About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if adding mindfulness to supervised rehabilitation exercises improves outcomes in office workers with chronic neck pain. It will also evaluate the impact of this combined approach on psychosocial factors and quality of life. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does mindfulness combined with supervised exercises reduce neck pain intensity more than supervised exercises alone? Does the combined intervention improve neck-related disability, psychosocial outcomes, and quality of life?
Researchers will compare a mindfulness-based intervention plus supervised rehabilitation exercises to supervised rehabilitation exercises alone to determine whether the combined approach provides additional benefit.
Participants will:
Be randomly assigned to receive either mindfulness plus supervised exercises or supervised exercises alone for 8 weeks Attend weekly 60-minute mindfulness sessions (experimental group only) and twice-weekly supervised exercise sessions Undergo assessments at the beginning and at the end of the intervention period
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Office workers aged 18 years or older
diagnosed with chronic neck pain for more the three months
Disqualifiers
history of neck surgery
history of cervical trauma
history of neurological disorders affecting the neck or upper extremities
currently receiving other treatments for neck pain, such as injections or surgical interventions
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Mindfulness
- supervised exercise