Ongoing Projects

A VA Clinical Program of Excellence and designated as a

Clinical Center of Excellence by the American Pain Society

           Tampa, Florida

The following CPRP pain research projects are underway or recently were completed.

• Multi-domain Outcomes of Multidisciplinary Pain Treatment

            Principal Investigator: Michael E. Clark, Ph.D.

            Co-Principal Investigator: Ronald J. Gironda, Ph.D.

            The goal of this project is to identify predictors of positive and negative CPRP pain treatment outcomes and to identify key

            factors that relate to participant gains from treatment.

• Development of Objective Measures of Physical Performance

            Principal Investigator: Michael E. Clark, Ph.D.

            This three-year funded project seeks to evaluate the utility of a pool of behavioral tasks as physical performance outcomes

            measures for individuals with chronic non-cancer pain treated in an interdisciplinary pain program. It will assess intra- and

            inter-rater reliabilities, concurrent, discriminative, and predictive validity, and sensitivity to treatment-related change.

• Validation of the Actiwatch as a Pain Treatment Outcomes Measure

            Principal Investigator: Ronald J. Gironda, Ph.D.

            The purpose of this two-year, three-phase study is to evaluate the utility of a three-dimensional, accelerometer-based motion

            tracking system as a measure of activity change among individuals undergoing chronic pain treatment in a comprehensive inpatient

            pain treatment program.

• Evaluation and Treatment of Pain in Polytraumatic Injuries

            Principal Investigator: Robyn L. Walker, Ph.D. 

            Co-Investigator: Michael E. Clark, Ph.D.

            This project focuses on identifying the best methods to identify and treat acute and chronic pain in military personnel with severe

            and complex trauma and associated pain.

• The Pain Catastrophizing Scale Factor Structure in a Chronic Pain Inpatient Population

           Principal Investigator: Brenda F. Pinkerman, Ph.D.

           Co-Investigators: Ronald G. Gironda, Ph.D. & Michael E. Clark, Ph.D.

            This study examines the component structure and other psychometric characteristics of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale as applied to

            inpatients with chronic pain.

            PROJECT COMPLETED: Contact PI for details.

• Prediction of Chronic Pain Treatment Outcomes: Incremental Validity of Selected MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical Scales

            Principal Investigator: Paul Sloan, Ph.D.

            Co-Investigators: Michael E. Clark, Ph.D. & Ronald G. Gironda, Ph.D.

            This investigation assesses the incremental validity of selected MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical Scales, relative to their         

            corresponding Clinical Scale counterparts, in the prediction of chronic pain treatment outcomes.

            PROJECT COMPLETED: Contact PI for details.

• Effectiveness of a Multidisciplinary Inpatient Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program for Headache

            Principal Investigator: Brenda F. Pinkerman, Ph.D.

            Co-Investigators: Ronald G. Gironda, Ph.D. & Michael E. Clark, Ph.D.

            This study examines the effectiveness of multidisciplinary chronic pain treatment for the treatment of headache pain. 

            PROJECT COMPLETED: Contact PI for details.

• Chronic Pain Among Veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom

            Principal Investigator: Ronald J. Gironda, Ph.D.

            The primary objective of this study is to determine the prevalence and nature of chronic pain among OIF/OEF veterans seeking

            care at a large veterans’ medical center.

            PROJECT COMPLETED: Contact PI for details.

• Psychometric Characteristics of the Pain Treatment Satisfaction Scale

  Principal Investigator: Robyn L. Walker, Ph.D. 

  Co-Investigator:s: Michael E. Clark, Ph.D. & Ronald J. Gironda, Ph.D.

 

  Treatment satisfaction is an important domain of pain treatment outcomes. The current study was designed to evaluate the   

  psychometric characteristics of a previously developed pain treatment satisfaction measure using a large sample of individuals

  with chronic non-cancer pain.

 

  PROJECT COMPLETED: Contact PI for details.