Mindfulness Meditation-Based Intervention Is Feasible, Acceptable, and Safe for Chronic Low Back Pain Requiring Long-Term Daily Opioid Therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Although mindfulness meditation (MM) is increasingly used for chronic pain treatment, limited evidence supports its clinical application for opioid-treated chronic low back pain (CLBP). The goal of this study was to determine feasibility, acceptability, and safety of an MM-based intervention in patients with CLBP requiring daily opioid therapy.

Design

26-week pilot randomized controlled trial comparing MM-based intervention, combined with usual care, to usual care alone.

Setting

Outpatient.

Patients

Adults with CLBP treated with ≥30 mg of morphine-equivalent dose (MED) per day for 3 months or longer.

Interventions

Targeted MM-based intervention consisted of eight weekly 2-hour group sessions and home practice (30 minutes/d, 6 days/wk) during th

SUBMITTER: Zgierska AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4991566 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature