Complementary Health Innovation Lab, College of Nursing, Florida State University, 2010 Levy Ave Ste. B0217, Tallahassee, FL, United States, 1 (850) 644-3296.
A brief, Spanish-language adaptation of Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (Spanish B-MORE) was tested in a pilot randomized controlled trial with 20 Spanish-speaking adults experiencing chronic pain. Participants rated the intervention as highly acceptable, averaging 9.4 out of 10, and would recommend it to others. Immediately after sessions, pain intensity, pain unpleasantness, and anxiety all decreased with large effect sizes. At six weeks, those who received B-MORE showed greater improvements across all clinical outcomes compared to a waitlist control group. The intervention appears to be a brief, scalable, and culturally responsive option for chronic pain in Spanish-speaking populations, warranting further study in larger trials.
Chronic musculoskeletal pain often becomes entangled with a person's sense of self, making treatment difficult. Mindfulness-based interventions may help by promoting self-transcendence, a potential mechanism for lasting pain relief. This protocol describes a three-arm randomized controlled trial with 173 adults who have chronic musculoskeletal pain. Participants will receive either traditional mindful breathing instruction, mindful breathing plus direct pointing instruction, or be placed on a waitlist. Self-transcendence will be measured using self-reports, EEG theta activity, and fNIRS default mode network activity. Pain intensity and functional interference will be tracked from baseline through a three-month follow-up. Data collection runs from October 2024 to May 2027; no results are yet available.