Antonia Barke

Waiting for pain: effect of a mindfulness intervention during a wait situation on pain intensity.

Frontiers in Pain Research 2025 Rebecca Stewing, Thomas Forkmann, Elisabeth Vögtle et al.

Research has shown substantial evidence for the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions in the management of chronic pain. Less evidence is available whether a one-time mindfulness intervention may also be helpful in alleviating acute procedural pain. While anticipating a potentially painful procedure, people may worry about the upcoming pain. We investigated whether the time spent in...