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SynthesisBrain and behavior2024

Meditation for perioperative pain and anxiety: A systematic review.

Rami Rajjoub, Sally El Sammak, Tamim Rajjo, Noora S Rajjoub, Bashar Hasan, Samer Saadi, Adel Kanaan, Mohamad Bydon

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. General Innovations in Pain Management.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Rami RajjoubDepartment of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2990-7874
Sally El SammakMayo Clinic Neuro-Informatics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Tamim RajjoDepartment of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Noora S RajjoubRobert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Bashar HasanRobert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Samer SaadiRobert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9225-1197
Adel KanaanRobert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Mohamad BydonDepartment of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionEffective pain and anxiety management during the perioperative phase remains a challenge for patients undergoing surgeries and other invasive procedures. The current standard of care involves prescribing analgesics to treat these conditions; however, there has been recent interest in applying multimodal strategies that limit the use of these medications. One such modality is meditation, which has been shown to be effective in alleviating various physical and psychological symptoms in other settings. This systematic review aims to assess how current meditative practices affect perioperative pain and anxiety.

methodsWe conducted a systematic review of randomized controlled trials following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. A comprehensive literature search was conducted using PubMed MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, APA PsycINFO, EBM Reviews, Scopus, and Web of Science for all available dates. Our primary outcomes of interest were patient-reported pain and anxiety scores using the Visual Analog Scale, the Brief Pain Inventory, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). For the HADS and STAI scales, only the anxiety and anxiety-state subgroups were reported, respectively.

resultsThe literature search yielded 1746 articles. A total of 286 full-text articles were screened, and 16 studies were included in this systematic review. A total of eight studies assessed pain scores after invasive procedures; five reported improvements in pain scores, and three reported no change after meditative practices. Ten studies assessed anxiety outcomes after invasive procedures: nine reported a decrease in overall anxiety levels as a result of meditation practices while one study reported no change in anxiety scores.

conclusionData from this limited literature suggests that different meditation practices could be effective in alleviating pain and anxiety within the perioperative phase for patients undergoing various types of invasive procedures. Future prospective studies are needed to determine whether routine meditation in the perioperative setting is effective in mitigating perioperative pain and anxiety.

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AnxietyMeditationPain ManagementPostoperative PainHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as Topicanxietymeditationpainperioperative outcomesreview

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PMID39073307
PMCPMC11284642

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