Meditation for Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain

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).

Conditions

Chronic Low Back Pain

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Study overview

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).

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

Meditation for Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain

Condition
Chronic Low Back Pain
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Tallahassee

Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States, 32308

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.

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Eligibility 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

Ages Eligible for Study

50 Years to 89 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Florida State University,

Study Record Dates

2025-10