A Meta-Regression of psychosocial factors associated with sleep outcomes in mindfulness-based intervention trials.

Objectives: In this meta-regression, we aimed to explore associations between changes in psychosocial factors and changes in sleep disturbance during mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs). We also investigated participant-specific and methodological factors associated with sleep disturbance during MBIs.

Method: We utilized data from a published meta-analysis of 40 randomized controlled trials of MBIs (published from inception to 2020) with a sleep disturbance outcome measure in healthy and clinical adult populations.

A template and tutorial for preregistering studies using passive smartphone measures.

Passive smartphone measures hold significant potential and are increasingly employed in psychological and biomedical research to capture an individual's behavior. These measures involve the near-continuous and unobtrusive collection of data from smartphones without requiring active input from participants. For example, GPS sensors are used to determine the (social) context of a person, and accelerometers to measure movement.

Cannabis Co-Use Among Black Individuals with Chronic Pain Who Use Opioids: Associations with Other Substance Use and Pain Related Outcomes.

Background Black individuals with chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain tend to experience worse pain and opioid use-related outcomes, including other substance co-use, compared with non-Hispanic White individuals. Co-using cannabis with opioids could instigate a cascade of pain-related vulnerabilities and poor outcomes. Here, we test associations between cannabis/opioid co-use and pain-related outcomes among Black individuals with chronic MSK pain.

Exploring mechanisms of improvement in the Active Brains intervention for older adults with chronic pain and early cognitive decline.

Objectives: We iteratively developed, optimized, and established the feasibility of a virtual, group-based, mind-body activity program (Active Brains, AB), supported by Fitbit for older adults with chronic pain (CP) and early cognitive decline (ECD). Guided by the principles of the NIH stage model we 1) explore signals of improvement in AB outcomes and hypothesized mechanisms of action and 2) explore relationships between changes in outcomes with changes in mechanisms.

Methods: Participants were N = 15 older adults (age ≥ 60) with CP-ECD from two NIH stage 1 pilot studies of AB.

Effect of Mind-Body Skills Training on Quality of Life for Geographically Diverse Adults With Neurofibromatosis: A Fully Remote Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Neurofibromatoses (NF; NF1, NF2, and schwannomatosis) are hereditary tumor predisposition syndromes with a risk for poor quality of life (QOL) and no evidence-based treatments.

Objective: To compare a mind-body skills training program, the Relaxation Response Resiliency Program for NF (3RP-NF), with a health education program (Health Enhancement Program for NF; HEP-NF) for improvement of quality of life among adults with NF.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This single-blind, remote randomized clinical trial randomly assigned 228 English-speaking adults with NF from around the world on a 1:1 basis, stratified by NF type, between October 1, 2017, and January 31, 2021, with the last follow-up February 28, 2022.

The Recovering Together study protocol: A single-blind RCT to prevent chronic emotional distress in patient-cargiver dyads in the Neuro-ICU.

Introduction: Patients admitted to the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (Neuro-ICU) with acute neurological illnesses (ANI; e.g., stroke, tumor, TBI) and their informal caregivers experience high rates of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress.