Feasibility and Acceptability of an Abbreviated, Four-Week Mindfulness Program for Chronic Pain Management.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) September 8, 2020 Carrie E. Brintz, Isabel Roth, K. Faurot et al.
A four-week abbreviated mindfulness program for adults with chronic pain is feasible, acceptable, and may improve quality of life and psychological functioning. In a single-arm study of 23 adults new to mindfulness, participants completed four weekly 90-minute sessions adapted from Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. Acceptable retention and attendance rates and high satisfaction ratings were reported. Significant pre- to post-treatment improvements occurred in pain intensity, pain interference, depressive symptoms, positive affect and well-being, sleep disturbance, pain acceptance, pain catastrophizing, perceived stress, and dispositional mindfulness, but not in physical functioning or anxiety. An appropriately powered randomized controlled trial is needed.