Participate in Research
These studies are currently seeking volunteers with spinal cord injury.
Quality of Life in Disability Study
This study will examine the quality of life in persons with disabilities. We want to ask individuals who have multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, amputation, neuromuscular disease, post-polio syndrome or cerebral palsy about various aspects of their health and quality of life associated with their disability. The knowledge we expect to gain from this study may help provide a better understanding of quality of life in persons with disabilities.
Participation in the survey study does not require any travel. The survey will be sent to your home and takes about an hour to complete. We are interested in hearing from you whether or not you are experiencing pain. We will send you a check for $25 for your participation.
For further information on this project, please contact Quality of Life Study staff at 206-616-9058 or 1-800-377-9707 or at painstdy@u.washington.edu.
Please remember that we cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any information sent by e-mail.
Adjustment to Pain Study
People with disabilities may have pain. There has been little research on how to treat this pain. The University of Washington is conducting a research study looking at two different treatment interventions. Adult participants with an amputation, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, neuromuscular disease, multiple sclerosis or post-polio syndrome and pain are eligible. One treatment intervention provides education about chronic pain, while the other focuses on how to change how a person with a disability thinks about his/her pain. If the treatment you receive is effective for you, you may experience a decrease in your daily pain or an improvement in how you manage your pain. We also expect that the information from the study will help us treat chronic pain in persons with disabilities better in the future.
Volunteers will be asked to come to the Harborview Medical Center or the University of Washington Medical Center for multiple visits. Also, we will do a series of telephone interviews with you before treatment, right after treatment, and periodically for a year following treatment. The time for these interviews will range from 5-60 minutes.
Compensation for telephone interviews and free parking for the treatment sessions will be provided.
For more information, please contact Adjustment to Pain Study staff at 206-616-9058 or 1-800-377-9707 or email painstdy@u.washington.edu. Please remember that we cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any information sent by e-mail.