Brief Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is Associated with Faster Recovery in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Pilot Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether brief mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy (MBCBT) could enhance the benefits of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in improving pain and pain-related disability. Specifically, to determine 1) whether patients who received MBCBT differed from matched controls who received treatment-as-usual with regard to postsurgical pain outcomes and 2) whether changes in pain catastrophizing, depression, or anxiety explained the potential effects of MBCBT on pain outcomes.

Design

Pilot clinical trial.

Setting

An academic teaching hospital serving a large urban and suburban catchment area surrounding the Boston, Massachusetts metropolitan region.

Subjects

Sample of 44 patients undergoing TKA. Patients who completed a brief MBCBT intervention (

SUBMITTER: Pester BD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10501468 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature