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49 studies (49 claims)
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Study Claims
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dynamic meditation | Decreases - indicated a positive trend for the effectiveness | mental health concerns | Human | — | Not specified | Evidence of religious/spiritual singing and movement in mental health: A systematic review.cited 6× |
| greater home mindfulness meditation practice | Decreases - was associated with fewer | mental health professional visits | Human | MBSR participants | Not specified (8-week MBSR program with home practice). | Effects of mindfulness meditation on occupational functioning and health care utilization in individuals with anxiety.cited 13× |
| meditation techniques | Increases - positive influence | mental health | Human | patients | Not Assessed | Meditation and psychosis. The comparison of the current knowledge in the light of scientific evidence and the experience of an Eastern meditation teacher. |
| meditation practices | Decreases - negative influence | mental health | Human | patients | Not Assessed | Meditation and psychosis. The comparison of the current knowledge in the light of scientific evidence and the experience of an Eastern meditation teacher. |
| Transcendental Meditation (TM) | Increases - has the potential to improve | cardiometabolic health | Human | — | Not specified | The promising role of Transcendental Meditation in the prevention and treatment of cardiometabolic diseases: A systematic review.cited 3× |
| Transcendental Meditation (TM) | Increases - has been shown to improve | health and well-being | Human | — | Not specified | The promising role of Transcendental Meditation in the prevention and treatment of cardiometabolic diseases: A systematic review.cited 3× |
| Transcendental Meditation (TM) | Increases - was found to both improve health outcomes and reduce total costs | health outcomes and total costs | Human | veterans with PTSD | 12 treatment sessions over 12 weeks. | Cost-effectiveness of Transcendental Meditation (TM) for treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). |
| meditation training in the form of mindfulness-based interventions | Increases - experimentally validated with moderate to large effects | alternative treatments for a variety of mental health problems, including depression, addictions, and anxiety disorders | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness meditation and psychedelics: potential synergies and commonalities.cited 12× |
| Yoga meditation | Increases - sustained | positive mental health benefits | Human | female college students | Not specified | From contemplation to serenity: how yoga meditation improves the mental health of female college students? |
| mindfulness meditation training interventions | Increases - improve | stress-related health outcomes | Human | — | 3-day intensive mindfulness meditation training (specific frequency not detailed). | Mindfulness meditation training alters stress-related amygdala resting state functional connectivity: a randomized controlled trial.cited 100× |
| spiritual meditation (either Christian or Islamic) | No effect - aims to test the effects | mental health (stress, depression, anxiety, subjective well-being, positive and negative affect) | Human | Christian and Muslim samples | Daily 20-minute guided meditation sessions. | Interpersonal and individual effects of an app-based Christian and Islamic heart meditation intervention in healthy adults: protocol of a stratified randomised controlled trial.cited 1× |
| spiritual heart-centred meditation | No effect - compares the effects | dimensions of social functioning, psychophysiology, cognition, and mental health | Human | — | Daily 20-minute guided meditation sessions. | Interpersonal and individual effects of an app-based Christian and Islamic heart meditation intervention in healthy adults: protocol of a stratified randomised controlled trial.cited 1× |
| mindfulness meditation | No effect - compares the effects | dimensions of social functioning, psychophysiology, cognition, and mental health | Human | — | Daily 20-minute guided meditation sessions. | Interpersonal and individual effects of an app-based Christian and Islamic heart meditation intervention in healthy adults: protocol of a stratified randomised controlled trial.cited 1× |
| mindfulness meditation-based interventions (MMIs) | No effect - changes were inconclusive | physical health measures | Human | populations with physical conditions | Not specified | Overview of Systematic Reviews of Mindfulness Meditation-based Interventions for People With Long-term Conditions.cited 8× |
| 18-month meditation-based intervention | No effect - was not effective to increase | overall cardiovascular health | Human | older adults | Not specified | Effect of an 18-month meditation training on cardiovascular risk in older adults: a secondary analysis of the Age-Well randomized controlled trial. |
| yoga and meditation | Increases - revealed significant mental and physical advantages | mental and physical health | Human | — | Not specified. | EEG based interpretation of human brain activity during yoga and meditation using machine learning: A systematic review.cited 20× |
| Meditation-Based Lifestyle Modification (MBLM) | No effect - is a new, complex mind-body intervention | mental health care | Human | — | Not specified. | Meditation-Based Lifestyle Modification: Development of an Integrative Mind-Body Program for Mental Health and Human Flourishing.cited 14× |
