{"id":10572,"date":"2023-11-10T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/?p=10572"},"modified":"2025-07-30T20:54:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:54:32","slug":"mind-body-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/mind-body-app","title":{"rendered":"Effectiveness of a Mind-Body App for the Treatment of Chronic Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"posted-october-12-2021\">Posted March 12, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Participants are needed for a&nbsp;study to assess the&nbsp;<strong><em>effectiveness of a mind-body app for the treatment of chronic pain.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers from the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Fraser Valley (British Columbia) are looking for those with chronic pain to participate in this study.&nbsp;<br><br><strong><em>Who can participate?<\/em><\/strong><br><br>They are looking for those who:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-48be8800-e4b9-4694-9083-61344375d6ff\">\n<li>have had chronic pain (bodily or head\/migraine, includes fibromyalgia) for at least 6 months.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>have felt pain on at least half of the days in the last 6 months.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>have no significant cognitive impairments or psychiatric&nbsp;disorder&nbsp;and&nbsp;report&nbsp;no&nbsp;problematic&nbsp;substance&nbsp;use.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>have not&nbsp;previously&nbsp;used&nbsp;a&nbsp;mind-body application for their pain&nbsp;treatment\/management&nbsp;(please reach out if you aren\u2019t sure if an app you have used is considered a mind-body app)&nbsp;and are not enrolled in another pain study.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>are 19-75&nbsp;years&nbsp;old<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Please note: anxiety, depression, PTSD are&nbsp;<u>not<\/u>&nbsp;exclusions for our study as they are experienced by many patients chronic pain.&nbsp;<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The next trial starts&nbsp;April 1st, 2022<\/strong>, so please reach out ASAP if you are interested to determine whether you meet eligibility requirements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information,&nbsp;please contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:painfree.ufv@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">painfree.ufv@gmail.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a0cbdebb27aa&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a0cbdebb27aa\" class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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