Online Mindfulness-based Intervention to Prevent Chronic Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT04848428
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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)
Cardiac and orthopedic surgeries are frequent procedures. However, pain after a major surgery may become chronic (lasting \>3 months) in adults. Once discharged from the hospital, patients are at risk for chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP) and prolonged opioid use, as they become isolated with high levels of pain. Psychological risk and protective factors such as pain-related catastrophic thoughts and pain acceptance will determine their ability to cope and their opioid use, which makes a support for pain self-management crucial. There is limited research on psychological interventions for pain in the subacute/rehabilitation phase after major surgery. Further, these interventions are demanding and not tailored. Previous work from the Principal Investigator in the acute/hospitalization phase shows that a brief, Web-based intervention tailored to modifiable psychological factors may modulate these and reduce postoperative pain interference. Recently, studies on mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) have multiplied regarding their potential effect on pain acceptance and catastrophic thoughts. Brief, Web-based MBCT for the prevention of CPSP have not been examined. Therefore, a pilot test of a 4-week tailored, Web-based MBCT intervention for adults in the rehabilitation phase will be conducted by 1) assessing the acceptability/feasibility of the intervention; and 2) examining preliminary effects on pain intensity and pain interference with activities, as well as pain acceptance and catastrophic thoughts. This research is significant because it targets the trajectory of CPSP, a leading cause of disability and opioid misuse. This approach is innovative because it promotes pain self-management through the modulation of individual factors. If successful, the intervention could be expanded to numerous populations at risk for chronic pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Feasibility and Preliminary Effects of a Tailored Web-based Mindfulness-based Intervention to Prevent Chronic Pain After Major Surgery
- Conditions
- Pain, Postoperative
- Chronic Pain
- Pain Catastrophizing
- Pain, Acute
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Behavioral: Online standardized education
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
- Start date
- 2021-05-01
- Primary completion
- 2022-08-29
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 80 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * age ≥ 18 years * first-time elective CABG and/or VR via a median sternotomy OR total knee or hip replacement * presence of pain at movement ≥4/10 * ability to understand and complete questionnaires in English * ability to use an electronic device such as a smartphone, computer or tablet Exclusion Criteria: \- unable to consent because of physical or mental incapacity.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04848428