Efficacy of a mindfulness-based intervention for spinal cord injured outpatients with chronic neuropathic pai

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Spinal Cord Injury: Chronic Pain; Neuropathic Pain; Mindfulness; Musculoskeletal Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN14165286
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Buckingham

Brief Summary

2016 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27452426

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-12-02
• Study Completion: 2015-08-28
• Last Update Posted: 26 February 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 48

Inclusion Criteria

1. Participants with a spinal cord injury must be one year post-discharge from a spinal unit.
2. Each SCI participant must have a partner or primary caregiver willing to also take part.
3. All participants both male and female must be over 18 years of age and sufferers of chronic pain for three months or longer. There is no upper age limit.
4. Sufficient understanding of English must be held by all participants.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Participants will not be recruited if they hold any cognitive impairment or mental illness.
2. Participants with articulation difficulties and an insufficient understanding of English will be excluded from this study.
3. Any respondents with any other long term health condition that may affect the experience of pain, or be the cause of chronic pain (as opposed to the spinal injury) will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Quality of life<br>2. Depression<br>3. Anxiety<br><br>Outcome measures will be assessed using online questionnaires, and will be measured at baseline, four weeks, eight weeks (or upon completion of the online course), and 20 weeks (or three months post-completion of the course).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Pain-related outcomes (catastrophising, pain intensity)<br>2. Social relationship measures.