Mindfulness Meditation for the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain: A Preliminary Quasi-randomized Controlled Pilot Study
Cesare Lino, Stefan Neuwersch-Sommeregger, R. Likar, P. de Bartolo
December 8, 2021 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1123107/v1 (opens in new tab) via Semantic Scholar
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractChronic low back pain patients who added Mindfulness-Based Pain Therapy (MBPT) to a standard multimodal pain program showed significant reductions in pain intensity, disability, depression, and pain catastrophizing, along with improved quality of life, compared to those receiving only the standard program.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Quasi-randomized case-control study Pilot study |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 20 |
| Population | Patients with chronic low back pain |
| Intervention | Mindfulness-Based Pain Therapy (MBPT) |
| Duration | 4-week training, 5 times/week |
| Keywords | Medicine Psychology |
| Key finding | Adding MBPT to multimodal pain therapy significantly improved pain, quality of life, disability, depression, and pain catastrophizing compared to standard therapy alone. |
Abstract
Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Pain Therapy (MBPT) a treatment combining mindfulness meditation and several interventions taken from cognitive therapy within the frame of the multimodal pain therapy program, in patients suffering from chronic low back pain (CLBP).Design: A quasi-randomized case-control study. Subjects: The study included 20 subjects with chronic low back pain were recruited and quasi-randomly allocated to a standard multimodal pain therapy (n=10) or to a multimodal pain therapy group with MBPT (n=10). The intervention was identical for both groups except for the mindfulness meditation program.Methods. Both groups participated in a 4-week training, 5 times/week. All subjects underwent the same measurement protocol before and after the intervention. The program was evaluated on the basis of measure of pain, quality of life, disability, pain catastrophizing and depression. Results: The trial group displayed significant reduction in pain intensity, improvement in the quality of life, reduction in pain disability, in depression and pain catastrophizing. Conclusion: The study indicated that mindfulness meditation can influence the treatments and lead to a significant improvement in the overall result of the multimodal pain therapy.