Health Effects of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course in Treatment of Back Pain
Health Effects of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course Versus Usual Care in Treatment of Back Pain: a Randomized Clinical Trial
Tampere University Hospital
120 participants
Jan 1, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
* Health effects of mindfulness based stress reduction course versus usual care in treatment of back pain: a randomized clinical trial * Mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) course intervention for half of the research patients * MBSR course lasts for 8 weeks. * follow-up time 2 years. * research data is collected by Recdap * Working-age (18-64 years) patients with back pain in thoracal or lumbar area (NRS at least 4) with or without radiculation over 12 weeks will be recruited. * The primary outcome measure is Numeric pain rating scale (NRS, 0-10).
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria10
- Working-age (18-64 years) patients
- Back pain in thoracal or lumbar area
- NRS at least 4
- With or without radiculative symptoms
- Pain duration over 12 weeks
- Pain can be localized or widespread
- Also patients with multiple pain are eligible
- X-ray or MRI scan is not needed
- Patients can be both gender
- Finnish language skills and adequate competence are needed for filling the survey forms and participation in interventions
Exclusion Criteria9
- Pregnancy
- Recent delivery (<12 months)
- Mental health problems with psychotic symptoms
- Acute severe psychological trauma (3 months)
- Sings of back infection
- Acute severe trauma in the back (fracture)
- surgery (< 6 months)
- planned surgery in the future
- tumor in the back
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Interventions
8-week mindfulness course lead by psychologist, psychotherapist
Locations(4)
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NCT07528833