In this Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Dr. Natalia Morone of Boston University and Boston Medical Center will present “A Telehealth-Delivered Pragmatic Trial of Mindfulness for Persons With Chronic Low Back Pain.” The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, March 25, at 1:00 pm eastern.
Mindfulness-based stress reduction is now recommended by the American College of Physicians for initial treatment of chronic low back pain. The primary goal of OPTIMUM, an NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Trial, is to determine the impact of a group-based mindfulness intervention under usual care circumstances.
OPTIMUM is supported by the NIH through the NIH HEAL Initiative under an award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.