Efficacy of Mindfulness Therapy in Orofacial Chronic Pain

University of Jaén

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Orofacial Pain; Chronic Pain; Mindfulness

Treatments: Other: Minimal intervention; Other: mindfulness-based stress reduction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04765007

mindfulness Ujaen

Details and patient eligibility

About

Psychological impairments have a significant role in management and coping of pain in patients with orofacial pain disorders. The response of this kind of pathologies to topical or systemic medications is not predictable and mindfulness breathing and relaxation techniques could present good results since it help patients to accept their problem and to cope it. In consequence, the present study is aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a mindfulness therapy program in management of chronic orofacial pain.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients diagnosed of orofacial chronic pain by a physician.

Exclusion criteria

• Pain with oncologic origin
• Severe mental disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Mindfulness group

Experimental group

Description:

This arm will be treated with a mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy.

Treatment:

Other: mindfulness-based stress reduction

Control group

Other group

Description:

This arm will be treated with a minimal intervention.

Treatment:

Other: Minimal intervention