Data For: Mind Your Pain: A Single-Arm Feasibility Study to Assess a Smartphone-Based Interoceptive Attention Training for Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain

<h3> Project Overview </h3>
<p> People commonly cope with chronic low back pain (cLBP) by ignoring and distraction. This study investigated whether mindful interoceptive exposure to the pain sensation itself and its phenomenological components can be an alternative approach. We conducted a single-arm feasibility study in patients with cLBP using a 2-minute attention exercise guided by a smartphone app several times per day over 8 weeks. We assessed feasibility, pre/post pain, function, and psychological parameters using mixed methods: standard questionnaires, ecological momentary assessment, and exit interviews that included micro-phenomenology technique and subsequent reflexive thematic qualitative analysis. Our conclusion was that mindful interoceptive exposure to the sensations of their cLBP using a 2-minute attention exercise with a phone app—rather than ignoring and distracting from it—may be a beneficial intervention for cLBP.</p>
<p>More study details can be found at the <u><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06186193?id=NCT06186193">federal clinical trials registry. </a></u> </p>