Does mindfulness-based meditation improve the psychosocial well-being among patients with chronic pain conditions? A pilot study from Chennai
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Background: Mindfulness-based meditation has been shown to reduce stress and even reduce pain in chronic pain conditions. Objective: To study the effect of mindfulness-based meditation on pain and psychosocial wellbeing among patients living with chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions. Methods: We conducted a quasi-experimental pre-post comparison study among 15 patients suffering from various musculoskeletal chronic pain conditions to assess the impact of mindfulness-based meditation on chronic pain. The participants were given an audio recording which gives specific instructions about the method of practicing the mindfulness-based meditation for a period of 2 weeks. The Brief Pain Inventory was used to measure pain and associated psycho-social wellbeing at baseline and after two weeks of the practice of meditation. The scores on the inventory were compared before and after the meditation using the paired sample t test. Results: There was a statistically significant reduction in the overall Brief Pain Inventory score of 11.6 units (95% CI= 8.2 to 15.0; P < 0.05). The reduction in score was not significant in the pain subscale but was significant in the psycho-social wellbeing subscale. Conclusions: Mindfulness-based meditation can be a useful adjuvant to pain management protocols in patients living with chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions.
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A pilot study from Chennai explores the effect of mindfulness on well-being.
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- Authors
- Gopichandran, V., Pradeep, N., & Kannan, S.
- Corresponding author
- Gopichandran, Vijayaprasad
- Venue
- Current Medical Issues
- Published
- 2020
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 120
- ISSN
- 0973-4651 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3016915304
- Cited by
- 1
- References
- 21
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1
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- 0.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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- cc-by-nc-sa
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- Current Medical Issues (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Keywords
- mindfulness meditation, chronic pain, musculoskeletal pain, psychosocial well-being, pain management, Brief Pain Inventory, adjuvant therapy
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