Brief Mindfulness Intervention for Chronic Pain in Ukraine

Utah System of Higher Education (USHE)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Chronic Pain

Treatments: Other: Usual care; Behavioral: Brief mindfulness

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05383157

0122U002551

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a pragmatic randomized controlled trial comparing a single 15-minute mindfulness-based intervention to usual care for patients with chronic pain in Ukraine being seen in a pain clinic.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Physician-confirmed chronic pain-related diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

• Cognitive impairment preventing completion of study procedures.
• Other unstable illness judged by medical staff to interfere with study treatment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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150 participants in 2 patient groups

Brief mindfulness

Experimental group

Description:

A 15-minute mindfulness intervention integrating mindful breathing and mindfulness of pain techniques.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief mindfulness

Other: Usual care

Usual care

Active Comparator group

Description:

15 minutes of usual chronic pain care delivered in an academic pain clinic environment.

Treatment:

Other: Usual care