Assessment of Two Online Interventions for Veterans With Chronic Pain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial

Erin D Reilly   ^{1, 2} , MEd, PhD ;   Hannah L Grigorian   ¹ , PhD ;   Alicia A Heapy   ^{3, 4} , PhD ;   Bella Etingen   ^{5, 6} , PhD ;   Megan M Kelly   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Noah R Wolkowicz   ^{4, 7} , PhD ;   Caitlin M Girouard   ¹ , MA ;   Timothy P Hogan   ^{6, 8} , PhD ;   Katarina Bernice   ¹ , BA ;   Timothy Bickmore   ⁹ , PhD

¹ Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veteran Affairs Bedford Healthcare System, Department of Veterans Affairs, Bedford, MA, United States

² Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

³ Pain Research, Informatics, Multi-morbidities, and Education Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, CT, United States

⁴ School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

⁵ Research and Development Service, Dallas VA Medical Center, Department of Veteran Affairs, Dallas, TX, United States

⁶ Department of Health Economics, Systems, and Policy, Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States

⁷ Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Department of Veteran Affairs, West Haven, CT, United States

⁸ Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, Veterans Affairs Bedford Healthcare System, Department of Veterans Affairs, Bedford, MA, United States

⁹ Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States