Effects of a Mobile App-Based Mindfulness Intervention in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury and Chronic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a 6-week app-guided MM intervention compared to a 6-week app-guided health education AC condition on pain intensity, pain interference, depression, and anxiety.

Eligibility

Age range

18+ years

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

No

Interventions

• Other
  Mindfulness meditation (MM) Intervention

  Participants will be asked to download the Mindfulness Coach app that provides simple instructions and brief meditation exercises.This is a a gradual training program of 14 levels which will be completed in the first 2-3 weeks. Each level provides short readings about mindfulness and one or two guided meditations (a silent "seated practice" for increasing lengths of time plus typically an additional 8-13-minute meditation). As participants progress through the levels, they earn "badges" displayed in the app, and an image of a tree on the home screen grows as each successive level is completed.For the remaining weeks of the intervention, participants will select at least one (and ideally two) guided meditation per day from the complete list of available meditations.Participants will track their progress through weekly logs.

• Other
  Health Education Active Control Intervention

  Participants will be asked to download and use the free TED Talk app, which will have 50 TED talk videos related to health that range from 3-20 minutes. Participants will be asked to watch or listen to these videos for ≥ 10 minutes daily for 6 days per week and complete weekly logs of the TED Talk app use.

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