Health Effects of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course in Treatment of Back Pain
ConditionBack Pain
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-64
SponsorTampere University Hospital
About this trial
* Health effects of mindfulness based stress reduction course versus usual care in treatment of back pain: a randomized clinical trial * Mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) course intervention for half of the research patients * MBSR course lasts for 8 weeks. * follow-up time 2 years. * research data is collected by Recdap * Working-age (18-64 years) patients with back pain in thoracal or lumbar area (NRS at least 4) with or without radiculation over 12 weeks will be recruited. * The primary outcome measure is Numeric pain rating scale (NRS, 0-10).
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Working-age (18-64 years) patients
Back pain in thoracal or lumbar area
NRS at least 4
With or without radiculative symptoms
Disqualifiers
Pregnancy
Recent delivery (<12 months)
Mental health problems with psychotic symptoms
Acute severe psychological trauma (3 months)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) course
Treatment groups
120 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Tampere University Hospital
Lead sponsor
Pirte
Collaborator
Mehiläinen Tampere
Collaborator
Terveystalo Tampere
Collaborator
Tampere University
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov