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Study Claims
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy program | Decreases - can reduce | anxiety | Human | nursing students | Not specified | The effect of a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy program on depression, anxiety, stress, and cognitive flexibility in nursing students: A randomized clinical trial. |
| online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy program | Decreases - had lower scores | anxiety dimension of the Depression-Anxiety and Stress Scale | Human | nursing students | Not specified | The effect of a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy program on depression, anxiety, stress, and cognitive flexibility in nursing students: A randomized clinical trial. |
| online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy program | Decreases - had lower scores | depression dimension of the Depression-Anxiety and Stress Scale | Human | nursing students | Not specified | The effect of a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy program on depression, anxiety, stress, and cognitive flexibility in nursing students: A randomized clinical trial. |
| online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy program | Decreases - had lower scores | stress dimension of the Depression-Anxiety and Stress Scale | Human | nursing students | Not specified | The effect of a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy program on depression, anxiety, stress, and cognitive flexibility in nursing students: A randomized clinical trial. |
| acceptance and mindfulness-based therapies | Decreases - mediated treatment effects | anxiety and depression | Human | — | Not specified | Mediators of acceptance and mindfulness-based therapies for anxiety and depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 42× |
| acceptance and mindfulness-based therapies | Decreases - have shown efficacy | anxiety and depression | Human | — | Not specified | Mediators of acceptance and mindfulness-based therapies for anxiety and depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 42× |
| acceptance and mindfulness-based therapies | No effect - target core processes | anxiety and depression | Human | — | Not specified | Mediators of acceptance and mindfulness-based therapies for anxiety and depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 42× |
| programmes including psychotherapy, counselling, mindfulness-based intervention (MBI), and stress management | Decreases - helped mitigate | depression and anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | Efficacy of psychosocial interventions on psychological outcomes among people with cardiovascular diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 28× |
| mindfulness-based stress-reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - improvements resulting in significant between-group contrasts favoring the MBSR group at 4 months | anxiety | Human | women with early-stage breast cancer | 8-week MBSR program (specific frequency not detailed). | The effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on psychosocial outcomes and quality of life in early-stage breast cancer patients: a randomized trial.cited 138× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - positive impact | anxiety | Human | subjects and parents | 8-week MBSR program (specific session frequency not detailed). | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Adolescents with Functional Somatic Syndromes: A Pilot Cohort Study.cited 38× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - improving | anxiety | Human | adolescents with functional somatic syndromes | 8-week MBSR program (specific session frequency not detailed). | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Adolescents with Functional Somatic Syndromes: A Pilot Cohort Study.cited 38× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - significant changes were found | Multidimensional Anxiety Scale (MASC2) child report | Human | adolescents with widespread chronic pain and other functional somatic symptoms | 8-week MBSR program (specific session frequency not detailed). | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Adolescents with Functional Somatic Syndromes: A Pilot Cohort Study.cited 38× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - significant changes were found | Multidimensional Anxiety Scale (MASC2) parent report | Human | adolescents with widespread chronic pain and other functional somatic symptoms | 8-week MBSR program (specific session frequency not detailed). | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Adolescents with Functional Somatic Syndromes: A Pilot Cohort Study.cited 38× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - significant reduction | anxiety | Human | adolescents with cardiac diagnoses | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Group Support Decrease Stress in Adolescents with Cardiac Diagnoses: A Randomized Two-Group Study.cited 45× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction program (MBSR) | Decreases - produced intervention effect | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | The effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions among cancer patients and survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 137× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - significantly lower | anxiety | Human | adult cancer patients and survivors | Not specified | The effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions among cancer patients and survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 137× |
| mindfulness-based care recovery (MBCR) | Decreases - produced intervention effect | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | The effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions among cancer patients and survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 137× |
| mindfulness-based art therapy (MBAT) | Decreases - produced the strongest intervention effect | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | The effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions among cancer patients and survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 137× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - significant improvements were observed | anxiety | Human | individuals with chronic pain | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for chronic pain: Enhancing psychological well-being without altering attentional biases towards pain faces.cited 1× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program | Decreases - significant differences | anxiety | Human | hospital workers | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program for reducing anxiety and depression in hospital staff during a pandemic: A randomized controlled trial. |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - significantly reduced | anxiety and depression | Human | breast cancer patients | Eight-week MBSR program (specific dosage not detailed). | Effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction on somatic symptoms, distress, mindfulness and spiritual wellbeing in women with breast cancer: Results of a randomized controlled trial.cited 35× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - improved significantly | General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scores | Human | adult English-speaking patients with a diagnosis of vestibular migraine (VM) | Eight-week MBSR course with weekly 2.5-hour guided meditation and instructional sessions, plus required reading materials. | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for the Treatment of Vestibular Migraine: A Prospective Pilot Study. |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - an effective method for reducing | pregnancy-related anxiety levels | Human | pregnant women | MBSR group: eight sessions (two per week for 4 weeks); deep relaxation group: exercises at home four times a week for 4 weeks. | The effects of a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and deep relaxation exercises on pregnancy-related anxiety levels: A randomized controlled trial.cited 2× |
| preoperative VR gaming experience and a postoperative VR mindfulness experience | No effect - no differences in post-intervention preoperative anxiety reduction | preoperative anxiety | Human | patients undergoing outpatient head and neck surgery | Not specified | Use of Perioperative Virtual Reality Experiences on Anxiety and Pain: A Randomized Comparative Trial.cited 6× |
| migraine-specific adaptation of the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) program | Decreases - showed superiority | anxiety | Human | patients suffering from migraine | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy as Migraine Intervention: a Randomized Waitlist Controlled Trial.cited 12× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) as add-on to a standard treatment with citalopram | Decreases - lower | scores for anxiety | Human | male veterans with PTSD | MBCT delivered in weekly group sessions (specific mindfulness dosage not detailed). | Influence of adjuvant mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans - results from a randomized control study.cited 30× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) as add-on to a standard treatment with citalopram | Decreases - significantly reduce | symptoms of anxiety | Human | Iranian veterans of the Iran-Iraq war | MBCT delivered in weekly group sessions (specific mindfulness dosage not detailed). | Influence of adjuvant mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans - results from a randomized control study.cited 30× |
| mindfulness training apps | Decreases - had small effects on | anxiety | Human | non-clinical samples of college students | Not specified | Acceptability, usage, and efficacy of mindfulness apps for college student mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs. |
| mindfulness meditation practice | Decreases - mindfulness meditation practice was associated with improvements | depression and anxiety symptoms | Human | those diagnosed with bipolar disorder | 3 days a week or more of mindfulness meditation. | The association between meditation practice and treatment outcome in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for bipolar disorder.cited 43× |
| mindfulness meditation practice | Decreases - significant differences found between those who meditated for 3 days a week or more and those who meditated less often | trait anxiety | Human | those diagnosed with bipolar disorder | 3 days a week or more of mindfulness meditation. | The association between meditation practice and treatment outcome in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for bipolar disorder.cited 43× |
| Kangaroo mother care (KMC) combined with nurse-assisted mindfulness training | Decreases - is an acceptable, feasible, and effective procedure for reducing anxiety | anxiety | Human | mothers of preterm infants in the NICU | Not specified (mindfulness training was nurse-assisted but frequency/duration details are not provided beyond the 14-day intervention). | Effects of kangaroo mother care combined with nurse-assisted mindfulness training for reducing stress among mothers of preterm infants hospitalized in the NICU: a randomized controlled trial.cited 1× |
| Kangaroo mother care (KMC) combined with nurse-assisted mindfulness training | Decreases - were lower than those for the control group | parental stressor scale scores for the neonatal intensive care unit (PSS: NICU) (3), PSS: NICU (4), and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) scores | Human | mothers of preterm infants | Not specified (mindfulness training was nurse-assisted but frequency/duration details are not provided beyond the 14-day intervention). | Effects of kangaroo mother care combined with nurse-assisted mindfulness training for reducing stress among mothers of preterm infants hospitalized in the NICU: a randomized controlled trial.cited 1× |
| brief mindfulness intervention | No effect - showed no significant effect | anxiety | Human | women undergoing IVF or ICSI | Four sessions plus daily 20-minute audio (guided mindfulness breathing and body scan). | Effectiveness of two guided self-administered interventions for psychological distress among women with infertility: a three-armed, randomized controlled trial.cited 37× |
| Positive changes in dispositional mindfulness | Decreases - led to reductions | children's anxiety | Human | children | Not specified | Effectiveness and mechanisms of change of a mindfulness-based intervention on elementary school children: A cluster-randomized control trial.cited 4× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) in the school context (GrowingUp Breathing program) | Decreases - decreased | anxiety | Human | children (elementary students from 7 to 12 years old) | Not specified | Effectiveness and mechanisms of change of a mindfulness-based intervention on elementary school children: A cluster-randomized control trial.cited 4× |
| 8-week multi-site Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) | Affects - changes occurred | anxiety | Human | 24 participants with depression and anxiety disorders | Not specified | Exploratory study of the effects of multi-site mindfulness interventions on the multifaceted self as a psychosocial indicator of mental health: A pilot study. |
| a mindfulness and acceptance-based self-help approach | Decreases - increases in acceptance were associated with subsequent decreases | social anxiety | Human | Individuals seeking help for social anxiety or shyness | Not specified | Self-Help for Social Anxiety: Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing a Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Approach With a Control Group.cited 6× |
| a mindfulness and acceptance-based self-help approach | Decreases - supported the efficacy | social anxiety outcomes | Human | Individuals seeking help for social anxiety or shyness | Not specified | Self-Help for Social Anxiety: Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing a Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Approach With a Control Group.cited 6× |
| online mindfulness-based counseling | Decreases - significantly different | mean scores for anxiety and insomnia symptoms | Human | intervention group | Eight 45-minute weekly mindfulness-based counseling sessions. | The Impact of Mindfulness-Based Counseling on the Mental Health of Women With a History of COVID-19 During Pregnancy: A Quasi-Experimental Study. |
| single-session mindfulness and compassion intervention | Decreases - may lead to meaningful reductions | symptoms of anxiety | Human | — | One-hour telehealth session. | Efficacy of a single session mindfulness based intervention: A randomized clinical trial.cited 3× |
| low-dose Desvenlafaxine (25 mg) combined with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significant improvement | Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) scores | Human | patients with treatment-resistant generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) unresponsive to venlafaxine and duloxetine | Escitalopram (10 mg/day), Desvenlafaxine (25 mg/day) | Desvenlafaxine with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy reduces Hamilton anxiety scores compared to escitalopram with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in treatment-resistant generalized anxiety disorder. |
| low-dose Desvenlafaxine (25 mg) combined with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - greater improvements | Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) scores | Human | patients with treatment-resistant generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) | Escitalopram (10 mg/day), Desvenlafaxine (25 mg/day) | Desvenlafaxine with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy reduces Hamilton anxiety scores compared to escitalopram with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in treatment-resistant generalized anxiety disorder. |
| low-dose Desvenlafaxine (25 mg) combined with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significant reduction | Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) scores | Human | patients with treatment-resistant generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) | Escitalopram (10 mg/day), Desvenlafaxine (25 mg/day) | Desvenlafaxine with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy reduces Hamilton anxiety scores compared to escitalopram with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in treatment-resistant generalized anxiety disorder. |
| low-dose Escitalopram (10 mg) combined with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significant improvement | Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) scores | Human | patients with treatment-resistant generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) unresponsive to citalopram, imipramine, paroxetine, and sertraline | Escitalopram (10 mg/day), Desvenlafaxine (25 mg/day) | Desvenlafaxine with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy reduces Hamilton anxiety scores compared to escitalopram with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in treatment-resistant generalized anxiety disorder. |
| guided online mindfulness-based intervention (iMBI) | Decreases - experienced a significantly larger reduction | anxiety and depressive symptoms | Human | community residents experiencing emotional distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong | 16 online modules, weekly telephone counseling, and two half-day online workshops on mindfulness practice. | Guided Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Community Residents with Emotional Distress during the COVID-19 Pandemic. |
| BCI-based app-delivered mindfulness meditation | Decreases - resulted in a significantly lower mean State Anxiety Inventory | State Anxiety Inventory score | Human | patients with AF scheduled for RFCA | Not specified (app-based intervention administered by a research nurse). | Effectiveness of a Mindfulness Meditation App Based on an Electroencephalography-Based Brain-Computer Interface in Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 6× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) + treatment as usual (TAU) | Decreases - investigate whether adding MBCT to TAU will result in improvements | anxiety | Human | adults with bipolar type I and type II | Not specified | Study protocol of a multicenter randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and treatment as usual in bipolar disorder.cited 13× |
| Mindfulness strategies | No effect - did not reduce | anxiety | Human | health professional students | Not specified | Group interventions to promote mental health in health professional education: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.cited 31× |
| mindfulness strategies | Decreases - are suggested to reduce | anxiety | Human | individuals with body dysmorphic disorder | Not specified | Addressing body dysmorphic disorder through mindfulness: A new therapeutic frontier. |
| mindfulness strategies | No effect - Systematic changes were not observed | anxiety severity | Human | patients with heterogeneous anxiety disorders | Three exposures per weeklong block (specific mindfulness technique details not provided). | Mindfulness-Based Exposure Strategies as a Transdiagnostic Mechanism of Change: An Exploratory Alternating Treatment Design.cited 31× |
| mindfulness intervention mechanisms | Decreases - reduce | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfullness based intervention reduce anxiety in labor. |
| mindfulness interventions | Decreases - effective for reducing | anxiety about labor | Human | pregnant women | Not specified | Mindfullness based intervention reduce anxiety in labor. |
| more frequent mindfulness practice | Decreases - was associated with greater reductions | anxiety | Human | participants in the MBCT-Brief arm | Not specified (intervention was 8 weeks long, with ≥4 sessions considered adherent). | Brief Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Women With Myocardial Infarction: Results of a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| Qi-based mindfulness therapy (QMT) training for 4 weeks | Decreases - exhibited a statistically significant reduction in scores | Hamilton Anxiety Scale scores | Human | patients with mild-to-moderate depression | Not specified (4 weeks of QMT training). | Effect of Qi-based mindfulness therapy for mild-to-moderate depression. |
| Qi-based mindfulness therapy (QMT) training for 4 weeks | Decreases - exhibited a statistically significant reduction in scores | Self-Rating Anxiety Scale scores | Human | patients with mild-to-moderate depression | Not specified (4 weeks of QMT training). | Effect of Qi-based mindfulness therapy for mild-to-moderate depression. |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) plus treatment as usual (TAU) | Increases - significant treatment by time interaction | Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) - achievement subscale | Human | participants with bipolar disorder | Not specified | A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for bipolar disorder.cited 63× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) plus treatment as usual (TAU) | Decreases - A significant between-group difference was found | State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) - state anxiety scores | Human | participants with bipolar disorder | Not specified | A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for bipolar disorder.cited 63× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) plus treatment as usual (TAU) | Increases - was associated with an increase | state-trait anxiety inventory- state (STAI-S) | Human | patients with anxiety disorders | Not specified | Cost-effectiveness analysis of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in patients with anxiety disorders in secondary mental health care settings alongside a randomized controlled trial. |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) plus treatment as usual (TAU) | Increases - was associated with an increase | state-trait anxiety inventory- trait (STAI-T) | Human | patients with anxiety disorders | Not specified | Cost-effectiveness analysis of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in patients with anxiety disorders in secondary mental health care settings alongside a randomized controlled trial. |
| mindfulness-based health promotion (MBHP) | Decreases - to compare the efficacy | anxiety | Human | patients with PTSD | Not specified (individual, weekly online sessions). | A Randomized Clinical Trial to Assess the Efficacy of Online-Treatment with Trial-Based Cognitive Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Health Promotion and Positive Psychotherapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study Protocol.cited 4× |
| mindfulness stress reduction training program | No effect - no differences | anxiety | Human | patients treated for cancer | 8-week mindfulness training course (specific frequency not detailed). | A randomized study of the effects of mindfulness training on psychological well-being and symptoms of stress in patients treated for cancer at 6-month follow-up.cited 51× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction MBSR | Increases - showed statistically significant differences | anxiety | Human | participants (women eligible for a randomized controlled trial) | Not specified | Who participates in a randomized trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) after breast cancer? A study of factors associated with enrollment among Danish breast cancer patients.cited 23× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - significant reduction in | anxiety | Human | adult inpatients reporting 'intolerable pain' or 'inadequate pain control' | Single 15-minute session. | Randomized Controlled Trial of Brief Mindfulness Training and Hypnotic Suggestion for Acute Pain Relief in the Hospital Setting.cited 60× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - Statistically significant short-term changes | anxiety | Human | individuals with a range of cognitive abilities | Not specified | Feasibility and Pilot Testing of a Mindfulness Intervention for Frail Older Adults and Individuals With Dementia.cited 12× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - Recommendations for | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | Treatment of anxiety disorders in clinical practice: a critical overview of recent systematic evidence.cited 9× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - may be effective in reducing | anxiety | Human | children and adolescents with asthma | Not specified | An Integrative Review of Yoga and Mindfulness-Based Approaches for Children and Adolescents with Asthma.cited 5× |
| Mindfulness | Decreases - proven responsive | anxiety | Human | older adults | Not specified | Mindfulness, Stress, and Aging.cited 14× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - positive effects | anxiety | Human | adults with mild cognitive impairment | Not Assessed | Mindfulness and Cognitive Training Interventions in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Impact on Cognition and Mood.cited 18× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - decrease | anxiety | Human | children and adolescents with oncological diseases | Not specified | Yoga, Meditation and Mindfulness in pediatric oncology - A review of literature.cited 8× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - suggested for reducing | anxiety | Human | — | 20 minutes of active or sham tDCS | Mindfulness augmentation for anxiety through concurrent use of transcranial direct current stimulation: a randomized double-blind study.cited 6× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - significantly improved | anxiety | Human | female cancer patients | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on fatigue and psychological wellbeing in women with cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised control trials.cited 21× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - some benefits | anxiety | Human | people with intellectual disability | 10 individual sessions delivered once a week. | Evaluation of a novel, multicomponent anxiety management programme for people with intellectual disability: protocol for a mixed-methods, quasi-experimental feasibility study. |
| mindfulness | Decreases - statistically significant decrease | anxiety | Human | nursing staff | Not specified | The effectiveness of mindfulness for the management of anxiety in the nursing staff: Systematic review and meta-analysis. |
| mindfulness | Decreases - had 8% lower | anxiety | Human | women seeking fertility treatment | Not specified | Business case for psychosocial interventions in clinics: potential for decrease in treatment discontinuation and costs.cited 1× |
| mindfulness | No effect - practiced | anxiety disorders | Human | individuals with anxiety disorders in India | Not specified | Cultural aspects of anxiety disorders in India.cited 12× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - beneficial in improving | anxiety levels | Human | newly-qualified junior doctors in the United Kingdom | Not specified | A systematic review of interventions aiming to improve newly-qualified doctors' wellbeing in the United Kingdom.cited 14× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - reduces | anxiety of pregnant mothers | Human | pregnant mothers | 6 MBSR training sessions (specific duration per session not mentioned). | The effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction on maternal anxiety and self-efficacy: A randomized controlled trial.cited 36× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - indicated the effect of time on the change | total score of anxiety | Human | pregnant women | 6 MBSR training sessions (specific duration per session not mentioned). | The effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction on maternal anxiety and self-efficacy: A randomized controlled trial.cited 36× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - significantly lower | anxiety scores | Human | patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) with insomnia | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness in patients with mild cognitive impairment with insomnia: A double-blind randomized controlled trial.cited 11× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - were effective | anxiety symptom severity | Human | perinatal population without an anxiety disorder diagnosis | Not specified | Can psychological interventions prevent or reduce risk for perinatal anxiety disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 6× |
| Mindfulness | No effect - utilising | anxiety treatment | Human | participants randomised to the PAT-A© intervention | Not specified (up to 12 individualized therapy sessions, with Mindfulness as one potential component). | Treating anxiety in autistic adults: study protocol for the Personalised Anxiety Treatment-Autism (PAT-A©) pilot randomised controlled feasibility trial.cited 11× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - explained the association between mindfulness and | changes in anxiety symptoms | Human | 162 patients with depression and anxiety disorders | Not specified | Emotion Regulation as a Mechanism of Mindfulness in Individual Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Depression and Anxiety Disorders. |
| mindfulness | Decreases - significantly predicted variance | chronic pain and anxiety | Human | Middle-aged adults ages 35-50 years (N=201) with self-reported chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) | Not specified | The relationship between chronic musculoskeletal pain, anxiety and mindfulness: Adjustments to the Fear-Avoidance Model of Chronic Pain.cited 23× |
| Mindfulness | No effect - no evidence of a reduction in depression and anxiety | depression and anxiety | Human | pregnant women with depression or anxiety | Not specified | The effect of complementary medicines and therapies on maternal anxiety and depression in pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 46× |
| Mindfulness | No effect - No reduction | long-term anxiety | Human | adults with cancer | Not specified | Association of Mindfulness-Based Interventions With Anxiety Severity in Adults With Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 62× |
| Mindfulness | Decreases - reduction | medium-term anxiety | Human | adults with cancer | Not specified | Association of Mindfulness-Based Interventions With Anxiety Severity in Adults With Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 62× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - significant reductions | severity of short-term anxiety | Human | adults with cancer | Not specified | Association of Mindfulness-Based Interventions With Anxiety Severity in Adults With Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 62× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - reported a reduction | self-report of anxiety | Human | healthy older adults | Not specified | Respond, don't react: The influence of mindfulness training on performance monitoring in older adults.cited 14× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - predicts subsequent change in social anxiety | social anxiety | Human | treatment completers from a randomized clinical trial | Not specified | Mindfulness and acceptance-based group therapy and traditional cognitive behavioral group therapy for social anxiety disorder: Mechanisms of change.cited 31× |
| mindfulness and acceptance-based group therapy (MAGT) | Decreases - had a greater impact | social anxiety | Human | treatment completers from a randomized clinical trial | Not specified | Mindfulness and acceptance-based group therapy and traditional cognitive behavioral group therapy for social anxiety disorder: Mechanisms of change.cited 31× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - may be particularly effective for improving | symptoms of depression and anxiety | Human | people with SCI | Not specified | Mindfulness for pain, depression, anxiety, and quality of life in people with spinal cord injury: a systematic review.cited 53× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - reported reductions | anxiety | Human | people with SCI | Not specified | Mindfulness for pain, depression, anxiety, and quality of life in people with spinal cord injury: a systematic review.cited 53× |
| mindfulness | Increases - effective outcomes | treatment of anxiety | Human | clinical populations | Not available | Mindful Emotion Regulation: Exploring the Neurocognitive Mechanisms behind Mindfulness.cited 62× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - effective | treatment of mood and anxiety disorders | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness in mood and anxiety disorders: a review of the literature.cited 27× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy | Decreases - effective strategy | treatment of mood and anxiety disorders | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness in mood and anxiety disorders: a review of the literature.cited 27× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction | Decreases - effective strategy | treatment of mood and anxiety disorders | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness in mood and anxiety disorders: a review of the literature.cited 27× |
| mindfulness | No effect - did not contribute significantly to models predicting | variance in anxiety scores | Human | participants with psychosis experiencing emotional dysfunction | Not specified | Depression and anxiety following psychosis: associations with mindfulness and psychological flexibility.cited 11× |
| aspects of mindfulness | No effect - had significant correlations with | anxiety subscale of the HADS | Human | participants with psychosis experiencing emotional dysfunction | Not specified | Depression and anxiety following psychosis: associations with mindfulness and psychological flexibility.cited 11× |
| mindfulness-based, short-term focused interventions | Decreases - provide modest relief | depression and/or anxiety | Human | hypertension patients with depression/anxiety | Not specified | Mindfulness-based intervention for hypertension patients with depression and/or anxiety in the community: a randomized controlled trial.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - reduced | anxiety GAD-7 scores | Human | hypertension patients with depression/anxiety | Not specified | Mindfulness-based intervention for hypertension patients with depression and/or anxiety in the community: a randomized controlled trial.cited 1× |
| mindfulness eating (ME) programme | No effect - evaluate the effectiveness | anxiety (General Anxiety Disorder-7) | Human | adults with overweight/obesity from four PC health centres | Seven sessions delivered by a clinical psychologist (frequency not specified). | Efficacy of a mindful-eating programme to reduce emotional eating in patients suffering from overweight or obesity in primary care settings: a cluster-randomised trial protocol.cited 14× |
| brief mindfulness meditation intervention | No effect - no statistically significant effect | anxiety scores | Human | patients on hemodialysis with depression and anxiety symptoms | Not specified | Brief Mindfulness Meditation for Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis: A Pilot Feasibility Study.cited 39× |
| mindfulness meditation | No effect - did not reveal significant effects | depression and anxiety scores | Human | patients on hemodialysis with anxiety and depression symptoms | Not specified | Brief Mindfulness Meditation for Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis: A Pilot Feasibility Study.cited 39× |
| brief mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy (MBCBT) | No effect - were not mediated by changes in | anxiety | Human | patients undergoing TKA | Four 60-minute sessions delivered in person and via telephone. | Brief Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is Associated with Faster Recovery in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Pilot Clinical Trial.cited 10× |
| preoperative mindfulness-based interventions | No effect - no differences | postoperative anxiety | Human | patients scheduled for elective surgery | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based preoperative intervention for patients undergoing elective surgery: A meta-analysis.cited 1× |
| preoperative mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - demonstrated significant difference | preoperative anxiety | Human | patients scheduled for elective surgery | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based preoperative intervention for patients undergoing elective surgery: A meta-analysis.cited 1× |
| virtual mindfulness-based stress reduction (v-MBSR) | Decreases - improvements to | anxiety | Human | those who completed the intervention | Not specified | Integrating Virtual Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Into Inflammatory Bowel Disease Care: Mixed Methods Feasibility Trial.cited 1× |
| virtual mindfulness-based stress reduction (v-MBSR) | Decreases - improvements persisting at 6-month follow-up | anxiety and depression symptoms and health-related QoL | Human | participants | Not specified | Integrating Virtual Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Into Inflammatory Bowel Disease Care: Mixed Methods Feasibility Trial.cited 1× |
| virtual mindfulness-based stress reduction (v-MBSR) | Decreases - experienced encouraging effects including decreased | anxiety symptoms | Human | participants | Not specified | Integrating Virtual Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Into Inflammatory Bowel Disease Care: Mixed Methods Feasibility Trial.cited 1× |
| adapted Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) intervention | No effect - did not show significant improvements | anxiety | Human | people with dementia and depression | Not specified | The Feasibility of a Mindfulness Intervention for Depression in People with Mild Dementia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 3× |
| five-week intervention combining Yin yoga with psychoeducation and mindfulness practice (YOMI program) | Decreases - significantly greater pre-post reductions | anxiety | Human | middle-aged adults who self-report as moderately to highly stressed, but who otherwise exhibit no physical complaints | Five-week intervention (specific frequency not detailed in abstract). | Five-week yin yoga-based interventions decreased plasma adrenomedullin and increased psychological health in stressed adults: A randomized controlled trial.cited 14× |
| Mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) | Decreases - especially effective for reducing | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness-based therapy: a comprehensive meta-analysis.cited 802× |
| mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) | Decreases - indicated a small to moderate positive effect in reducing | anxiety | Human | patients with somatization disorders | Not specified | Mindfulness-based therapies in the treatment of somatization disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 144× |
| mindfulness-based therapy | Decreases - significantly improved | anxiety | Human | patients with cancer | Not specified | Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Therapy for Reducing Anxiety and Depression in Patients With Cancer: A Meta-analysis.cited 108× |
| mindfulness-based therapy | No effect - not improved | anxiety | Human | patients with cancer | Not specified | Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Therapy for Reducing Anxiety and Depression in Patients With Cancer: A Meta-analysis.cited 108× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - significantly favored | anxiety | Human | patients with cancer | Not specified | Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Therapy for Reducing Anxiety and Depression in Patients With Cancer: A Meta-analysis.cited 108× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - effectively relieved | anxiety and depression | Human | patients with cancer | Not specified | Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Therapy for Reducing Anxiety and Depression in Patients With Cancer: A Meta-analysis.cited 108× |
| mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) | Decreases - positive effect in reducing | anxiety | Human | patients with breast cancer | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based therapy for patients with breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 82× |
| Mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) | Decreases - has been found effective in reducing | anxiety and depression symptoms | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness-based therapy in adults with an autism spectrum disorder: a randomized controlled trial.cited 124× |
| mindfulness-based therapy | Decreases - meta-analysis revealed a pooled mean difference | anxiety status | Human | healthcare workers during COVID-19 | Not specified | Effects of different intervention methods on psychological anxiety, stress, and fatigue among healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based therapy | Decreases - moderately effective for improving | anxiety symptoms | Human | clinical samples | Not specified | The effect of mindfulness-based therapy on anxiety and depression: A meta-analytic review.cited 1,578× |
| mindfulness-based therapy | Decreases - associated with effect sizes | anxiety symptoms | Human | patients with anxiety and mood disorders | Not specified | The effect of mindfulness-based therapy on anxiety and depression: A meta-analytic review.cited 1,578× |
| mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) | Decreases - pooled controlled effect sizes | anxiety symptoms | Human | adult cancer patients and survivors | Not specified | The effect of mindfulness-based therapy on symptoms of anxiety and depression in adult cancer patients and survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 235× |
| mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) | Decreases - significantly reduced | symptoms of anxiety | Human | adult cancer patients and survivors | Not specified | The effect of mindfulness-based therapy on symptoms of anxiety and depression in adult cancer patients and survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 235× |
| mindfulness-based therapy (MT) | Decreases - greater reduction | anxiety symptoms | Human | patients with drug-resistant epilepsy | 4 biweekly intervention sessions. | Mindfulness-based therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy: An assessor-blinded randomized trial.cited 57× |
| Mindfulness-Based Therapy (MBT) | No effect - neither active treatment effectively reduced | somatic anxiety | Human | depressed college students | Four sessions of abbreviated MBT and BA | Mindfulness-based therapy and behavioral activation: A randomized controlled trial with depressed college students.cited 52× |
| cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness | Decreases - effective in decreasing | depression, psychological distress, and anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | Suicide in Healthcare Workers: An Umbrella Review of Prevalence, Causes, and Preventive Strategies.cited 1× |
| therapist-led telephone-based mindfulness programme | Decreases - reflected clinically significant group-based changes | Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale | Human | ICU patients | Month-long interventions (self-directed mobile app-based mindfulness, therapist-led telephone-based mindfulness, or web-based critical illness education). | Effects of mindfulness training programmes delivered by a self-directed mobile app and by telephone compared with an education programme for survivors of critical illness: a pilot randomised clinical trial.cited 45× |
| self-directed mobile app-based mindfulness programme | Decreases - reflected clinically significant group-based changes | Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale | Human | ICU patients | Month-long interventions (self-directed mobile app-based mindfulness, therapist-led telephone-based mindfulness, or web-based critical illness education). | Effects of mindfulness training programmes delivered by a self-directed mobile app and by telephone compared with an education programme for survivors of critical illness: a pilot randomised clinical trial.cited 45× |
| mindfulness mobile app intervention | Decreases - showed improvements | anxiety symptoms | Human | Ruminative adolescents | Not specified | Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mindfulness Mobile Application for Ruminative Adolescents.cited 7× |
| 4-week Koru Mindfulness program | Decreases - produced significant benefits | anxiety | Human | college students | Not specified | Remote delivery of a Koru Mindfulness intervention for college students during the COVID-19 pandemic.cited 13× |
| remote, online, group-based mindfulness program | Decreases - yielded benefits | anxiety | Human | college students | Not specified | Remote delivery of a Koru Mindfulness intervention for college students during the COVID-19 pandemic.cited 13× |
| Virtual Reality (VR)-enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention | Decreases - demonstrated significant improvements | anxiety symptoms (GAD-7) | Human | postpartum women affected by long COVID | Thrice-weekly 60-minute sessions. | Virtual reality enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention for postpartum depression and anxiety in the post COVID era. |
| Virtual Reality (VR)-enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention | Decreases - therapeutic effects significantly greater than those observed in the control and blank groups | depression and anxiety symptoms | Human | postpartum women affected by long COVID | Thrice-weekly 60-minute sessions. | Virtual reality enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention for postpartum depression and anxiety in the post COVID era. |
| Virtual Reality (VR)-enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention | No effect - improvements were strongly correlated | depression and anxiety symptoms | Human | postpartum women affected by long COVID | Thrice-weekly 60-minute sessions. | Virtual reality enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention for postpartum depression and anxiety in the post COVID era. |
| Virtual Reality (VR)-enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention | Decreases - reduces | postpartum depression and anxiety symptoms | Human | postpartum women in the post-COVID era | Thrice-weekly 60-minute sessions. | Virtual reality enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention for postpartum depression and anxiety in the post COVID era. |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and yoga | Decreases - demonstrated effectiveness in alleviating | depression and anxiety symptoms | Human | — | Thrice-weekly 60-minute sessions. | Virtual reality enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention for postpartum depression and anxiety in the post COVID era. |
| modified online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) intervention | Decreases - relieve | anxiety and depression | Human | main caregivers of children with allergic rhinitis | Not specified | Effects of an online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for caregivers of children with allergic rhinitis. |
| web-based mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - effective in reducing | symptoms of anxiety | Human | frontline health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic | Not specified | Effects of Web-Based Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Anxiety, Depression, and Stress Among Frontline Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.cited 7× |
| Anchored, a 30-day self-directed smartphone app-based cognitive behavioral- and mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - showed significantly greater reduction | anxiety symptoms | Human | workers experiencing at least moderate levels of stress | 30-day self-directed smartphone app-based intervention. | Selective Prevention of Depression in Workers Using a Smartphone App: Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 2× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)/Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)/Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR) | Decreases - beneficial small to medium effect sizes | anxiety | Human | cancer patients | Not specified | Evidence of psychological and biological effects of structured Mindfulness-Based Interventions for cancer patients and survivors: A meta-review.cited 25× |
| online mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-M) combined with standard psychiatric care | Decreases - significant between-group differences were found | Beck Anxiety Inventory score | Human | youth (18-30 years old) diagnosed with major depressive disorder | Not specified (online CBT-M program combined with navigation coaching via phone and secure text messaging). | Online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention for Youth With Major Depressive Disorders: Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 23× |
| mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia (MBT-I) | Decreases - significantly improved | anxiety symptoms | Human | Black women | Weekly sessions (6-8 out of 8 sessions attended by 97% of participants) | Mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia in Black women: a pilot randomized controlled trial. |
| app- and website-based mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - significantly alleviated | anxiety | Human | patients with cancer | Not specified. | Effectiveness of Web-Based Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Patients With Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses.cited 2× |
| mindfulness and LS training | Increases - increase anxiety | anxiety | Human | those with lower social integration | Weekly small-group sessions (15 children per group) for eight weeks. | Effects of Mindfulness and Life-Skills Training on Emotion Regulation and Anxiety Symptoms in Chinese Migrant Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 1× |
| mindfulness training (MT) | Increases - showed higher | physical anxiety | Human | children with high social integration | Weekly small-group sessions (15 children per group) for eight weeks. | Effects of Mindfulness and Life-Skills Training on Emotion Regulation and Anxiety Symptoms in Chinese Migrant Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 1× |
| online mindfulness-based childbirth and parenting programme | No effect - no significant effects | anxiety | Human | low-risk population | Not specified (four-week online program with psychoeducation and mindfulness practices). | Effectiveness of an online Japanese version of the mindfulness-based childbirth and parenting programme on prenatal mental health: A single group clinical trial. |
| therapist-guided, smartphone-delivered mindfulness-based intervention | No effect - found no significant difference | anxiety during competition | Human | college athletes | Not specified | Mobile-Delivered Mindfulness Intervention on Anxiety Level Among College Athletes: Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 3× |
| therapist-guided, smartphone-delivered mindfulness-based intervention | No effect - found no significant difference | dispositional anxiety | Human | college athletes | Not specified | Mobile-Delivered Mindfulness Intervention on Anxiety Level Among College Athletes: Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 3× |
| therapist-guided, smartphone-delivered mindfulness-based intervention | No effect - found no significant difference | precompetition anxiety | Human | college athletes | Not specified | Mobile-Delivered Mindfulness Intervention on Anxiety Level Among College Athletes: Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 3× |
| digital guided self-help (GSH) mindfulness-based intervention (GSH-MBI) | Decreases - showed a significant reduction in | anxiety symptoms | Human | women who were 12 to 20 weeks pregnant and exhibited psychological distress | 6-week intervention via a WeChat mini program with daily reminders. | Effectiveness of Digital Guided Self-help Mindfulness Training During Pregnancy on Maternal Psychological Distress and Infant Neuropsychological Development: Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 21× |
| digital guided self-help (GSH) mindfulness-based intervention (GSH-MBI) | Decreases - showed a significant reduction in | pregnancy-related anxiety symptoms | Human | women who were 12 to 20 weeks pregnant and exhibited psychological distress | 6-week intervention via a WeChat mini program with daily reminders. | Effectiveness of Digital Guided Self-help Mindfulness Training During Pregnancy on Maternal Psychological Distress and Infant Neuropsychological Development: Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 21× |
| Group-based interventions based on mindfulness | No effect - have not demonstrated effects | measures of anxiety | Human | adults living with HIV | 90 to 135 minutes weekly for up to 12 weeks. | Psychosocial group interventions to improve psychological well-being in adults living with HIV.cited 38× |
| diet, lifestyle and behavior modification, including a plant-based diet, daily exercise and mindfulness techniques | Decreases - improvements | anxiety | Human | 500 adult men and women participants diagnosed with chronic moderate to severe depression and anxiety and other conditions | Not specified | Diet and lifestyle intervention on chronic moderate to severe depression and anxiety and other chronic conditions.cited 21× |
| diet, lifestyle and behavior modification, including a plant-based diet, daily exercise and mindfulness techniques | Decreases - substantial benefits | depression, anxiety and all other conditions | Human | the majority of participants | Not specified | Diet and lifestyle intervention on chronic moderate to severe depression and anxiety and other chronic conditions.cited 21× |
| diet, lifestyle and behavior modification, including a plant-based diet, daily exercise and mindfulness techniques | Decreases - benefits persisted | depression, anxiety and other conditions | Human | most of the participants | Not specified | Diet and lifestyle intervention on chronic moderate to severe depression and anxiety and other chronic conditions.cited 21× |
| online mindfulness meditation intervention | Decreases - reported lower | anxiety | Human | experimental subjects | Not specified | Online meditation training for people with multiple sclerosis: A randomized controlled trial.cited 46× |
| online mindfulness meditation intervention | Decreases - statistically significant decrease | reported scores for anxiety | Human | nursing students | Not specified | Using Meditation to Reduce Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in Nursing Students.cited 6× |
| mindfulness-based virtual reality (VR) program (Take-Pause) | Decreases - improved | anxiety score | Human | pediatric ED patients aged 13-17 years with acute pain | 5 minutes of VR or iPad use. | Take-Pause: Efficacy of mindfulness-based virtual reality as an intervention in the pediatric emergency department.cited 8× |
| online mindfulness-based therapy self-help tools | Decreases - significant decreases | anxiety | Human | autistic adults | Not specified | Self-guided mindfulness and cognitive behavioural practices reduce anxiety in autistic adults: A pilot 8-month waitlist-controlled trial of widely available online tools.cited 26× |
| shortened version of Mindfulness-integrated Cognitive Behavior Therapy (MiCBT) | Decreases - larger and significant reductions | anxiety | Human | patients with Stage I-III breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy | 4-week MiCBT program (progressive muscle relaxation, mindfulness of breath, body scanning, mindfulness-based interoceptive exposure task for pain). | Mindfulness-integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy reduces pain and psychological distress, and improves equanimity, hope and post-traumatic growth during breast cancer treatment: A pilot randomized controlled trial. |
| 5E rehabilitation nursing model integrated with mindfulness training | Decreases - exhibited a significant reduction | Self-Rating Anxiety Scale scores | Human | patients with acute myocardial infarction after percutaneous coronary intervention | Not specified | The efficacy of the 5E rehabilitation nursing model combined with mindfulness training on alleviating psychological distress and modulating coping styles in patients with acute myocardial infarction post-PCI: An observation study.cited 1× |
| 4-week internet-delivered mindfulness-based cancer recovery program | Decreases - has a positive effect on reducing | anxiety | Human | patients with breast cancer | Weekly 90-minute sessions for 4 weeks | Effects of a 4 |
| 4-week internet-delivered mindfulness-based cancer recovery program | Decreases - significantly improved | anxiety | Human | breast cancer patients | Weekly 90-minute sessions for 4 weeks | Effects of a 4 |
| mindfulness-based addiction treatment (MBAT) | Decreases - reported lower anxiety | anxiety | Human | Participants in the parent study | Not specified | Mechanisms underlying mindfulness-based addiction treatment versus cognitive behavioral therapy and usual care for smoking cessation.cited 50× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - showed a significantly moderate improvement | anxiety | Human | college and university students during the COVID-19 pandemic | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on psychological outcomes in college and university students during COVID-19 pandemics: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 7× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - is an effective method to decrease | anxiety | Human | college and university students | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on psychological outcomes in college and university students during COVID-19 pandemics: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 7× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - demonstrate a positive trend in favor of the benefits | anxiety | Human | people following transient ischemic attack/stroke | Not specified | A systematic review of the benefits of mindfulness-based interventions following transient ischemic attack and stroke.cited 61× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | No effect - non-significant | anxiety | Human | participants in schools | Not specified | The Limited Effect of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis.cited 11× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - small beneficial effect | anxiety | Human | participants aged 18 years or younger | Not specified | The Limited Effect of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis.cited 11× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - large effects | anxiety | Human | RCTs conducted in Iran | Not specified | The Limited Effect of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis.cited 11× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | No effect - no significant beneficial effect | anxiety | Human | RCTs conducted in Western countries | Not specified | The Limited Effect of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis.cited 11× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | No effect - non-significant | anxiety | Human | participants aged 18 years or younger | Not specified | The Limited Effect of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis.cited 11× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - significant | anxiety | Human | children | Not specified | The Limited Effect of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis.cited 11× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - significant | anxiety | Human | participants compared to passive controls | Not specified | The Limited Effect of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis.cited 11× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | No effect - non-significant | anxiety | Human | adolescents | Not specified | The Limited Effect of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis.cited 11× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | No effect - non-significant | anxiety | Human | participants in clinics | Not specified | The Limited Effect of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis.cited 11× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | No effect - non-significant | anxiety | Human | participants compared to active controls | Not specified | The Limited Effect of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis.cited 11× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - significant improvements | anxiety | Human | caregivers of adults with chronic illness | Not specified | The effect of mindfulness-based interventions on caregiver burden, quality of life and psychological distress in caregivers of adults with chronic diseases: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - showed small effects | anxiety | Human | incarcerated populations | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on psychological distress and mindfulness in incarcerated populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - significant improvements | anxiety | Human | cancer care patients | Not specified | What is the evidence for the use of mindfulness-based interventions in cancer care? A review.cited 143× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - was as effective as active comparators in reducing | anxiety | Human | nurses | Not specified | Effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions on psychological well-being, burnout and post-traumatic stress disorder among nurses: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 30× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - significant reductions | anxiety | Human | perinatal populations | Not specified | The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Interventions in the Perinatal Period: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.cited 124× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | No effect - failed to find any significant post-intervention benefits | anxiety | Human | perinatal populations | Not specified | The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Interventions in the Perinatal Period: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.cited 124× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - Overall effects were medium for | anxiety | Human | adults who are overweight or obese | Median dose of 12 hours of face-to-face intervention | Mindfulness-based interventions for adults who are overweight or obese: a meta-analysis of physical and psychological health outcomes.cited 109× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - Therapeutic effects for | anxiety | Human | adults who are overweight or obese | Median dose of 12 hours of face-to-face intervention | Mindfulness-based interventions for adults who are overweight or obese: a meta-analysis of physical and psychological health outcomes.cited 109× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - decrease | anxiety | Human | health profession students | Not specified | Mindfulness Training for Health Profession Students-The Effect of Mindfulness Training on Psychological Well-Being, Learning and Clinical Performance of Health Professional Students: A Systematic Review of Randomized and Non-randomized Controlled Trials.cited 139× |
| Mindfulness based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - Significant improvements were reported | anxiety | Human | people with epilepsy | Not specified | Mindfulness-based interventions in epilepsy: a systematic review.cited 17× |
| Mindfulness based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - preliminary evidence suggests it may lead to some improvement | anxiety | Human | people with epilepsy | Not specified | Mindfulness-based interventions in epilepsy: a systematic review.cited 17× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - dealing with | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | Distress Management Through Mind-Body Therapies in Oncology.cited 19× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - reduction | anxiety | Human | people with advanced cancer | Not specified | The acceptability and potential benefits of mindfulness-based interventions in improving psychological well-being for adults with advanced cancer: A systematic review.cited 59× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - had a significant moderate effect | anxiety | Human | HCPs and HCPs-in-training | Not specified | Mindfulness training for healthcare professionals and trainees: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 77× |
| Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI's) | No effect - able to detect changes | anxiety | Human | — | Not available | Considerations for mood and emotion measures in mindfulness-based intervention research.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - serve to reduce | anxiety | Human | children and adolescents | Not available | Effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions on anxiety for children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 8× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - Statistically significant effects | anxiety | Human | cancer patients and survivors | Not specified | Mindfulness-based interventions for psychological and physical health outcomes in cancer patients and survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 172× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - could significantly reduce | anxiety | Human | patients with heart failure | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on health-related outcomes for patients with heart failure: a systematic review.cited 14× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - improve | anxiety | Human | university students | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Interventions for University Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.cited 107× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - significantly improve | state anxiety | Human | university students | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Interventions for University Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.cited 107× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | No effect - not improve | trait anxiety | Human | university students | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Interventions for University Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.cited 107× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - demonstrating improvement | anxiety | Human | young people with cancer | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Young People With Cancer: An Integrative Literature Review.cited 8× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - have shown consistent anxiety reduction | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | Can mindfulness mechanistically target worry to improve sleep disturbances? Theory and study protocol for app-based anxiety program.cited 11× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | No effect - not | anxiety | Human | patients with coronary heart disease | Not specified | A systematic review and meta-analysis of mindfulness-based interventions for patients with coronary heart disease.cited 19× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - have been shown to be effective | anxiety | Human | patients with anxiety disorders or symptoms of anxiety; and those with physical or mental disorders with comorbid anxiety symptoms | Not specified | Mindfulness-based therapy versus cognitive behavioral therapy for people with anxiety symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of random controlled trials.cited 18× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - is well established to reduce | anxiety | Human | patients with cardiac pathologies | Not specified | Mindfulness-based emotional regulation for patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: A randomized pilot study of efficacy, applicability, and safety.