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Mindfulness meditation for Chinese patients with psychosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Schizophrenia research
November 1, 2021
Tiffany Junchen Tao et al. (12 authors)
Journal ArticleMeta-AnalysisResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tReviewSystematic ReviewHuman Study
Study Details

Study Goal

The researchers aimed to determine whether mindfulness meditation improves clinical, well-being, and third-wave outcomes in Chinese patients with psychosis and to identify moderators and mechanisms of its efficacy.

Results Summary

Mindfulness meditation improved insight, rehospitalization duration, recovery rate, and social functioning, with efficacy moderated by age and illness duration. Improvements in mindfulness were linked to better clinical and well-being outcomes, driven by enhanced personal growth and coping.

Population

Chinese patients with psychosis (1,749 participants across 20 studies).

Effective Dosage

Not specified

Duration

Not specified

Interactions

None mentioned

Extracted Claims (11)
InterventionDirectionEndpointPopulationDosageImpactClaim #
Mindfulness meditation (MM)
increase
a wide range of patients' outcomes
Chinese patients with psychosis
-
improved
#1
Mindfulness meditation (MM)
increase
insight
Chinese patients with psychosis
-
improved
#2
Mindfulness meditation (MM)
decrease
rehospitalization duration
Chinese patients with psychosis
-
improved
#3
Mindfulness meditation (MM)
increase
recovery rate
Chinese patients with psychosis
-
improved
#4
Mindfulness meditation (MM)
increase
social functioning
Chinese patients with psychosis
-
improved
#5
Mindfulness meditation (MM)
neutral
overall efficacy
-
-
moderated
#6
-
neutral
overall efficacy of MM
-
-
moderated
#7
-
neutral
post-MM improvements on mindfulness and on clinical and well-being outcomes
-
-
were related
#8
Mindfulness meditation (MM)
neutral
patients' outcomes
-
-
may be driven by
#9
Mindfulness meditation (MM)
increase
positive changes in personal growth
-
-
promote
#10
Mindfulness meditation (MM)
increase
one's coping with the illness and its symptoms
-
-
enhance
#11
Abstract

Mindfulness meditation (MM) and its alignment with the mind-body perspective of health in Chinese cultures indicate its potential to benefit Chinese patients with psychosis. This is the first systematic review and meta-analysis to address the following questions: (1) Does MM improve clinical, well-being, and third-wave outcomes (i.e., mindfulness, acceptance, and compassion levels) among Chinese patients with psychosis? (2) What are the patient- and/or intervention-specific factors that moderate the efficacy of MM? (3) Are improvements on third-wave outcomes associated with improvements on clinical and well-being outcomes? (4) What are the mechanisms underlying the effects of MM? Evidence synthesized from 23 relevant articles (20 studies) involving 1749 patients showed that (1) MM improved a wide range of patients' outcomes, most consistently and sustainably for insight, rehospitalization duration, recovery rate, and social functioning; (2) age and duration of illness, but not the cumulated intervention hours, moderated the overall efficacy of MM; (3) post-MM improvements on mindfulness and on clinical and well-being outcomes were related, and (4) the effects of MM on patients' outcomes may be driven by its ability to promote positive changes in personal growth and enhance one's coping with the illness and its symptoms. Our data showed preliminary support for the benefits of MM in Chinese patients with psychosis. However, results should be considered in light of the varying quality of included studies and their heterogeneity in multiple aspects. Further research is needed to deduce the sustainability of MM's effects, its active ingredients, underlying mechanisms, and additional moderators of its efficacy.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
ChinaHumansMeditationMindfulnessPsychotic Disorders
Study Links
Quality Scores
SafetyNot Assessed
Efficacy85/10
Quality75/10
Citation Metrics
Total Citations8
Citations/Year2.0
Relative Citation Ratio1.11
NIH Percentile54.2%
Research Impact Scores
APT Score0.50
Weight Score2.34
Normalized Score0.69
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