5-minute Mindful Pain Management Strategy

5-minute Mindful Pain Management Strategy

This project is a single-site, two-arm, pilot study assessing the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a 5-minute Mindful Mapping intervention for adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain (n=60) relative to a time- and attention-matched control condition.

This was a two-arm (Mindful Mapping vs. Serial Sevens), remotely delivered, parallel-group, pilot RCT. All procedures were approval by the local IRB and preregistered (NCT06394765). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their inclusion in the study. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1) to either the Mindful Mapping intervention (n=30) or a control condition, Serial Sevens (n=30). Randomization was performed using a computer-generated sequence.

Inclusion Criteria:

• having a chronic pain diagnosis
• being able not to commit to another (new) treatment during the course of the study
• understanding English instructions fluently
• Being 18 and above

Exclusion Criteria:

• having learned to practice mindfulness meditation any time in the past
• being unable to perform most basic tasks due to pain or pain treatment