NCT06833047

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate if the feeling of boredom could influence mechanical pain thresholds.

Trial Health

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Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
120

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Mar 2025

Shorter than P25 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

February 12, 2025

Completed
6 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

February 18, 2025

Completed
1 month until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

March 25, 2025

Completed
1 month until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

April 25, 2025

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

April 25, 2025

Completed
Last Updated

April 29, 2025

Status Verified

March 1, 2025

Enrollment Period

1 month

First QC Date

February 12, 2025

Last Update Submit

April 25, 2025

Conditions

Pain ThresholdHealthy

Keywords

Pain ThresholdsPainBoredom

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Pressure pain thresholds

    Pressure Pain thresholds will be measured over the right and left m. trapezius and over the right and left m. tibialis anterior.

    30 minutes

Study Arms (3)

Boredom

EXPERIMENTAL

The participant will watch a short video with boring content.

Behavioral: Emotional intervention

Distraction control

EXPERIMENTAL

The participant will watch a short video with positively valenced content.

Behavioral: Emotional intervention

Control

NO INTERVENTION

The participant will wait for 2.30 minutes without any instructions of what to think about.

Interventions

Emotional interventionBEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive different emotional interventions such as boredom, positive valence, mind-wandering.

BoredomDistraction control

Eligibility Criteria

Age19 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • No pain at the test session
  • Swedish fluency.

You may not qualify if:

  • Pain anywhere in the body during the test session
  • known neurological disease.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Linnaeus University

Vaxjo, Sweden

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic ManifestationsSigns and SymptomsPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
NA
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT
Purpose
BASIC SCIENCE
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Model Details: Participants will be randomized to different conditions.
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Dr

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

February 12, 2025

First Posted

February 18, 2025

Study Start

March 25, 2025

Primary Completion

April 25, 2025

Study Completion

April 25, 2025

Last Updated

April 29, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will share

The anonymous data collected will be shared. Any information that could possibly be used to identify a participant (education) will be removed.

Locations

SE(1)