Online Education and Gentle Exercise Intervention (MY-Skills)
Chronic Pain, Pain
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Chronic Pain focused on measuring Caregiving Dyad, Pain-related Disability
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Both members of the caregiving dyad:
- Chronic musculoskeletal pain, present for a minimum of three months
- Moderate or high levels of daily pain-related disability (BPI ≥ 5)
- Part of caregiving dyad
- Adults age 18 and over and able to speak English
- Score >4 out of 6 on the short Mini Mental Status Exam
- Ability to stand with or without an assistive device
- Sedentary lifestyle (i.e., any waking behavior characterized by an energy expenditure ≤1.5 metabolic equivalents while in a sitting or reclining posture)
Inclusion for care recipient only:
-Living at home in the community (with or without caregiver)
Inclusion for caregiver only:
- Identified as the primary caregiver
- Caregiver at least the past six months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Significant cardiovascular disease: New York Heart Association functional class 3 or 4 congestive heart failure; systolic blood pressure ≥ 180 or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 105 mmHg; myocardial infarction within 3 months, chest pain or dizziness with exercise
- Stroke, or Transient Ischemic Attack within 6 months
- Respiratory conditions requiring use of oxygen at home (i.e., COPD)
- Receiving or planning to receive, cancer treatment in the next 6 months
- Alzheimer's disease, dementia; expectation of death in the next 12 months
- In current physical rehabilitation, drug/alcohol treatment, or exercise research study
- Completed self-management education in the last year
Sites / Locations
- Colorado State University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
MY-Skills Intervention - online
MY-Plan control - online
Participants will complete an 8-week, 16 session class. Each class will consist of approximately an hour of light exercise and an hour of education designed to meet the needs of a caregiving dyad with chronic pain.
Participants will complete an 8-week, 16 session class. Each class will consist of approximately an hour of light exercise and an hour of education designed to meet the needs of a caregiving dyad with chronic pain.