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A Pilot Study of Mindfulness Meditation for Pediatric Chronic Pain
Despite advances in psychological interventions for pediatric chronic pain, there has been little research examining mindfulness meditation for these conditions. This study presents data from a pilot clinical trial of a six-week manualized mindfulness meditation intervention offered to 20 adolescent...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5447990/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28445406 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children4050032 |
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author | Waelde, Lynn C. Feinstein, Amanda B. Bhandari, Rashmi Griffin, Anya Yoon, Isabel A. Golianu, Brenda |
author_facet | Waelde, Lynn C. Feinstein, Amanda B. Bhandari, Rashmi Griffin, Anya Yoon, Isabel A. Golianu, Brenda |
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description | Despite advances in psychological interventions for pediatric chronic pain, there has been little research examining mindfulness meditation for these conditions. This study presents data from a pilot clinical trial of a six-week manualized mindfulness meditation intervention offered to 20 adolescents aged 13–17 years. Measures of pain intensity, functional disability, depression and parent worry about their child’s pain were obtained at baseline and post-treatment. Results indicated no significant changes in pain or depression, however functional disability and frequency of pain functioning complaints improved with small effect sizes. Parents’ worry about child’s pain significantly decreased with a large effect size. Participants rated intervention components positively and most teens suggested that the number of sessions be increased. Three case examples illustrate mindfulness meditation effects and precautions. Mindfulness meditation shows promise as a feasible and acceptable intervention for youth with chronic pain. Future research should optimize intervention components and determine treatment efficacy. |
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spelling | pubmed-54479902017-05-30 A Pilot Study of Mindfulness Meditation for Pediatric Chronic Pain Waelde, Lynn C. Feinstein, Amanda B. Bhandari, Rashmi Griffin, Anya Yoon, Isabel A. Golianu, Brenda Children (Basel) Article Despite advances in psychological interventions for pediatric chronic pain, there has been little research examining mindfulness meditation for these conditions. This study presents data from a pilot clinical trial of a six-week manualized mindfulness meditation intervention offered to 20 adolescents aged 13–17 years. Measures of pain intensity, functional disability, depression and parent worry about their child’s pain were obtained at baseline and post-treatment. Results indicated no significant changes in pain or depression, however functional disability and frequency of pain functioning complaints improved with small effect sizes. Parents’ worry about child’s pain significantly decreased with a large effect size. Participants rated intervention components positively and most teens suggested that the number of sessions be increased. Three case examples illustrate mindfulness meditation effects and precautions. Mindfulness meditation shows promise as a feasible and acceptable intervention for youth with chronic pain. Future research should optimize intervention components and determine treatment efficacy. MDPI 2017-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5447990/ /pubmed/28445406 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children4050032 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Waelde, Lynn C. Feinstein, Amanda B. Bhandari, Rashmi Griffin, Anya Yoon, Isabel A. Golianu, Brenda A Pilot Study of Mindfulness Meditation for Pediatric Chronic Pain |
title | A Pilot Study of Mindfulness Meditation for Pediatric Chronic Pain |
title_full | A Pilot Study of Mindfulness Meditation for Pediatric Chronic Pain |
title_fullStr | A Pilot Study of Mindfulness Meditation for Pediatric Chronic Pain |
title_full_unstemmed | A Pilot Study of Mindfulness Meditation for Pediatric Chronic Pain |
title_short | A Pilot Study of Mindfulness Meditation for Pediatric Chronic Pain |
title_sort | pilot study of mindfulness meditation for pediatric chronic pain |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5447990/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28445406 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children4050032 |
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