This single-site, two-arm, parallel-group randomized controlled trial will enroll adults undergoing total knee or hip replacement surgery. Two days after surgery, participants will complete a brief guided mindful breathing practice delivered by text message and will then be randomized to receive either personalized meaning-making questions or implementation-focused questions. The trial will evaluate whether personalized meaning-making questions enhance the clinical effects of the mindfulness practice on acute pain, pain unpleasantness, anxiety, desire for pain medication.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
576
Participants randomized to this arm will receive a brief, text-message-delivered mindfulness intervention two days after total knee or hip replacement surgery. The intervention consists of a 5-minute guided mindful breathing practice that begins with visually paced breathing and then transitions to audio-guided mindful awareness of the breath. Immediately afterward, participants will answer personalized meaning-making questions designed to help them reflect on what stood out during the practice and how that experience related to their pain, relaxation, or coping.
Participants randomized to this arm will receive a brief, text-message-delivered mindfulness intervention two days after total knee or hip replacement surgery. The intervention consists of a 5-minute guided mindful breathing practice that begins with visually paced breathing and then transitions to audio-guided mindful awareness of the breath. Immediately afterward, participants will answer two implementation-focused questions about how the intervention could best be delivered or used in postoperative care, such as preferred timing, length, or mode of delivery.
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Change in Pain Unpleasantness
Single item assessing pain unpleasantness ("How unpleasant is your pain?") scored on an 11-point (0=Not unpleasant, 10=The most unpleasant pain imaginable) numeric rating scale. Higher scores indicate greater pain unpleasantness.
Time frame: Immediately before to after 5-minute audio recording
Change in Pain Intensity
Single item assessing pain intensity ("How much pain do you have?") scored on an 11-point (0=No pain, 10=Pain as bad as you can imagine) numeric rating scale. Higher scores indicate greater pain intensity.
Time frame: Immediately before to after 5-minute audio recording
Change in Pain Medication Desire
Single item assessing pain unpleasantness ("How much do you want to take pain medicine?") scored on an 11-point (0=Not at all, 10=Extremely) numeric rating scale. Higher scores indicate greater desire for pain medicine.
Time frame: Immediately before to after 5-minute audio recording
Change in Anxiety
Single item assessing pain unpleasantness ("How nervous, anxious, or on edge do you feel?") scored on an 11-point (0=Not at all, 10=Anxiety as bad as you can imagine) numeric rating scale. Higher scores indicate greater anxiety.
Time frame: Immediately before to after 5-minute audio recording
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