iRest Yoga Nidra group program for improving persistent pain outcomes: A single arm acceptability and feasibility pilot
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Dataset for single-arm acceptability and feasibility study (anonymised and outcome only) Abstract Introduction: This pilot study explored the acceptability and feasibility of a six-week iRest for Pain group program within a specialist outpatient pain management service in Victoria, Australia, which was offered as an adjunct to psychological treatment as usual, to help reduce pain interference, improve pain self-efficacy and life functioning. Methods: A single-arm acceptability and feasibility and pilot study. Participants living with various persistent pain conditions for, on average, over two decades participated, many of whom had comorbid Complex PTSD. Participants rated the acceptability, appropriateness and feasibility of the iRest program post-intervention via the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM), Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM), and Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM). Participants also completed routine pain outcome measures, assessing pain severity, pain interference, pain self-efficacy and life functioning before and after completing program, which ran for one-hour each week for six weeks. Results: Participants (n = 39, Mage = 53.8 years) rated the iRest program as highly acceptable, appropriate and feasible. Participants also demonstrated improvements across all self-reported pain outcomes from pre- to post-program, with effect sizes ranging from moderate to large. Additionally, some participants showed statistically reliable changes in pain outcomes. These findings further suggest that participants who experienced reliable improvements entered the program with higher levels of pain-related disability (i.e., lower levels of life functioning and pain self-efficacy) than those who did not demonstrate statistically reliable changes. Conclusion: iRest for Pain may be an acceptable, appropriate and feasible treatment for people with various persistent pain conditions of longstanding duration and complex multimorbidity. These findings underscore the need for future high‐quality and sufficiently powered clinical trials, to further the evidence base for this novel treatment across various persistent pain cohorts. Keywords: integrative pain management, iRest, multidisciplinary treatment, pain management, persistent pain, yoga nidra
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- Deakin UniversityVictoria, Burwood