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P02.83. Mindfulness meditation in community dwelling older adults with postherpetic neuralgia
- Source :
- BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol 12, Iss Suppl 1, p P139 (2012)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central, 2012.
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Abstract
- Purpose This pilot study compared usual care alone with usual care plus meditation in relation to anxiety, depression, pain, and quality of life in community-dwelling older adults with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). PHN may occur after shingles, and has been described as one of the most intractable neuropathic pain disorders. Older adults develop PHN more often than younger adults. Mindfulness meditation, found to be beneficial in the management of some chronic pain conditions, has not been specifically examined in older adults with PHN.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject
urologic and male genital diseases
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Quality of life (healthcare)
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Meditation
Depression (differential diagnoses)
media_common
business.industry
Postherpetic neuralgia
Chronic pain
lcsh:Other systems of medicine
General Medicine
lcsh:RZ201-999
medicine.disease
3. Good health
Complementary and alternative medicine
Family medicine
Neuropathic pain
Poster Presentation
Physical therapy
Anxiety
medicine.symptom
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Shingles
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14726882
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- Suppl 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9703f74cf5130679e66fd9d2e04b8acd