Help us explore if a weighted blanket can help ease chronic pain.
We’re inviting individuals living with chronic pain to take part in a paid research study that looks at whether sleeping with a weighted blanket can make a meaningful difference in daily comfort and well-being.
If you’re eligible and complete the study, you will receive a $40 gift card via TREMENDOUS and get to keep the weighted blanket you use (valued at $269-329).
Researchers at the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) want to understand how nightly use of a weighted blanket, about 10% of your body weight, may support people experiencing chronic pain (3 months or longer).
What Participation Looks Like:
- Use a weighted blanket every night for 7 days to get accustomed to it
- Continue using it for another 28 days during the study
- Complete online surveys throughout the 5-week period
- Attend two 60-minute study visits and one 15-minute study visit, all virtual, and communicate via email
- Can complete a health history survey (est. 15-20 min) at the first visit, open-ended survey questions (est. 15-20 minutes) at the first and last visit, two online questionnaires (est. 10 minutes) before beginning the Run-in/Baseline week, and complete brief surveys on a weekly basis to monitor blanket adherence and safety for increases in pain.
You may be eligible if you:
- Are at least 18 years old
- Meet the study’s criteria for chronic pain
- Can lift a 15–25 lb. weighted blanket
- Are willing to use the blanket nightly for 35 nights
- Can complete online questionnaires over 5 weeks
- Can attend three virtual visits
If you’re curious about whether weighted blankets truly help, this is your chance to be part of finding the answer.
Click the survey link below and enter code 3JK389NKK to learn more and see if you’re eligible:
To learn more, please email our study team at the following email address:
This study is being conducted by the Helfgott Research Institute at the National University of Natural Medicine.
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Principal Investigator: Dr. Carina Staab, DC, MEd