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Feasibility and acceptability of using a meditation app in adults with rheumatic disease

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EXPLORE-THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND HEALING
卷 18, 期 5, 页码 523-525

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2021.11.003

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  1. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health [T32AR048522]
  2. Jerome L. Greene Foundation
  3. NIAMS [P30-AR070254]
  4. Scleroderma Research Foundation
  5. Camille J. Morgan Arthritis Research and Education Fund

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This study explored the feasibility of using a meditation and stress-reduction app to improve the quality of life and symptoms of patients with rheumatic disease. The results showed that using the app for 30 days led to significant improvements in fatigue and potential improvements in other symptoms. Further research on app use and its effects is needed.
Objective: Meditation is a stress-reduction and contemplative technique that can improve emotional distress in people with chronic disease and may be especially beneficial for patients with rheumatic diseases. However, patient access to in-person programs is challenging. The goal of this pilot study was to evaluate the feasibility/acceptability associated with physician-directed use of a widely available smartphone application (app), Calm(C). Methods: In this single-arm, pre-post intervention study with recruitment over a 10-month period, adults with rheumatic disease were asked to use the app for >= 5 min/day for 30 days. Participants completed socio-demographic surveys and validated health related quality of life (HRQL) questionnaires from the Patient Reported Outcomes Information System (PROMIS) and NIH Toolbox at baseline and 30-days. Results: Thirty-five participants who were mostly well-educated (66% >= college degree) females (91%) with a mean age of 50 (SD 13) completed baseline questionnaires; 18 participants completed post-study questionnaires (full completers). Full completers had higher baseline stress, anxiety, pain, and patient global assessment scores (p's <0.05) compared to partial completers. Full completers who provided data used the app on average for 283 min/30 days (SD 257; n = 16) and showed significant improvements in fatigue (-7.6 T-Score units, p = 0.017), with trends for improvement in perceived stress, anxiety, sleep disturbance, self-efficacy for managing symptoms, and pain intensity (p's <0.15). Conclusions: A 30-day meditation, stress-reduction app used by patients with rheumatic disease revealed that this is a feasible non-pharmacologic modality to target HRQL and problematic symptoms like fatigue. More rigorous study on app use and potential effect is needed. (C) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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