Exploring the role of attentional bias modification in the experience of pai
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- PainMusculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disordersAnaesthesiology - Pain management
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12614000793617
- Lead Sponsor
- The University of Sydney
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
Undergraduate psychology students
Exclusion Criteria
Cardiac problems
Epilepsy
Current or recent chronic pain
Current pain on a visual analogue scale of greater than 3 out of 10 (i.e. > 3/10)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain: Average pain ratings (on a visual analogue scale; VAS) observed in response to the cold pressor task[Immediately following completion of the acute experimental pain task];Threshold: Time taken for the participant to report experiencing pain during the cold pressor task (We use a stopwatch)[During the cold pressor task];Pain-related distress: Ratings (0-10) of Subjective Units of Distress associated with pain, rated following task[Immediately following the acute experimental pain task]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hesitance: The time taken to emerge arm fully in the cold pressor task (we measure time using a stopwatch)[During the cold pressor task];Tolerance: time that arm is left in the cold pressor task (max 4 minutes) (We use a stopwatch to measure time)[During the cold pressor task];Interpretation bias: The preferential categorising of ambiguous facial expressions as pain-related rather than not pain related. This will be measured using the Incidental learning task which is administered on the computer. Reaction times are the outcome.[Prior to and following the attentional bias modification procedure]