Clinical Trial: Evaluating the Auricular Point Acupressure-Self Management Program for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Among Rural Populations

U.S., Sept. 18 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07179016) titled 'Evaluating the Auricular Point Acupressure-Self Management Program for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Among Rural Populations' on Sept. 10.

Brief Summary: We will test an Auricular Point Acupressure Self-Management (APA-SM) program integrated into rural primary and specialty care and rural communities for chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP). To maximize self-management of pain, we developed a smartphone app which will allow the participants to learn to self-administer APA. We will have 3 arms (APA-SM self-guided with remote training, APA-SM with in-person training, and Education Control) with 231 participants per arm (total=693 for 3 ...