The Effect of Online Mindfulness Program on Physical Pain, Stress and Depression in the Covid-19 Patients: A Randomized Control Trail



Khah AS¹ ; Mortazavian S² ; Kateb MY³ ; Najafabadi MG⁴ ; Niyazi S⁵ Show Affiliations
Source: Journal of Pain Management Published:2021

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of online mindfulness program (MR) on physical pain, stress and depression in COVID-19 patients. Forty COVID-19 patients (F = 20, M = 20) were randomly selected and divided into experimental (n = 20) and control (n = 20) groups with an age range of 20-45 years. Physical pain (via the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)) and psychological wellbeing (via Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Beck depression inventory II (BDI)) were assessed prior to and following a two week online MR. All patients completed the two week online MR and no adverse events were reported over the intervention period. In the online MR, all sub-components of the PASS and BDI were improved (all P<0.05) and also scales related to physical pain was decreased which showed an overall improvement in stress (z =-3.83, P = .001), depression (z =-3.92, P = .001) and physical pain (z =-3.86, P = .001) following the intervention. We can conclude that in this small sample, online MR is safe, effective and tolerated for two weeks. Thus, we can tentatively recommend similar online programs for patients engage in the COVID-19. © Nova Science Publishers, Inc.