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The relationship between mindfulness facets, depression, pain severity and pain interference

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posted on 2024-11-01, 10:48 authored by Saari Nigol, Mirella Di Benedetto
The high prevalence of depression among chronic pain populations is well-established: however, treatments for both depression and chronic pain remain only moderately effective. Previous research has indicated that mindfulness is a promising treatment pathway for both depression and chronic pain, however, the mechanisms of change underlying mindfulness are unclear. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the mindfulness facets on depression and pain, using two pain measures; severity and interference. One hundred and fifty-eight Australian females and 32 males with chronic pain participated in the study. Higher levels of mindfulness were associated with lower depression as well as lower pain. Path models using depression as a mediator, found that the mindfulness facets observing and describing had a direct effect on pain, while non-judgement, non-reactivity and describing showed indirect effects on pain through depression. Greater effects were seen for pain interference compared to pain severity, highlighting its importance as a potential treatment outcome. Future research should continue to analyse the effects of the mindfulness facets and consider using pain interference as a core treatment outcome.

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Journal

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volume

25

Issue

1

Start page

53

End page

63

Total pages

11

Publisher

Routledge

Place published

United Kingdom

Language

English

Copyright

© 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group

Former Identifier

2006093061

Esploro creation date

2020-06-22

Fedora creation date

2020-04-21

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