Mindfulness Meditation for Chronic Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Lara HiltonSusanne HempelBrett A EwingEric ApaydinLea XenakisSydne NewberryBen ColaiacoAlicia Ruelaz MaherRoberta M ShanmanMelony E SorberoMargaret A Maglione

Published in: Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (2017)

While mindfulness meditation improves pain and depression symptoms and quality of life, additional well-designed, rigorous, and large-scale RCTs are needed to decisively provide estimates of the efficacy of mindfulness meditation for chronic pain.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
sleep quality
depressive symptoms
spinal cord injury
neuropathic pain