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ArticleJournal of diabetes and metabolic disorders2021

The synergistic effect of vitamin D supplement and mindfulness training on pain severity, pain-related disability and neuropathy-specific quality of life dimensions in painful diabetic neuropathy: a randomized clinical trial with placebo-controlled.

Mohammadreza Davoudi, Zahra Allame, Roya Taghadoosi Niya, Amir Abbas Taheri, Seyyed Mojtaba Ahmadi

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Article in Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mohammadreza DavoudiDepartment of clinical psychology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Zahra AllameDepartment of clinical psychology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Roya Taghadoosi NiyaDepartment of counselling, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran.
Amir Abbas TaheriDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Seyyed Mojtaba AhmadiDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences · IRAllameh Tabataba'i University · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to examine the synergistic effect of Vitamin D (VD) Supplement and mindfulness on neuropathic pain severity, Pain-Related Disability and Neuropathy-Specific Quality of Life (QOL) dimensions in painful diabetic neuropathy.

methodsIn this randomized controlled trial, 225 patients with painful diabetic neuropathy were randomly allocated to five groups: (1) mindfulness and placebo, (2) placebo, (3) mindfulness, (4) VD, and (5) mindfulness and VD. Mindfulness training includes twelve sessions, and VD patients received a daily four thousand IU oral dosage (four capsules) with 28,000 IU vitamin D weekly for 12 weeks. Laboratory analyses, Sun exposure time, Vitamin D intake, BMI and physical activity were measured in pre-test and post-test. Pain-Related Disability measured with The Pain Disability Index (PDI). For other outcome variables, Neuropathy, a Specific QOL questionnaire and Neuropathic pain severity scale were utilized. Data were analyzed using one-way repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA), Scheffe Post-hoc test and paired sample t-test.

resultsIn baseline, measures were not different among the groups. At the end-of-treatment, results showed improvement in all groups except the "placebo only" group for outcome variables. There was no difference between VD and mindfulness groups (within and not combined with placebo) in posttest. However, "VD + mindfulness" has a greater improvement rather than VD and mindfulness groups (

conclusionCombining VD and mindfulness can reduce pain severity and pain-related disability, so with these changes, patients experience improve in their quality of life.

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MindfulnessNeuropathyPainQuality of lifeVitamin D

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PMID34222059
PMCPMC8212219
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