An experimental study to inform adoption of mindfulness-based stress reduction in chronic low back pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic low back pain is a common and sometimes disabling condition, and mindfulness-based stress reduction is recommended as a first line of therapy. This study tested whether different descriptions of mindfulness training altered based on influential intervention characteristics increased adoption intentions.

Methods

People with chronic low back pain (n = 452) were randomized to review one of four mindfulness training descriptions in an online survey using a 2 × 2 factorial design. The first factor was evidence strength and quality with relative advantage (ER). The second factor was adaptability, trialability, complexity, and design quality and packaging (AD). Each factor had two levels: a description of standardized mindfulness training that described each inte

SUBMITTER: Jones SMW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9356436 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature