Psychology
sarah namjoo; mohammadreza seirafi; farhad assarzadegan; ahmad borjali
Volume 26, Issue 3 , September and October 2019, , Pages 345-354
Abstract
Background:Pain interference is one of the important characteristics of chronic pain that determines the type and route of treatment. However, limited information is available about interventions efficacy on pain interference. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Mindfulness-based ...
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Background:Pain interference is one of the important characteristics of chronic pain that determines the type and route of treatment. However, limited information is available about interventions efficacy on pain interference. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on activity and emotional pain interference in patients with primary headache.Methods: A clinical trial was conducted in 2017 and 2018 Imam Hossein hospital in the city of Tehran, Iran. Then, using the sampling judgment among 94 in patients with chronic headache, 85 were selected and randomly assigned into two groups: MBCT (43 patients) and control group (42) and were evaluated in two stages. The Numeric pain rating scale (NRS) Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), were measured. All data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance. The results were reported using intent-to-treat (ITT) analyses and completer samples.Findings: In ITT analyses statistically significant were found for emotional pain interference (P