Impact of Mindfulness Meditation Program on pain and quality of life in women with deep Endometriosis
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Deep Endometriosis
- Registration Number
- RBR-65b5b3
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Aged between 18 and 45 years; pelvic pain for more than 6 months, of intensity equal to or greater than 45 mm on the visual analog scale;
Be under standard medical treatment. Have at least one infiltrative endometriosis nodule 2 cm or larger in size, as evidenced by magnetic resonance imaging or prior deep endometriosis surgery confirmed by histopathology.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with a history of mental disorders that had a psychotic, dissociative, hallucinatory, or delusional component; suicidal ideation; an inability to attend each of the classes; inability to attend in the assessments; currently practicing meditation.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Expected outcome 1: decrease in pain intensity of 20 mm in the visual analogic scale of 100 mm, after five weeks of treatment.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Expected outcome 2: decrease of the number of descriptors (number of words chosen to express pain) and pain index (intensity of words chosen to express pain) from the Mcgill pain questionnaire.<br><br> ;Expected outcome 3: improvement in the quality of life by increase score os Brazilian version of sf36.;Expected outcome 4: Psychological stress reduction evidenced by the decrease of the Brazilian version of 10 items perceived stress scale.;Expected outcome 5: Mindfulness improvement through Brazilian version of five facets of mindfulness.