Mindfulness meditation for Chinese patients with psychosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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.