| walking meditation | No effect - showed no significant difference between groups for | Thai Geriatric Mental Health Assessment Tool-15 (TGMHA-15) | Human | older adults with history of fall | Not specified | Walking meditation versus balance training for improving balance abilities among older adults with history of fall: A randomized controlled trial.cited 2× |
| mind-body techniques involving meditation | Increases - rely on the activation of inner resources to regain health | health | Human | — | Not specified | On the road to resilience: Epigenetic effects of meditation.cited 4× |
| meditation intervention | Decreases - associated with deterioration | mental health | Human | participants with higher baseline level of psychopathology or depression | Not specified | Individual differences in meditation interventions: A meta-analytic study.cited 11× |
| mindfulness-based meditation | Increases - improves | health outcomes | Human | — | Not specified | Measuring cognitive outcomes in mindfulness-based intervention research: a reflection on confounding factors and methodological limitations.cited 22× |
| mindfulness-based meditation intervention | No effect - evaluate the potential benefits | psychological and physical health | Human | youth with cancer | Eight weekly sessions, lasting 90 minutes each. | Mindfulness-based intervention for teenagers with cancer: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 8× |
| Mindfulness and meditation-based interventions | Increases - most effective in improving | workplace health and work performance | Human | employees | Not specified | Systematic review: complementary therapies and employee well-being.cited 12× |
| meditation | Decreases - add value | ARI-associated health-related costs | Human | adults ≥50 years | Not specified | Value associated with mindfulness meditation and moderate exercise intervention in acute respiratory infection: the MEPARI Study.cited 14× |
| meditation | No effect - comforted | emotional health | Human | terminally ill patients (TIPs) | Not mentioned | A review on how meditation could be used to comfort the terminally ill.cited 4× |
| meditation | Increases - reacted positively | emotional health | Human | non-terminally ill patients (NTIPs) | Not mentioned | A review on how meditation could be used to comfort the terminally ill.cited 4× |
| meditation | No effect - comforted | physical health | Human | terminally ill patients (TIPs) | Not mentioned | A review on how meditation could be used to comfort the terminally ill.cited 4× |
| meditation | Increases - reacted positively | physical health | Human | non-terminally ill patients (NTIPs) | Not mentioned | A review on how meditation could be used to comfort the terminally ill.cited 4× |
| meditation | Increases - demonstrated positive changes | health and behavior | Human | healthy aging or disorders such as stroke and aphasia | Not specified | Integrative intervention: a new perspective and brief review in aphasia.cited 5× |
| Meditation | No effect - is associated with | health benefits | Human | — | Not specified | Meditation-induced psychosis: a narrative review and individual patient data analysis.cited 15× |
| meditation (mindfulness practice) | Increases - positive effects | human mental health and the immune system | Human | — | Not specified | Non-Pharmacological Measures in the Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 Infection.cited 13× |
| meditation | Increases - attracts strong participation | personal health regime for future preventative health problems | Human | visitors to Thai Buddhist centres | Not specified | Complementary therapies in rehabilitation: nurses' narratives. Part 1.cited 10× |
| Meditation | Increases - has a beneficial effect on | physical and mental health | Human | — | Not specified | Meditation as a Therapy or a Threat: A Case Series. |
| meditation retreats | Increases - improved | metabolic health | Human | — | Not specified. | Residential Meditation Retreats: A Promise of Sustainable Well-Being? |
| self-compassion meditation (SCM) provided by a smartphone app | Increases - is effective for | mental health and work-related outcomes | Human | workers | Daily guided meditations lasting 6-12 minutes per day. | Mindful Self-Compassion Smartphone Intervention for Worker Mental Health in Japan: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| brief guided mindfulness meditation (MM) provided by a smartphone app | Increases - is effective for | mental health and work-related outcomes | Human | workers | Daily guided meditations lasting 6-12 minutes per day. | Mindful Self-Compassion Smartphone Intervention for Worker Mental Health in Japan: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| mindfulness meditation training | Increases - found to be an effective approach | mental health | Human | young people whose parents were affected by HIV | Not mentioned | Mental health of adolescents in Myanmar: A systematic review of prevalence, determinants and interventions.cited 8× |
| Loving-kindness meditation (LKM) | Increases - has been shown to provide | mental health benefits | Human | — | Not specified | Loving-Kindness Meditation: Systematic Review of Neuroimaging Correlates in Long-Term Practitioners and Clinical Implications. |
