The objective of the current study is to investigate the effect of mindfulness training on attention shifting in a pain setting. This question will be tested in an experimental design. Outcomes of the study will be used to further investigate…
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Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Main study parameters are the measures derived from the EEG (N1, P3).
Secondary outcome
Secundaire study parameters are ratings on the VAS-schale, and ratings on the
handedness inventory, Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, and the Thayer mood
scales, and behavioral results like Reaction Time (RT) and accuracy on the
experimental tasks,
Background summary
Chronic pain is one of the major public health problems. Until now, the
effectiveness of psychological treatments in the rehabilitation of chronic pain
patients was limited (e.g., Eccleston et al., 2009). Promising are behavioral
treatments based on mindfulness and acceptance (Veehof et al., in press;
Wicksell et al., 2008). The central idea in mindfulness is a change of
attentional processes and strategies by learning to attend to stimuli in a more
neutral non-judgmental way. We propose to study the effects of a promising
mindfulness-based intervention on healthy people in randomized controlled
trials. Our primary focus is on the processing of electrocutaneous nociceptive
stimuli. If it can be shown that mindfulness based treatment is effective in
reducing pain intensity, evaluated by using both behavioral and neuroimaging
measures, this would be an important step in the challenge for developing
effective treatments of chronic pain.
Study objective
The objective of the current study is to investigate the effect of mindfulness
training on attention shifting in a pain setting. This question will be tested
in an experimental design. Outcomes of the study will be used to further
investigate mindfulness training in chronic pain patients.
Study design
Half of the participants will first take part in the EEG experiments (group 1).
Next all participants receive a mindfulness training (mindfulness based stress
reduction (MBSR) training) for 8 weeks (group 1 and 2). Next, all participants
will take part in the EEG experiments (group 1 and 2). Finally, after 8 weeks
half of the participants will take part in the EEG experiments (group 2).
Intervention
Mindfulness-training
Study burden and risks
Participants engage in a 8-week mindfulness course and have to take part in two
EEG sessions. During the EEG sessions participants perform attention-related
tasks and they receive nociceptive stimuli.
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Age
Inclusion criteria
Participants are aged between 18 and 65 years old, with no previous experience with mindfulness.
Exclusion criteria
• The consumption of drugs or alcohol in the 24 hours before the start of the experiment
• Coffee consumption 1 hour before the start of the experiment
• Smoking 1 hour before the start of the experiment
• Mental or physical disorder
• Physical (pain) complaints
• Poor visual capacity
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Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| Other | 10265 (kandidaatnummer) |
| CCMO | NL37791.044.11 |
| OMON | NL-OMON26398 |