None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This proposed pilot study's purpose is to explore the viability of a mindfulness meditation intervention in a sample of older-adults residing in a residential aged-care home who have chronic pain. It is hypothesised that for those older adults in the intervention group, mindfulness meditation will have a beneficial effect and decrease these older-adults scores on measures of pain and depression, while also demonstrating a tendency for increased post-study scores of acceptance and awareness.
Interventions
The mindfulness intervention will include formal and informal mindfulness techniques, and psycho-education about the relationship between chronic pain and the mind and the body. Intervention-group participants' will be seen in a group format for one hour a week, for 6-weeks.
The intervention group sessions will be facilitated by a provisionally registered psychologist. Formal mindfulness techniques will include a) a sitting breathing meditation, b) a body scan meditation, and c) a three-minute
The mindfulness intervention will include formal and informal mindfulness techniques, and psycho-education about the relationship between chronic pain and the mind and the body. Intervention-group participants' will be seen in a group format for one hour a week, for 6-weeks. The intervention group sessions will be facilitated by a provisionally registered psychologist. Formal mindfulness techniques will include a) a sitting breathing meditation, b) a body scan meditation, and c) a three-minute mini-meditation. Non-formal mindfulness techniques will include activities from daily living - such as drinking a cup of tea or coffee. Psycho-education will involve describing aspects of the biopsychosocial model of pain, and elucidating the relationship between thoughts, emotions, and responses (physical and behavioural).
Sponsors
Curtin University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Other
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1) Experiencing chronic or recurrent nociceptive or neuropathic pain for at least 3-months; 2) A non-demented status; and, 3) agreement to wear own sensory hearing and/or visual aids for group participation.
Exclusion criteria
Demented status.
Outcome results
None listed