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Effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction vs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or Usual Care on Back Pain and Functional Limitations in Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial
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IMPORTANCE: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has not been rigorously evaluated for young and middle-aged adults with chronic low back pain. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness for chronic low back pain of MBSR vs cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or usual care. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Randomized, interviewer-blind, clinical trial in an integrated health care system in Washington State of 342 adults aged 20 to 70 years with chronic low back pain enrolled between September 2012 and April 2014 and randomly assigned to receive MBSR (n = 116), CBT (n = 113), or usual care (n = 113). INTERVENTIONS: CBT (training to change pain-related thoughts and behaviors) and MBSR (training in mindfulness meditation and yoga) were delivered in 8 weekly 2-hour groups. Usual care included whatever care participants received. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Coprimary outcomes were the percentages of participants with clinically meaningful (≥30%) improvement from baseline in functional limitations (modified Roland Disability Questionnaire [RDQ]; range, 0-23) and in self-reported back pain bothersomeness (scale, 0-10) at 26 weeks. Outcomes were also assessed at 4, 8, and 52 weeks. RESULTS: There were 342 randomized participants, the mean (SD) [range] age was 49.3 (12.3) [20-70] years, 224 (65.7%) were women, mean duration of back pain was 7.3 years (range, 3 months-50 years), 123 (53.7%) attended 6 or more of the 8 sessions, 294 (86.0%) completed the study at 26 weeks, and 290 (84.8%) completed the study at 52 weeks. In intent-to-treat analyses at 26 weeks, the percentage of participants with clinically meaningful improvement on the RDQ was higher for those who received MBSR (60.5%) and CBT (57.7%) than for usual care (44.1%) (overall P = .04; relative risk [RR] for MBSR vs usual care, 1.37 [95% CI, 1.06-1.77]; RR for MBSR vs CBT, 0.95 [95% CI, 0.77-1.18]; and RR for CBT vs usual care, 1.31 [95% CI, 1.01-1.69]). The percentage of participants with clinically meaningful improvement in pain bothersomeness at 26 weeks was 43.6% in the MBSR group and 44.9% in the CBT group, vs 26.6% in the usual care group (overall P = .01; RR for MBSR vs usual care, 1.64 [95% CI, 1.15-2.34]; RR for MBSR vs CBT, 1.03 [95% CI, 0.78-1.36]; and RR for CBT vs usual care, 1.69 [95% CI, 1.18-2.41]). Findings for MBSR persisted with little change at 52 weeks for both primary outcomes. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Among adults with chronic low back pain, treatment with MBSR or CBT, compared with usual care, resulted in greater improvement in back pain and functional limitations at 26 weeks, with no significant differences in outcomes between MBSR and CBT. These findings suggest that MBSR may be an effective treatment option for patients with chronic low back pain. TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01467843.
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“Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) such as mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) 1 and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) 2 are efficacious for improving patient-reported outcomes such as pain interference, pain intensity, and psychological distress for people living with chronic pain.3–5”
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“research demonstrating that MM can lead to reductions in pain intensity,[16] pain interference,[15, 29] and pain-related affect,[30, 31]”
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“By contrast, in a seminal study, Cherkin et al.19 found that both MBSR and CBT significantly improved ratings of functional limitations, pain-related distress, and pain intensity in chronic lower back pain patients when compared with standard of care.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cherkin, D. C., Sherman, K. J., Balderson, B. H., Cook, A. J., Anderson, M. L., Hawkes, R. J., Hansen, K. E., & Turner, J. A.
- Affiliations
- Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Cherkin, Daniel C.
- ORCID
- Venue
- JAMA
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2016-03-22
- Volume
- 315
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1240
- ISSN
- 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
- 0098-7484
- PMC
- PMC4914381
- OpenAlex
- W2304035054
- Cited by
- 729
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 53 · 2025: 71 · 2024: 82 · 2023: 66 · 2022: 72 · 2021: 80 · 2020: 81 · 2019: 65 · 2018: 54 · 2017: 72 · 2016: 31
- FWCI
- 59.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- JAMA (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (R01AT006226)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Treatment
- Keywords
- mindfulness-based stress reduction, cognitive behavioral therapy, chronic low back pain, functional limitations, pain-related disability, mindfulness meditation, yoga, usual care, young and middle-aged adults, treatment effectiveness comparison, integrated health system, pain catastrophizing, pain acceptance, pain-related hopelessness, pain-related helplessness
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Stress, Physiological, Stress, Psychological, Washington, Yoga, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Low Back Pain, Sample Size, Young Adult, Intention to Treat Analysis, Mindfulness
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