Loving-kindness meditation for chronic low back pain: Results from a pilot trial
Carson, James W., Keefe, Francis J., Lynch, Thomas R., Carson, Kimberly M., Goli, Veeraindar, Fras, Anne Marie and Thorp, Steven R. (2005) Loving-kindness meditation for chronic low back pain: Results from a pilot trial. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 23, (3), 287-304. (doi:10.1177/0898010105277651)
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Description/Abstract
Purpose: Loving-kindness meditation has been used for centuries in the Buddhist tradition to develop love and transform anger into compassion. This pilot study tested an 8-week loving-kindness program for chronic low back pain patients.
Method: Patients (N = 43) were randomly assigned to the intervention or standard care. Standardized measures assessed patients’ pain, anger, and psychological distress.
Findings: Post and follow-up analyses showed significant improvements in pain and psychological distress in the loving-kindness group, but no changes in the usual care group. Multilevel analyses of daily data showed that more loving-kindness practice on a given day was related to lower pain that day and lower anger the next day.
Conclusions: Preliminary results suggest that the loving-kindness program can be beneficial in reducing pain, anger, and psychological distress in patients with persistent low back pain.
Implications: Clinicians may find loving-kindness meditation helpful in the treatment of patients with persistent pain.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSN: | 0898-0101 (print) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | meditation, chronic low back pain, pain, anger, psychological distress |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Psychology |
| ePrint ID: | 194169 |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/194169 |
| Deposited On: | 25 Jul 2011 14:48 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 13:17 |
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