Brief Mindfulness Intervention for Orthopedic Patients: Mechanistic Investigation

Florida State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindful Pain Management; Behavioral: Pain Coping Information

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06171009

STUDY00004419

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a single-site, two-arm, parallel-group randomized clinical trial (RCT). The analgesic effects of a 4-minute audio-recorded mindfulness intervention for orthopedic patients will be investigated relative to a 4-minute audio-recoding about pain psychoeducation. Analgesic mechanisms of mindfulness will also be investigated.

Enrollment: 158 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥18
• Seeking treatment at the Tallahassee Orthopedic Center

Exclusion criteria

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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158 participants in 2 patient groups

Pain Coping Information

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Pain Coping Information

Mindful Pain Management

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindful Pain Management