N/A
N=20
MEPS-Pain: Personalized Pain Self-management Planning by and for Veterans Pilot Study
Chronic Low Back Pain
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04075487 ↗Enrolled (actual)
20
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jul 2025
Primary outcome: Primary: Use of Tablet-based Application (App) for Creation of Pain Self-management Plan — 19 Participants
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Web-module for patient education and planning (Other)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Primary completion
- Jul 2023
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Use of Tablet-based Application (App) for Creation of Pain Self-management Plan |
19 | — |
| PRIMARY Tablet-based Application (App) for Pain Self-management Planning: Patient Experience Via System Usability Scale |
39 | — |
| PRIMARY Tablet-based Application (App) Use for Pain Self-management Planning: Total Days With Plan Accessed |
20 | — |
| SECONDARY Pain Intensity Completion |
5.1 | — |
Summary
Chronic low back pain is the #1 cause of disability and low quality of life in Veterans. Pain is a huge burden- stealing enjoyment, fulfillment, and time. Sometimes surgery, injections, or medications can help but sometimes not. Although no one solution fixes chronic low back pain, there are many treatments that can reduce pain impact and restore quality of life. These treatments involve: movement, psychology, mind-and-body therapies, sleep, and environmental factors. The challenge is how to best coordinate these treatments for chronic low back pain. The investigators have built a prototype mobile application that delivers the latest information to Veterans so they can work with healthcare providers to build their own pain self-management plans. With this new tool, the Veteran has data at hand and chooses their preferred pain self-management activities, making a coordinated plan that can be shared with their healthcare team. The investigators' goal is giving Veterans the knowledge and power to 'plan the work and work the plan' for chronic low back pain: restoring value, fulfillment, and meaning.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Veterans receiving care at the VAMHCS
- frequent or persistent low back pain (> 3 months)
- pain >4 on a 0-10 numeric rating scale
- willing to participate in trial of non-pharmacological therapies for pain
- ability to speak, read, and write as needed for study
- stable treatment
Exclusion Criteria
- Veterans with cognitive or visual impairment limiting the ability to engage in self-directed self-management planning
- anticipated surgery or pain procedure during the expected study period
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04075487). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.