Health Effects of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course in Treatment of Back Pain
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Conditions studied: Back Pain
In brief
* 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).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07528833
- Run by
- Tampere University Hospital
- People needed
- 120
- Starts
- 2025-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2030-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-04-14
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 64. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Working-age (18-64 years) patients
- Back pain in thoracal or lumbar area
- NRS at least 4
- With or without radiculative symptoms
- Pain duration over 12 weeks
- Pain can be localized or widespread
- Also patients with multiple pain are eligible
- X-ray or MRI scan is not needed
- Patients can be both gender
- Finnish language skills and adequate competence are needed for filling the survey forms and participation in interventions
You may not qualify if…
- Pregnancy
- Recent delivery (<12 months)
- Mental health problems with psychotic symptoms
- Acute severe psychological trauma (3 months)
- Sings of back infection
- Acute severe trauma in the back (fracture)
- surgery (< 6 months)
- planned surgery in the future
- tumor in the back
Where it is running
- Mehilainen — Tampere, Finland (enrolling)
- Pirte — Tampere, Finland (enrolling)
- Tampere University hospital — Tampere, Finland (enrolling)
- Terveystalo — Tampere, Finland (enrolling)
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