Brief report: A pilot study evaluating mindfulness-based stress reduction and massage for the management of chronic pain

Plews-Ogan, Margaret; Owens, Justine E.; Goodman, Matthew; Wolfe, Pamela; Schorling, John B.

doi:10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0247.x

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“…No heterogeneity was detected. Five (Brown and Jones, 2013;la Cour and Petersen, 2015;Ljotsson, Falk, et al, 2010;Rahmani and Talepasand, 2015) of the 13 studies reporting mental health-related quality of life reported a significant effect, and this effect is significant in the pooled analysis (SMD 0.44; CI 0.18, 0.69; 13 RCTs; I 2 50.6%) (Brown and Jones, 2013;Gaylord et al, 2011;la Cour and Petersen, 2015;Ljotsson, Falk, et al, 2010;Meize-Grochowski et al, 2015;Morone, Greco and Weiner, 2008;Plews-Ogan et al, 2005;Rahmani and Talepasand, 2015;Teixeira, 2010;Wells et al, 2014). 1 Twelve studies measured physical health-related quality of life (Brown and Jones, 2013;Gaylord et al, 2011;la Cour and Petersen, 2015;Ljotsson, Falk, et al, 2010;Meize-Grochowski et al, 2015;Morone, Greco, and Weiner, 2008;Rahmani and Talepasand, 2015;Teixeira, 2010;Wells et al, 2014), and four of these studies used a remote intervention (Ljotsson, Falk, et al, 2010;Meize-Grochowski et al, 2015;Teixeira, 2010).…”

Section: Health-related Quality Of Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The median short-term follow-up time was eight weeks (range 4-12 weeks). Figure 3.3 shows a positive effect of meditation on pain from 0-12 weeks in 17 studies (Brown and Jones, 2013;Cash et al, 2015;Cathcart et al, 2014;Esmer et al, 2010;Morone, Greco, and Weiner, 2008;Omidi and Zargar, 2014;Plews-Ogan et al, 2005;Teixeira, 2010;Wells et al, 2014;Zautra et al, 2008;Parra-Delgado and LatorrePostigo, 2013;Rahmani and Talepasand, 2015;Gaylord et al, 2011;Ljotsson, Falk, et al, 2010), which was statistically significant in five studies Omidi and Zargar, 2014;Wells et al, 2014;Rahmani and Talepasand, 2015;Gaylord et al, 2011). The pooled analysis of all 24 RCTs showed a significant positive effect (SMD 0.27; CI 0.04, 0.50; 24 RCTs; I 2 64.6%).…”

Section: Chronic Pain Treatment Response Standardized Mean Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Pain scales and comparators varied from study to study (Astin et al, 2000;Brown and Jones, 2013;Cash et al, 2015;Cathcart et al, 2014;Davis and Zautra, 2013;Day et al, 2014;Dowd et al, 2015;Esmer et al, 2010;la Cour and Petersen, 2015;Meize-Grochowski et al, 2015;Morone, Greco, and Weiner, 2008;Morone et al, 2009;Omidi and Zargar, 2014;Plews-Ogan et al, 2005;Teixeira, 2010;Wells et al, 2014;Zautra et al, 2008;Parra-Delgado and Latorre-Postigo, 2013;Rahmani and Talepasand, 2015;Gaylord et al, 2011;Ljotsson, Falk, et al, 2010). The median follow-up time was 12 weeks, with a range of four to 60 weeks.…”

Section: Chronic Pain Treatment Response Standardized Mean Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Seven RCTs compared the effect of mindfulness meditation to TAU (Brown and Jones, 2013;Esmer et al, 2010;Omidi and Zargar, 2014;Plews-Ogan et al, 2005;Wells et al, 2014;Parra-Delgado and Latorre-Postigo, 2013;) (see Figure 3.5). Two of the seven studies reported significant effects and the pooled effect was significant overall (SMD 0.45; CI 0.02, 0.88; 7 RCTs; I 2 51.5%) (Omidi and Zargar, 2014;Wells et al, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Fifteen RCTs examined the effect of MBSR on a continuous chronic pain measure Cash et al, 2015;Esmer et al, 2010;la Cour and Petersen, 2015;Meize-Grochowski et al, 2015;Morone, Greco, and Weiner, 2008;Morone et al, 2009;Omidi and Zargar, 2014;Plews-Ogan et al, 2005;Teixeira, 2010;Wells et al, 2014;Zautra et al, 2008;Rahmani and Talepasand, 2015;) (see Figure 3.8). Eleven of these studies (Cash et al, 2015;Esmer et al, 2010;Morone, Greco, and Weiner, 2008;Omidi and Zargar, 2014;Plews-Ogan et al, 2005;Teixeira, 2010;Wells et al, 2014;Zautra et al, 2008;Rahmani and Talepasand, 2015; reported a positive effect after treatment was applied for up to 12 weeks, three of which were statistically significant (Omidi and Zargar, 2014;Rahmani and Talepasand, 2015;Wells et al, 2014).…”

Section: Mindfulness-based Stress Reductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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IMPORTANCEMany people meditate to reduce psychological stress and stress-related health problems. To counsel people appropriately, clinicians need to know what the evidence says about the health benefits of meditation.OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of meditation programs in improving stress-related outcomes (anxiety, depression, stress/distress, positive mood, mental health-related quality of life, attention, substance use, eating habits, sleep, pain, and weight) in diverse adult clinical populations.EVIDENCE REVIEW We identified randomized clinical trials with active controls for placebo effects through November 2012 from MEDLINE, PsycINFO, EMBASE, PsycArticles, Scopus, CINAHL, AMED, the Cochrane Library, and hand searches. Two independent reviewers screened citations and extracted data. We graded the strength of evidence using 4 domains (risk of bias, precision, directness, and consistency) and determined the magnitude and direction of effect by calculating the relative difference between groups in change from baseline. When possible, we conducted meta-analyses using standardized mean differences to obtain aggregate estimates of effect size with 95% confidence intervals.FINDINGS After reviewing 18 753 citations, we included 47 trials with 3515 participants. Mindfulness meditation programs had moderate evidence of improved anxiety (effect size, 0.38 [95% CI, 0.12-0.64] at 8 weeks and 0.22 [0.02-0.43] at 3-6 months), depression (0.30 [0.00-0.59] at 8 weeks and 0.23 [0.05-0.42] at 3-6 months), and pain (0.33 [0.03-0.62]) and low evidence of improved stress/distress and mental health-related quality of life. We found low evidence of no effect or insufficient evidence of any effect of meditation programs on positive mood, attention, substance use, eating habits, sleep, and weight. We found no evidence that meditation programs were better than any active treatment (ie, drugs, exercise, and other behavioral therapies). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCEClinicians should be aware that meditation programs can result in small to moderate reductions of multiple negative dimensions of psychological stress. Thus, clinicians should be prepared to talk with their patients about the role that a meditation program could have in addressing psychological stress. Stronger study designs are needed to determine the effects of meditation programs in improving the positive dimensions of mental health and stress-related behavior.

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