Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Mindfulness Meditation Using a Smart-phone Application for Women With Chronic Pelvic Pain
Brief Summary:
Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women is common, painful and disabling and puts much strain on women's lives and the (National Health Service) NHS.
CPP may be related to internal organs, the nervous system or psychological factors and is often difficult to treat. Surgery and drugs have risks and side effects, are expensive and do not help all patients.
Psychological treatments have potential to improve CPP but are not consistently available. Mindfulness meditation teaches people to accept their sensations and emotions in the present moment. This can help to accept pain better, which enables patients to focus on daily activities and improve their quality of life. It has been shown to help in headache, back pain and depression. Usually mindfulness meditation is taught by attending courses for 8 weeks.
The investigators want to find out in a full-scale trial if mindfulness meditation, taught by using a smartphone app, can help CPP patients.
In preparation for this full-scale study the investigators will conduct the MEMPHIS study to answer the following questions:
Reasons for not wanting to participate/not using the app -
- Which health questionnaires are the most useful ones?
Patients will receive the usual treatment and be divided into three groups