How Does Mindfulness Meditation Buffer the Negative Effects of Pain and Suffering in the COVID-19 World? (Pain Sample)
CompletedNot applicableNCT04602286
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Both mindfulness meditation and expectancy effects are known to reduce pain intensity, pain unpleasantness and pain catastrophizing, but it is unknown whether and how expectancy effects contribute to the overall effect of mindfulness meditation on these outcomes, especially during significant global events such as the coronavirus pandemic. This study includes four interrelated aims that will probe these effects and interactions.
Study details
- Official title
- An Online Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effects of Mindfulness, Sham Mindfulness and Book Listening Control on Pain Experience in Adults With Recurrent and Chronic Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Meditation (1 x 20-minute guided audio training)
- Sponsor
- The University of Queensland
- Collaborators
- University of Sydney; University of California, San Diego
- Start date
- 2020-10-28
- Primary completion
- 2021-09-28
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Australia
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * At least 18 years of age * Recurrent pain (two or more days in the last month) * Chronic pain (pain most days in the last three months) * Able to read and understand English Exclusion Criteria: * Not experiencing recurrent or chronic pain * Incomplete or invalid data (response time \< 32 minutes, failing attention checks) * Completing the 20-minute training module in \< 18 minutes or \> 90 minutes
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04602286