later and consists of checking on the homework and information from session 1,followed by a discussion of autonomic nervous system activity, and a discussion of sleep quality and sleep hygiene. Participants will be instructed to rate their stress levels, pain, and mood several times per day, similar to the times when participants in the PSR-TH condition would be practicing diaphragmatic breathing
RECRUITING
University of Kentucky, Lexington
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
NIH
Ian Boggero, PhD
OTHER