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

York University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Pain

Treatments

Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01487473

FWA00003852

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment

49 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 80 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

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