Pilot of Mindfulness Therapy for Inpatients With Gastro-intestinal Pain

University College London (UCL)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gastro-intestinal Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindfulness

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02222064

14/0190

Details and patient eligibility

About

Research questions/hypotheses

1. Can an individual mindfulness intervention for Gastro Intestinal Failure inpatients reduce pain-related distress, improve quality of life, and increase confidence in pain self-management?
2. How useful and applicable do Gastro Intestinal Failure inpatients find Mindfulness methods?

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• >18 years, pain experienced
• >3 months, proficiency in English

Exclusion criteria

• previous mindfulness experience
• severe cognitive impairment
• profound hearing difficulties

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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15 participants in 1 patient group

Mindfulness

Experimental group

Description:

8 week self-managed mindfulness based intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness