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DEAMPT: Do Emotions Affect Mechanical Pain Thresholds?

Sponsor
Linnaeus University (Other)
Overall Status
Recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT06074575
Collaborator
(none)
152
Enrollment
1
Location
4
Arms
24
Anticipated Duration (Months)
6.3
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate if different emotional states could influence mechanical pain thresholds.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Behavioral: Emotion induction
 N/A

Detailed Description

Participants will be randomized into 4 different groups watching different short video-clips (2.20 min). The negative emotions group will watch an uncomfortable short video containing violence and blood, the positive emotions group will watch a video containing a stand-up comedy show, the neutral emotions group will watch a video with Swedish nature, and the control group will just wait for 2.20 min, without any instructions about what to think about. Pressure pain thresholds will be measured with an algometer before and after the video-clip interventions.

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
152 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Factorial Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Basic Science
Official Title:
Do Emotions Affect Mechanical Pain Thresholds?
Anticipated Study Start Date :
Jan 1, 2024
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Dec 31, 2025
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Dec 31, 2025

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Negative emotional condition

The participant will watch a short video-clip with negative emotional content.

Behavioral: Emotion induction
The participants will receive different emotion inductions through short video clips.
Other Names:
  • Negative emotion induction, positive emotions induction, neutral emotions induction, control.

    		•
    Experimental: Positive emotional condition.

    The participant will watch a short video-clip with positive emotional content.

    Behavioral: Emotion induction
    The participants will receive different emotion inductions through short video clips.
    Other Names:
  • Negative emotion induction, positive emotions induction, neutral emotions induction, control.

    		•
    Experimental: Neutral condition.

    The participant will watch a short video-clip with neutral emotional content.

    Behavioral: Emotion induction
    The participants will receive different emotion inductions through short video clips.
    Other Names:
  • Negative emotion induction, positive emotions induction, neutral emotions induction, control.

    		•
    Experimental: Control condition.

    The participant will not watch a video-clip, but will wait without specific instructions about what to think about.

    Behavioral: Emotion induction
    The participants will receive different emotion inductions through short video clips.
    Other Names:
  • Negative emotion induction, positive emotions induction, neutral emotions induction, control.

    		•

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Pressure pain threshold [Measurements will be conducted at the test session, which will have a duration of approximately 20 minutes for each participant.]

      Pressure pain threshold value after each different emotion intervention and control compared to before each emotion intervention and control.

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    18 Years and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    Yes
    Inclusion Criteria:
    • Above 18 years of age, fluent in Swedish.
    Exclusion Criteria:
    • Pain anywhere in body during the test session, known neurological disease.

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Helena Gunnarsson Växjö Kronoberg Sweden 35195

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • Linnaeus University

    Investigators

    • Principal Investigator: Helena Gunnarsson, PhD, Linnéuniversitetet

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Helena Gunnarsson, Dr, Linnaeus University
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT06074575
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • 2023-03968-01
    First Posted:
    Oct 10, 2023
    Last Update Posted:
    Oct 10, 2023
    Last Verified:
    Oct 1, 2023
    Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
    No
    Plan to Share IPD:
    No
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
    No
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
    No

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Oct 10, 2023