Online mindfulness and exercise showed no clear long-term advantage for chronic pain
An exploratory follow-up found no statistically significant differences from an online self-management guide, despite improvements reported in both groups.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
The combined programme did not show a statistically significant advantage over the self-management guide on the investigated patient-reported outcomes at long-term follow-up. Some measures favored the programme and others favored the guide. These exploratory results leave the comparative benefit uncertain; they do not demonstrate that the approaches are equivalent.
Only 48 participants supplied follow-up questionnaires, compared with 96 initially enrolled. This abstract-based account cannot assess how missing follow-up data affected the results, and the authors call for a fully powered trial.
What researchers found
Patient-reported outcomes at 1 year
Combined mindfulness and exercise versus the self-management guide; exploratory follow-up.
Following the original trial
The study revisited participants after the original online programme and compared their questionnaire scores with baseline. Outcomes covered several aspects of health, so a favorable direction on selected scores did not establish overall superiority.
Results pointed in different directions
Small differences in depression and the mental health component of quality of life favored the combined programme. Several other measures favored self-management, reinforcing why the overall comparison matters more than isolated favorable results.
The original publication
Investigating the long-term impact of a programme of mindfulness combined with exercise delivered online (MOVE) on individuals living with chronic pain-an exploratory one-year follow-up of a feasibility randomised control trial.
Deegan O, Yoshitani M, Fullen B et al.
PLoS One · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 41026700
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