The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Attention and Pain-related Symptoms in Chronic Pain Patients

NCT ID: NCT01487473

Last Updated: 2014-02-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 49 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2011-12-31
• Study Completion Date: 2013-11-30

Brief Summary

The main purpose of this study is to determine the degree to which Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, a group-based psychological therapy that includes mindfulness meditation exercises, reduces depression, anxiety, stress, pain intensity, and interference of pain with daily life among adult chronic pain patients.

The second purpose is to examine the role of attention in improving psychological and physical health for chronic pain patients.

Conditions

Pain

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

An 8-week structured group program that was developed to improve psychological and physical symptoms associated with pain. It incorporates a variety of mindfulness meditation exercises including mindful yoga, sitting meditation, and body scan to facilitate attention, acceptance, and awareness of one's experiences.

Waitlist Control

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

An 8-week structured group program that was developed to improve psychological and physical symptoms associated with pain. It incorporates a variety of mindfulness meditation exercises including mindful yoga, sitting meditation, and body scan to facilitate attention, acceptance, and awareness of one's experiences.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

MBSR

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Adult chronic pain patients who are proficient in English
• Capable of interacting with others in a group setting
• Capable of working with a computer

Exclusion Criteria

• Alcohol or drug abuse (past history is acceptable as long as their situation has been stable for at least 3 months)
• Psychiatric psychosis (patients who have a past history of schizophrenia are eligible as long as they are currently stable)
• Current major depressive disorder
• Current severe social phobia
• At immediate risk for suicide
• Cerebral lesions or tumors (unless medically and cognitively stable)
• Neurological disease
• Medically unstable
• Cognitively unstable
• Previously participated in a mindfulness meditation program

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Wasser Pain Management Centre

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Rasch Foundation

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

York University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Nicholas Cepeda

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Nicholas Cepeda, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

York University

Allan Gordon, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL

Denise Paneduro, PhD student

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

York University

Locations

Mount Sinai Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Countries

Canada

Other Identifiers

FWA00003852

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id