Self-reported interoceptive awareness in primary care patients with past or current low back pain.

Background: Mind-body interactions play a major role in the prognosis of chronic pain, and mind-body therapies such as meditation, yoga, Tai Chi, and Feldenkrais presumably provide benefits for pain patients. The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) scales, designed to measure key aspects of mind-body interaction, were developed and validated with individuals practicing mind-body therapies, but have never been used in pain patients.

Methods: We administered the MAIA to primary care patients with past or current low back pain and explored differences in the performance of the MAIA scales between this and the original validation sample.

The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA).

This paper describes the development of a multidimensional self-report measure of interoceptive body awareness. The systematic mixed-methods process involved reviewing the current literature, specifying a multidimensional conceptual framework, evaluating prior instruments, developing items, and analyzing focus group responses to scale items by instructors and patients of body awareness-enhancing therapies. Following refinement by cognitive testing, items were field-tested in students and instructors of mind-body approaches.

The prognosis of acute low back pain in primary care in the United States: a 2-year prospective cohort study.

Study Design: Prospective cohort study.

Objective: To assess the prognosis of patients presenting with acute low back pain (LBP) in a primary care setting in the United States.

Summary Of Background Data: Practice guidelines for acute LBP based on return-to-work outcomes underestimate the development of chronic pain in the primary care setting.