Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain in Office Workers

This study evaluated whether a mindfulness‐based therapy program could reduce painseverity in office workers with non‐specific chronic low back pain.The study included staff members of Dokuz Eylul University aged 20 to 59 years who hadlow back pain for at least three months and worked at a desk for more than four hours perday. Participants were randomly assigned to either a mindfulness‐based therapy group or acontrol group.The mindfulness‐based therapy group attended online group sessions once a week for fourweeks. The sessions included breathing awareness meditation, body scan meditation,self‐compassion meditation, and chair yoga practices. Participants in the control groupcontinued their usual medical care during the study period.The primary outcome of the study was pain severity, assessed using the Visual AnalogueScale. Secondary outcomes included physical activity level, disability related to lowback pain, anxiety symptoms, quality of life, and mindfulness level.Participants were evaluated at baseline, Week 4 (end of intervention), Week 16 (3‐monthfollow‐up), and Week 28 (6‐month follow‐up).