Mindfulness and Yoga Therapy for Acute Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
- Conditions
- Sickle Cell DiseaseSickle Cell Crisis
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Mindfulness meditation, breathing exercises (including incentive spirometry), and yoga therapy
- Registration Number
- NCT05572294
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Patients with sickle cell disease suffer from acute and chronic pain that diminishes their quality of life. The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of mindfulness meditation, breathing exercises, and gentle yoga therapy as supportive measures for the management of acute vaso-occlusive pain crises in the inpatient setting.
- Detailed Description
This is a prospective single arm study of mindfulness interventions for sickle cell patients admitted with an acute vaso-occlusive pain crisis. Patients will be accrued over a consecutive 12 week period. All genotypes of sickle cell disease will be eligible for enrollment.
After providing informed consent, the patients will have access to 4 videos on their hospital room television. The videos contain guided mindfulness meditation, breathing exercises (including the use of an incentive spirometer), and gentle yoga therapy that can be performed in the supine position from a hospital bed. Videos vary in length from 5-12 minutes. Participants will have the ability to watch the videos as many times as they choose. They may also turn off the video at any time.
The primary outcome is feasibility and acceptability of the intervention. We will record objective data on how many videos are watched by each participant, as well as the percentage of each video completed. We will obtain information about the participants' perception of the intervention through a post-intervention survey and interview.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 39
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Mindfulness and Yoga Therapy Mindfulness meditation, breathing exercises (including incentive spirometry), and yoga therapy Participants will have access to video-guided mindfulness interventions.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Feasibility of the intervention as measured by the proportion of participants who accessed the mindfulness videos during their hospitalization 12 weeks Acceptability of the intervention as measured by the proportion of participants who found the mindfulness practices enjoyable and/or helpful at the time of hospital discharge, up to 6 months post-intervention This data will be collected via a post-intervention survey and interview. The survey will contain simple questions with yes/no answer options. The interview will be conducted by a study member, either in-person or by telephone.
Acceptability of the intervention as measured by the proportion of participants who are interested in pursuing mindfulness therapies in the future at the time of hospital discharge, up to 6 months post-intervention This data will be collected via a post-intervention survey and interview. The survey will contain simple questions with yes/no answer options. The interview will be conducted by a study member, either in-person or by telephone.
Feasibility of the intervention as measured by the proportion of sickle cell patients admitted over a consecutive 12 week time period who agree to participate in the study 12 weeks Participant engagement as measured by the number of mindfulness videos watched by each participant during their hospitalization at the time of hospital discharge, up to 6 months post-intervention Participant engagement as measured by the percentage of videos completed. A video is considered completed if the participant watches more than 85% of the video. at the time of hospital discharge, up to 6 months post-intervention
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
🇺🇸Dallas, Texas, United States