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Meditation for Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain

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Chronic Low Back Pain Mindfulness Older adults

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Study Overview

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Description

This pilot randomized controlled trial aims to recruit 66 community-dwelling older adults with chronic low back pain and follow up them for 8 weeks. This study aims to test the preliminary effect of a mindfulness-based meditation (MBM) intervention on pain and symptoms among community-dwelling older adults with chronic low back pain, and also to test the effect of the MBM intervention on the host Gut-Brain Axis (GBA).

Official Title

Mindfulness-based Meditation for Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain Based on the Gut-brain Axis: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-11

Study Completion:2025-10

Study Type:Not specified

Phase:Not Applicable

Enrollment:Not specified

Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06384001

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:50 Years to 89 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No

Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT

Inclusion Criteria	Exclusion Criteria
1. aged 50 years older 2. intact cognition (examined by the Mini-Mental State Exam, ≥ 24) 3. experiencing moderate low back pain daily or almost every day at least the previous three months (≥3 out of 10 on numeric rating scale \[NRS\]) 4. able to speak and read English 5. not intent to change medication regimens for pain throughout the trial	1. serious underlying illness (e.g., malignant neoplasms, bloodborne illness, low blood platelet count, been in chemotherapy) 2. other concurrent chronic pain conditions (e.g., arthritis, headache, irritable bowel syndrome) 3. psychosis 4. inflammatory or malabsorptive intestinal diseases 5. function limitation precluded the meditation practice 6. participated meditation program before 7. no access to the internet

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

1. aged 50 years older
2. intact cognition (examined by the Mini-Mental State Exam, ≥ 24)
3. experiencing moderate low back pain daily or almost every day at least the previous three months (≥3 out of 10 on numeric rating scale \[NRS\])
4. able to speak and read English
5. not intent to change medication regimens for pain throughout the trial

1. serious underlying illness (e.g., malignant neoplasms, bloodborne illness, low blood platelet count, been in chemotherapy)
2. other concurrent chronic pain conditions (e.g., arthritis, headache, irritable bowel syndrome)
3. psychosis
4. inflammatory or malabsorptive intestinal diseases
5. function limitation precluded the meditation practice
6. participated meditation program before
7. no access to the internet

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Jie Chen

CONTACT

(850) 645-0657

jc22db@fsu.edu

Study Locations (Sites)

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida, 32308

United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Florida State University

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2024-11

Study Completion Date2025-10

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-11

Study Completion Date2025-10

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

Mindfulness
Older adults

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Chronic Low Back Pain