| 8-month daily-guided intensive meditation-based intervention (iMI) | Increases - enhancing | health-related quality of life (QoL) | Human | patients with TRHDs | Daily-guided intensive meditation (specific duration/frequency not detailed beyond "daily"). | Eight-month intensive meditation-based intervention improves refractory hallucinations and delusions and quality of life in male inpatients with schizophrenia: a randomized controlled trial.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based meditation techniques | No effect - are modifiers of | overall mental health | Human | — | Not specified | Lifestyle medicine for depression.cited 245× |
| mindfulness meditation | Increases - improve | affective health | Human | — | Eight-week mindfulness program (specific frequency not detailed). | Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction to improve attentional control in older adults (HealthyAgers trial).cited 4× |
| mindfulness meditation | Increases - strengthen | neural circuitry supporting improved cognitive and affective health | Human | — | Eight-week mindfulness program (specific frequency not detailed). | Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction to improve attentional control in older adults (HealthyAgers trial).cited 4× |
| mindfulness meditation | No effect - did not differ significantly | health care visits | Human | community-recruited adults aged 50 years and older | 8-week mindfulness meditation training (specific frequency not detailed). | Meditation or exercise for preventing acute respiratory infection: a randomized controlled trial.cited 94× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - effective intervention for mitigating | health information avoidance behaviors | Human | older adults | — | Mindfulness Intervention for Health Information Avoidance in Older Adults: Mixed Methods Study. |
| mindfulness meditation | No effect - no significant improvement was seen | health status indicator | Human | patients | Five sessions (frequency not specified). | A randomised controlled study of mindfulness meditation versus relaxation therapy in the management of tinnitus.cited 27× |
| mindfulness meditation | Increases - improves | human health and well-being | Human | human | Not mentioned | Mindfulness meditation and the immune system: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.cited 296× |
| mindfulness meditation | Increases - improves | mental health outcomes | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness Meditation for Fibromyalgia: Mechanistic and Clinical Considerations.cited 28× |
| Mindfulness meditation | Increases - improved | Quality of life items on mental health | Human | chronic pain | Not specified | Does mindfulness meditation improve chronic pain? A systematic review.cited 60× |
| Mindfulness meditation | Increases - improved | Quality of life items on physical health | Human | chronic pain | Not specified | Does mindfulness meditation improve chronic pain? A systematic review.cited 60× |
| mindfulness meditation | Increases - highlights the potential | sleep and cognitive health | Human | older adults | Not specified | Mindfulness Meditation for Sleep Disturbances Among Individuals with Cognitive Impairment: A Scoping Review. |
| mindfulness meditation app | Increases - seem promising in improving | mental-health | Human | — | Not specified | The efficacy of mindfulness meditation apps in enhancing users' well-being and mental health related outcomes: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 123× |
| Meditation interventions | Increases - continue to show promise as alternative treatments | mental health | Human | on campuses | Not specified | The integration of meditation into higher education: a systematic literature review. |
| meditation as adjuvant therapy | Increases - revealing improvements | GI health | Human | patients with functional dyspepsia (FD) | Vaishvanara Agni meditation (VAM) (specific dosage not detailed). | Role of Meditation as Adjuvant Therapy on Gastrointestinal Quality of Life among Individuals with Functional Dyspepsia in an Outpatient Setting: A Randomized Pilot Trial. |
| meditation programs | Increases - low evidence of improved | mental health-related quality of life | Human | diverse adult clinical populations | Not specified. | Meditation programs for psychological stress and well-being: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 1,019× |
| A sole body scan meditation | No effect - is not effective enough to improve | health-related outcomes | Human | — | Not specified | The effects of body scan meditation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 12× |
| meditation-based interventions | Increases - are commonly practiced to improve | mental and physical health | Human | general community | Not specified | Systematic review of meditation-based interventions for children with ADHD.cited 45× |
| meditation-based interventions | Increases - improvement in | mental health | Human | adults with dementia | Not specified | Meditation-Based Interventions for Adults With Dementia: A Scoping Review.cited 6× |
| mindfulness and meditation-based stress reduction | No effect - identified as emerging intervention models | mental health | Human | sexual/gender minority (SGM) older adults living with HIV (OALWH) | Not available | The Intersection of Mental Health and Sexual and Gender Minority Identities for Older Adults Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Narrative Review.cited 1× |
| brief mindfulness meditation interventions | No effect - No evidence was found on the effectiveness | mental health and well-being | Human | organizational settings | Not specified | A systematic review of brief mental health and well-being interventions in organizational settings.cited 23× |