NCT00360802

Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Treatment and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for Chronic Low Back Pain

The Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Treatment and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Chronic Low Back Pain Treated in Pain Clinics

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 330 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Kovacs Foundation · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of two psychological techniques in chronic low back pain patients treated in hospital pain clinics. The techniques are: cognitive behavioral treatment and mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR). This is a multiple site project in which patients come from 16 different pain clinics throughout Spain. The control group is formed by patients under usual medical treatment at pain clinics. The two intervention groups also receive usual medical treatment at pain clinics plus one psychological therapy treatment. The sample size is 330 subjects.

Conditions

• Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive Behavioral Treatment	Behavioral treatment to reduce pain in chronic back pain patients
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction	Behavioral treatment to reduce pain in chronic back pain patients

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-05-01
• Primary completion: 2009-03-01
• Completion: 2009-05-01
• First posted: 2006-08-07
• Last updated: 2009-05-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain