Mind Body Syndrome Therapy for Chronic Pain

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center126 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this study is to determine if a mind-body intervention can help people suffering from chronic back pain. The study is a randomized, partially blinded trial examining the effectiveness of a mind body intervention in reducing disability from back pain and alleviating back pain in participants as compared to usual care and an active control (second mind body intervention). The investigators will secondarily investigate whether the intervention alleviates anxiety related to the pain and other quality of life parameters.

The goal of this study is to determine if a mind-body intervention can help people suffering from chronic back pain. The study is a randomized, partially blinded trial examining the effectiveness of a mind body intervention in reducing disability from back pain and alleviating back pain in participants as compared to usual care (control arm) and an active control arm. The investigators will secondarily investigate whether the intervention alleviates anxiety related to the pain and other quality of life parameters.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

126

Conditions

Chronic Pain Chronic Pain Syndrome

Interventions

Mind Body Intervention 1BEHAVIORAL

Mind body techniques for Intervention 1 will be taught in lectures and group discussion sessions.

Mind body intervention 2BEHAVIORAL

Mind body techniques for Intervention 2 will be taught in lectures and group and/or individual sessions.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 67 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patient 18 ≥ years old * Chronic back pain * Pain persistent for a minimum of 3 days a week for the past three months prior to enrollment * Willingness to consider mind-body intervention * At least score of 2 or more on Roland Disability Questionnaire * At least score of 3 or more back pain bothersomeness Exclusion Criteria: * Patients \< 18 years of age * Patients \> 67 years of age * Diagnosed organic disease as cause of pain, such as (but not limited) to malignancy, neurologic disorder (i.e., amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), cauda equina syndrome (note that pain related to disc disease is not an exclusion unless there are neurological impairments) * Patients with a diagnosis of significant psychiatric co-morbidities such as schizophrenia, dementia, and bipolar disorder

Locations (1)

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain Disability

Roland Morris Disability Index (Scale 0-24 with 24 being worst)

Time frame: 26 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Average pain

Average pain as determined in the Brief Pain Inventory Survey (Scale 0-10 with 10 being worst)

Time frame: Baseline, 4, 8, 13, and 26 weeks after initiation of the study.

Pain Bothersomeness (Back Specific): Brief Pain Inventory Survey

Back pain bothersomeness as determined from modified Brief Pain Inventory Survey. (Scale 0-10 with 10 being the worst