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Trial reportJournal of behavioral medicine2019

Pilot randomised controlled trial of a brief mindfulness-based intervention for those with persistent pain.

Ana Howarth, Muhammad Riaz, Linda Perkins-Porras, Jared G Smith, Jeevakan Subramaniam, Claire Copland, Mike Hurley, Iain Beith, Michael Ussher

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of behavioral medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A Systematic Review of the Adherence to Home-Practice Meditation Exercises in Patients with Chronic Pain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ana HowarthPopulation Health Research Institute, St George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK. p1306542@sgul.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3519-0989
Muhammad RiazPopulation Health Research Institute, St George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK.
Linda Perkins-PorrasInstitute of Medical and Biomedical Education, St George's, University of London, London, UK.
Jared G SmithPopulation Health Research Institute, St George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK.
Jeevakan SubramaniamPopulation Health Research Institute, St George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK.
Claire CoplandPersistent Pain Service, St George's Hospital, London, UK.
Mike HurleyFaculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University and St George's, University of London, London, UK.
Iain BeithFaculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University and St George's, University of London, London, UK.
Michael UssherPopulation Health Research Institute, St George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK.
St George's, University of London · GBSt George's Hospital · GBUniversity of Stirling · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A pilot-randomised controlled trial (RCT) examined the effects of a brief mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) on persistent pain patients and assessed the feasibility of conducting a definitive RCT. A brief (15 min) mindfulness body-scan audio was compared with an active control administered in a clinic and then used independently over 1 month. Immediate effects of the intervention were assessed with brief measures of pain severity, distraction and distress. Assessments at baseline, 1 week and 1 month included pain severity and interference, mood, pain-catastrophizing, mindfulness, self-efficacy, quality of life and intervention acceptability. Of 220 referred patients, 147 were randomised and 71 completed all assessments. There were no significant immediate intervention effects. There were significant positive effects for ratings of intervention 'usefulness' at 1 week (p = 0.044), and pain self-efficacy at 1 month (p = 0.039) for the MBI group compared with control. Evidently, it is feasible to recruit persistent pain patients to a brief MBI study. Strategies are needed to maximise retention of participants.Trial registration Current controlled trials ISRCTN61538090. Registered 20 April 2015.

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MindfulnessAdultAgedCatastrophizationChronic PainFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsQuality of LifeSelf EfficacyTreatment OutcomeInterventionMindfulnessPersistent painPilotRandomised controlled trial

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PMID31011944
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