Individuals will be recruited by posted advertisements in the waiting rooms of the PCP offices and by physician referral. After an initial phone screen, research staff will meet with interested individuals in their PCP offices for informed consent, baseline interview and randomization. Participants will be randomized into a Health Education study arm, and receive 7 individual sessions on general health education, or an Intervention study arm, and receive 7 individual sessions of the Treating Opioid Patients' Pain and Sadness (TOPPS) intervention.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
28
Butler Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Pain
Pain, as measured by self-report
Time frame: 4 months
Depression
Depression, as measured by self-report and clinician-administered assessments
Time frame: 4 months
Substance Use
Illicit substance use, as measured by self-report and urine toxicology
Time frame: 4 months
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