Pilot of Mindfulness Therapy for Inpatients With Gastro-intestinal Pain
- Conditions
- Gastro-intestinal Pain
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Mindfulness
- Registration Number
- NCT02222064
- Lead Sponsor
- University College, London
- Brief Summary
Research questions/hypotheses
1. Can an individual mindfulness intervention for Gastro Intestinal Failure inpatients reduce pain-related distress, improve quality of life, and increase confidence in pain self-management?
2. How useful and applicable do Gastro Intestinal Failure inpatients find Mindfulness methods?
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 15
- >18 years, pain experienced
- >3 months, proficiency in English
- previous mindfulness experience
- severe cognitive impairment
- profound hearing difficulties
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Mindfulness Mindfulness 8 week self-managed mindfulness based intervention
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in pain distress rating on 11 point numerical rating scale Baseline, week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5 , week 6, week 7, week 8 A numerical rating scale scored from 0 to 10 which asks "how distressing is the pain on average in the last week with 0 being not distressing at all and 10 being extreme distress"
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Brief account of experience of pain and doing the mindfulness exercises Week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5, week 6, week 7, week 8 participants will be asked to write a brief (\<1 page) account of their experience of their pain and of doing the mindfulness exercises over the preceding week
Pain Self Efficacy Questionnaire At baseline, week 8 a 10 item scale that attempts to capture a measure of individual's confidence in being active despite pain, rated on a numerical scale from 0 "not at all confident" to 6 "completely confident"
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale At baseline, week 8 Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire At baseline, week 8 a 20 item measure included to provide a rating of acceptance of pain
Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire At baseline, week 8 a 39 item questionnaire which has been developed from five mindfulness questionnaires using exploratory factor analysis
Self-report record of using mindfulness exercises (frequency and duration) Week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5, week 6, week 7, week 8 Change in pain intensity rating on 11 point numerical rating scale Baseline, week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5 , week 6, week 7, week 8 A numerical rating scale scored from 0 to 10 which asks "how intense is the pain on average in the last week with 0 being no pain and 10 being extreme pain"
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University College Hospital
🇬🇧London, United Kingdom