Award
NIH Reporter #5K23AT011569-05
Postoperative Telehealth Mindfulness Intervention to Improve Pain-related Outcomes and Reduce Opioid Use after Lumbar Spine Surgery
Recipient
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States
Award Amount
$126,540.00
Ceiling
$126,540.00
Awarded
July 29, 2025
Identifier
5K23AT011569-05
This award funds a study to develop and test a telehealth mindfulness-based intervention for patients after lumbar spine surgery to improve pain outcomes and reduce opioid use, addressing chronic pain and opioid epidemic challenges.
Description
The proposed study will address the significant and complex public health problems of postsurgical chronic pain and the opioid epidemic utilizing a biopsychosocial paradigm that is recommended but not yet well-integrated in orthopedic surgical practice. Effective nonpharmacological treatment options that address pain and common psychosocial risk factors after spine surgery are needed but have not been tested and widely disseminated. The study will adapt and refine a telehealth mindfulness-based intervention targeting patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery, providing data on feasibility to inform future efficacy trials.