Do mindfulness interventions cause harm? Findings from the Learning to Apply Mindfulness to Pain (LAMP) Pragmatic Clinical Trial.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) November 1, 2024 Diana J Burgess, Collin Calvert, Ann Bangerter et al. 3 citations
Participants with chronic pain who received mindfulness-based interventions were less likely to report psychological and physical worsening than those receiving usual care. In a randomized trial of 708 patients with chronic pain, 61% of whom had a mental health diagnosis, usual care participants more often reported increases in disturbing memories, sadness, anxiousness, fatigue, isolation, loneliness, and feeling upset by reminders of the past. The mindfulness interventions did not appear to cause harm for this population with high mental health comorbidities.