Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Multicenter Study.

Estela María Pardos-Gascón,Carlos J Van-Der Hofstadt Román,César Leal-Costa,María Ruzafa-Martínez,Antonio Jesús Ramos-Morcillo,Lucas Narambuena

doi:10.3390/ijerph18136951

Abstract

The prevalence of chronic pain in Spain is 15%. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on patients with chronic pain. A quasi-experimental design of repeated measures pre- and post-test (N = 57) was carried out at three hospitals from the province of Alicante. Self-reported assessment measurements of pain intensity, anxiety-depression symptoms, perception of health status, interference of pain on sleep, self-efficacy in pain, acceptance, and mindfulness attitude were included. The T-test indicates significant differences in intensity of present pain, mental quality of life, and depression (medium effect sizes), as well as in self-efficacy: total score, symptom management and pain control (medium effect sizes), sleep disturbances and quantity of sleep (large effect sizes). MBCT is effective in reducing many symptoms in patients with chronic pain, although its maintenance needs to be further investigated.

Highlights

Non-oncological chronic pain is defined as pain that lasts longer than three months after an injury, felt for longer after the injury or even without it, and which is not caused by an oncological process [1]
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of the MBCT for chronic pain in a sample of adult patients with different medical diagnoses associated with chronic pain in the province of Alicante, Spain
The scarce research fundamentally comes from the same research group, which adapted the program utilized in this mentally comes from the same research group, which adapted the program utilized in this project, and which were centered on the study of headaches, a diagnosis that is absent project, and which were centered on the study of headaches, a diagnosis that is absent in in the present research study

Summary

Introduction

Non-oncological chronic pain is defined as pain that lasts longer than three months after an injury, felt for longer after the injury or even without it, and which is not caused by an oncological process [1]. This type of pain is one of the 10 most prevalent medical conditions in the world and causes the longest period of disability [2]. There is a prevalence of 19% in Europe [3] and 15% in Spain [4]. Its response to medical treatment is partial, and it is currently accepted that psychological and emotional processes exert a modulating function in the sensorial signal of pain [7], which justifies research on this subject [8]

Objectives

Results

Discussion

Conclusion