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Low Mindfulness for Chronic Pain

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Led By Katherine Bercovitz, MA

Research Sponsored by Harvard University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 3 minutes

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Study Summary

This trial will test whether mindfulness can help people with chronic pain by teaching them to pay attention to their pain sensations in a non-judgmental way. The hope is that this will decrease the intensity and frequency of chronic pain, and improve well-being and health-related quality of life.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 3 minutes

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~3 minutes

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 3 minutes for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Brief Pain Inventory- Short Form

Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale - Form C (MHLC-Form C)

Pain Beliefs and Perceptions Inventory (PBAPI)

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Secondary outcome measures

Langer Mindfulness Scale- 14 item (LMS-14)

Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS)

Trial Design

3Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Low MindfulnessExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

All participants in this condition will complete all measures online at four different points in time, including one narrative response at T1. They will also be instructed to respond to diary-type text messaging questions (some related to pain) twice daily for six days.

Group II: High MindfulnessExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

All participants in this condition will complete all measures online at four different points in time, including one narrative response at T1. They will also be instructed to complete a mindfulness intervention at home and respond to diary-type text messaging questions (all including questions about pain) twice daily for six days.

Group III: Active controlActive Control1 Intervention

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Harvard UniversityLead Sponsor

229 Previous Clinical Trials

474,205 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Chronic Pain

490 Patients Enrolled for Chronic Pain

Katherine Bercovitz, MAPrincipal InvestigatorHarvard University

Karyn Gunnet-Shoval, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorHarvard University

1 Previous Clinical Trials

160 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is there still time to join this clinical experiment?

"According to clinicaltrials.gov, this medical study is no longer recruiting patients; the trial was first posted on April 20th 2018 and last modified October 25th 2021. Nevertheless, there are still 404 other trials actively enrolling participants currently."

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