To analyze the effects of a program based on Mindfulness plus Pain Neurophysiology Education versus a program based on Pain Neurophysiology Education on perceived quality of life, pain, sleep quality, and functionality, in adult patients with non-cancer orofacial pain.
This research corresponds to an experimental study, a double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial, where a total of 50 men and women, over 18 years of age, will be evaluated, divided into two groups: the experimental group will receive a Mindfulness-based intervention, plus a program Education in Neurophysiology of Pain, lasting 8 weeks; and the control group will only receive an 8-week Pain Neurophysiology Education program. The variables will be measured for both groups with the same validated tools and the same investigator to avoid information biases and differential incorrect classification. The evaluations will be carried out at the beginning of the intervention and immediately after the end of this period, and the results will be recorded in a data record that will later be unified in an Excel database, recording a code for each participant to maintain condition of privacy, but at the same time allow the required comparability. For the independent variables, the sociodemographic characteristics will be addressed; On the other hand, the outcome variables will be the Health-Related Quality of Life \[HRQOL\] with the SF36 questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Index for sleep quality, the VAS scale for pain, and the Craniofacial Pain and Disability Inventory (CFPDI) for pain and functionality. Once the intervention is finished, the final evaluation will be carried out and from the comparative process define if there are significant differences with respect to the results initially obtained.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
60
An experimental group (GE) that after an initial evaluation and with their consent, will be subjected to a program that includes an intervention based on Mindfulness and an 8-week Education intervention, one day a week with a duration of 120 minutes. The sessions will be divided into two parts, a part of 60' of Mindfulness and another of 60' of Education. In the Mindfulness part, formal Meditation practices and conscious movements based on yoga will be carried out. In the Education part, participants will be instructed in concepts related to the basic neurophysiology of pain.
Maxillofacial Surgery service of the Hospitals: Virgen de las Nieves of Granada and Neurotraumatology of Jaén.
Jaén, Spain
Health-related quality of life [HRQoL] with the SF36 questionnaire
Used extensively for assessing health-related quality of life. For each scale, responses to each question are coded and recoded, and the results are transferred to a 0-100 point scale. On this scale of 0-100 of the SF-36, the higher the score obtained, the better the state of health.
Time frame: Up to twelve weeks
Pain with VAS scale
Scale used to help a person rate the intensity of certain sensations and feelings, such as pain. Depending on the cm indicated by the patient, the value of said self-report is extrapolated to a numerical value that will be: no pain=0; mild pain=1.2; moderate=3-5; intense=6-8; unbearable=9-10.
Time frame: Up to twelve weeks
Pain and functionality with Craniofacial Pain and Disability Inventory (CF-PDI)
Questionnaire composed of 21 items, allows to improve the diagnosis in patients with primary and secondary headaches, and in those with temporomandibular disorders or some other orofacial pain.
Time frame: Up to twelve weeks
Quality of sleep with the Pittsburgh Index
A simple and valid assessment of both sleep quality and disturbance that might affect sleep quality.
Time frame: Up to twelve weeks
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