Telehealth Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Chronic Pain: The LAMP Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are evidence-based treatments for chronic pain and comorbid conditions, implementing them at scale poses many challenges, such as the need for dedicated space and trained instructors.

Objective

To examine group and self-paced, scalable, telehealth MBIs, for veterans with chronic pain, compared to usual care.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a randomized clinical trial of veterans with moderate to severe chronic pain, recruited from 3 Veterans Affairs facilities from November 2020 to May 2022. Follow-up was completed in August 2023.

Interventions

Two 8-week telehealth MBIs (group and self-paced) were compared to usual care (control). The group MBI was done via videoconference with prerecorded m

SUBMITTER: Burgess DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11334014 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature