The Effect of Praying on Endogenous Pain Modulation and Pain Intensity in Healthy Religious Individuals: A Randomized Controlled Experiment
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 208
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- change in conditioned pain modulation (CPM)
研究概览
简要总结
With this study the investigators wish to examine the effect of prayer on pain intensity and on the conditioned pain modulation in healthy religious university students.
详细描述
There has been a call for a model that incorporate spirituality in the biopsychosocial framework .The biopsychosocial- spiritual model recognizes the impact of the religious factors in modulating the biology of pain.
The aim of this study is to measure the effect of praying as an intervention on conditioned pain modulation and on pain intensity.
The investigators hypothesize that prayer would increase conditioned pain modulation compared to a no prayer control group in a healthy religious population.
The investigators hypothesize that participants engaging in active prayer will show a higher increase in conditioned pain modulation compared to those engaging in passive prayer or no prayer.
The present study is a randomized controlled trial comparing the effect of two types of prayer, the passive and the active prayer and no prayer, on conditioned pain modulation using the heat protocol and on pain intensity. Participants are to be randomly assigned to 2 groups: the prayer group and the control group.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Screening
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
while assessing for endogenous pain inhibition and pain intensity the assessor will be blind and will not know to which group the participant belong. Participants will be blinded by being blind to the study hypothesis.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 25 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Healthy female.
- •Healthy male.
- •University students
- •Religious participants who would score at least two over six on the Non Organizational Religious Activities subscale of the Duke University Religious Index.
排除标准
- •Pregnant women.
- •Individuals with chronic pain.
- •Individuals with psychiatric disease.
- •Individuals suffering from headache for more than 2 days a month.
- •Individuals with high blood pressure.
- •Individuals under regular use of medication.
- •Individuals who would score 1 or 0 on the on the Non Organizational Religious Activities subscale of the Duke University Religious Index.
结局指标
主要结局
change in conditioned pain modulation (CPM)
时间窗: Measured prior to intervention (baseline=day 1) and immediate following the intervention (=day 1)
the conditioned pain modulation paradigm (pressure pain threshold using a digital algometer as test stimulus and the heat pressor test (immersion of one hand in hot water of 45.5°C) as conditioning stimulus
change in pain intensity
时间窗: Measured prior to intervention (baseline=day 1) and immediate following the intervention (=day 1)
numeric rating scale from 0 to 100 where 0 is no pain and 100 is the worst pain imaginable
次要结局
- Prayer function scale(the prayer function scale is assessed at baseline)
- The Duke University Religion Index(religiosity is assessed at baseline)
研究者
charbel najem
assisstant professor
Antonine University