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 groupsLocations
4Mehilainen Tampere Finland
Pirte Tampere Finland
Tampere University hospital Tampere Finland
Terveystalo Tampere Finland
Sponsors and collaborators
Tampere University Hospital
Lead sponsor
Pirte
Collaborator
Mehiläinen Tampere
Collaborator
Terveystalo Tampere
Collaborator
Tampere University
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov