Smartphone program to reduce drinking and chronic pain in rural adults
Part of Pain clinical trials.
This study tests a smartphone-based program designed to help people in rural areas reduce hazardous drinking and manage chronic pain. If eligible, you'll use a digital health tool for 8 months that may improve your health and quality of life.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You live in a rural area of the United States (not a big city or suburb).
- You are 18 years or older.
- You drink more than the recommended limits (over 7 drinks a week for women, 14 for men) or have had a heavy drinking episode in the past month (more than 3 drinks for women, 4 for men in one sitting).
- You have chronic pain that has lasted 3 months or more and is at least a 4 on a 0–10 pain scale.
- You can speak English fluently and use a personal smartphone.
- You have not been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or other psychotic disorders, and you have not had serious alcohol withdrawal symptoms in the past.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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