NCT07528833

Health Effects of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course in Treatment of Back Pain

Health Effects of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course Versus Usual Care in Treatment of Back Pain: a Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Tampere University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

* Health effects of mindfulness based stress reduction course versus usual care in treatment of back pain: a randomized clinical trial * Mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) course intervention for half of the research patients * MBSR course lasts for 8 weeks. * follow-up time 2 years. * research data is collected by Recdap * Working-age (18-64 years) patients with back pain in thoracal or lumbar area (NRS at least 4) with or without radiculation over 12 weeks will be recruited. * The primary outcome measure is Numeric pain rating scale (NRS, 0-10).

Conditions

• Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) course	8-week mindfulness course lead by psychologist, psychotherapist

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-01-01
• Primary completion: 2030-01-01
• Completion: 2030-01-01
• First posted: 2026-04-14
• Last updated: 2026-04-14

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: Finland