Oklahoma Study of Native American Pain Risk III: Stress and Resilience
The Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination (SRD) on Mechanisms of the Native American Pain Disparity
University of Oklahoma
220 participants
Feb 3, 2023
OBSERVATIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the relationship between environmental structural racism and discrimination and chronic pain risk in Native American adults. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. How does environmental structural racism and discrimination affect chronic pain-promoting mechanisms in Native Americans? 2. What psychosocial factors buffer the negative effects of environmental structural racism and discrimination on chronic pain-promoting mechanisms?
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria1
- Self-identify as Native American/American Indian
Exclusion Criteria9
- \<18 years of age
- Self-reported history of cardiovascular, neuroendocrine, musculoskeletal, or neurological disorders
- Surrent chronic pain, defined as persistent, bothersome pain on more days than not for at least 3 months)
- Self-reported current substance dependence
- Sse of medication that could interfere with testing (e.g., recent use of analgesics, antidepressants, or anti-anxiety medications)
- Inability to speak English
- Current psychosis (assessed by Psychosis Screening Questionnaire)
- Serious cognitive impairment (assessed by \<20 score on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment \[MoCA\])
- Possible peripheral neuropathy (assessed by nerve conduction study)
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NCT05723081