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | No effect - found no significant effect | anxiety | Human | older adults with dementia or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Older Adults with Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Meta-Analysis.cited 15× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - have demonstrated their efficacy | anxiety | Human | adults | Not specified | Randomized controlled trial of a mindfulness-based intervention in adolescents from the general population: The Mindfulteen neuroimaging study protocol.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | No effect - examining the effectiveness | anxiety | Human | young adolescents from the general population, aged between 13 and 15 years old, with no history of current mental health disorder (apart from past mood disorders or current anxiety disorders) | Not specified | Randomized controlled trial of a mindfulness-based intervention in adolescents from the general population: The Mindfulteen neuroimaging study protocol.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - showed medium to large effects | anxiety | Human | family caregivers of people with dementia | Not specified | Effects of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety, Stress, and Quality of Life in Family Caregivers of Persons Living with Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 15× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - showed small to large effects | anxiety | Human | family caregivers of people with dementia | Not specified | Effects of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety, Stress, and Quality of Life in Family Caregivers of Persons Living with Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 15× |
| mindfulness based interventions | Decreases - are by far the most effective intervention | anxiety | Human | pregnant women in the antenatal period | Not specified | The effectiveness of psychological interventions for pregnant women with anxiety in the antenatal period: A systematic review.cited 13× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - greater relative improvement | anxiety | HumanMolecular | individuals with upper motor neuron disorders (UMNDs) | Not specified | Feasibility, Acceptability, and Efficacy of Mindfulness Training in People With Upper Motor Neuron Disorders: A Systematic Review.cited 6× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - notable improvements | anxiety | HumanMolecular | individuals with UMNDs | Not specified | Feasibility, Acceptability, and Efficacy of Mindfulness Training in People With Upper Motor Neuron Disorders: A Systematic Review.cited 6× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - have significant medium effects in reducing symptoms | anxiety | Human | oncology populations | Not specified | The effects of mindfulness-based interventions on symptoms of depression, anxiety, and cancer-related fatigue in oncology patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 48× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - were superior in reducing symptoms | anxiety | Human | oncology samples | Not specified | The effects of mindfulness-based interventions on symptoms of depression, anxiety, and cancer-related fatigue in oncology patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 48× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - reduced symptoms | anxiety | Human | oncology populations | Not specified | The effects of mindfulness-based interventions on symptoms of depression, anxiety, and cancer-related fatigue in oncology patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 48× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - reduce | anxiety | Human | patients with depression | Not specified | Mindfulness on Rumination in Patients with Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.cited 9× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - show promise for improving | anxiety | Human | children with physical health conditions | Not specified | Living With Physical Health Conditions: A Systematic Review of Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Children, Adolescents, and Their Parents.cited 9× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - are helpful in managing | anxiety | Human | patients in palliative care | Not specified | Mindfulness on Symptom Control and Quality of Life in Patients in Palliative Care: A Systematic Review.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - recommended for treating symptoms | anxiety | Human | adults living with cancer during active treatment | Not specified | Integrative Oncology Care of Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Adults With Cancer: Society for Integrative Oncology-ASCO Guideline.cited 68× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - recommended for treating symptoms | anxiety | Human | adults living with cancer after cancer treatment | Not specified | Integrative Oncology Care of Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Adults With Cancer: Society for Integrative Oncology-ASCO Guideline.cited 68× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - demonstrated statistically significant immediate post-intervention effects | anxiety | Human | individuals with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on neuropsychiatric symptoms and psychological well-being on people with subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment: A meta-analysis.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | No effect - follow-up data analysis also did not reveal significant effects | anxiety | Human | individuals with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on neuropsychiatric symptoms and psychological well-being on people with subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment: A meta-analysis.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - were effective in reducing | anxiety | Human | healthcare professionals | Not specified | Organizational and Individual Interventions for Managing Work-Related Stress in Healthcare Professionals: A Systematic Review.cited 16× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - significantly reduced | anxiety | Human | caregivers of persons living with dementia | Not specified | A meta-analysis of mindfulness-based interventions for improving mental health and burden among caregivers of persons living with dementia.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-based therapies | Decreases - appear to alleviate | anxiety | Human | caregivers of persons living with dementia | Not specified | A meta-analysis of mindfulness-based interventions for improving mental health and burden among caregivers of persons living with dementia.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - reducing | anxiety | Human | peritoneal dialysis patients | Not specified (mindfulness techniques were taught as part of 4.5 days of structured training). | Effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions delivered via technology versus therapist among patients on peritoneal dialysis at an outpatient clinic in Singapore.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - reductions in | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified (intervention duration was 6-8 weeks). | Effect of mindfulness-based interventions on people with prehypertension or hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 7× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - found promising effects | anxiety | Human | bariatric-surgery patients | Not specified | Systematic Review of Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Weight Management Among Pre- and Post-bariatric Surgery Patients. |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - significantly reduced | anxiety | Human | patients with CHD | Not available | Mindfulness therapy for patients with coronary heart disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - address | anxiety | Human | cancer patients | Not specified | Optimizing chemotherapy outcomes: The role of mindfulness in Epirubicin treatment for urinary tumors. |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | No effect - did not influence | anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory [STAI]) | Human | surgical residents | Not specified | Effect of Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Psychological Outcomes in Surgeons: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. |
| Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI) | Decreases - significantly benefited | anxiety | Human | women | Mean total therapy hours: CBT (11.3), MBI (18.6). | The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions on non-physiological symptoms of menopause: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 8× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - have been shown to alleviate symptoms | anxiety and depression | Human | various groups of cancer patients | Short daily guided meditation practices (5-10 minutes). | Feasibility of an online mindfulness-based program for patients with melanoma: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.cited 7× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - seem to represent a promising treatment option | anxiety and depression | Human | women during the peripartum period | Not specified | Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an electronic mindfulness-based intervention (eMBI) on maternal mental health during pregnancy: the mindmom study protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial.cited 19× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - alleviate | anxiety and depression | Human | — | Not specified | The potential mediating role of anxiety sensitivity in the impact of mindfulness training on anxiety and depression severity and impairment: A randomized controlled trial.cited 6× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - impact | anxiety and depression | Human | Participants with high psychological distress | Not specified | The potential mediating role of anxiety sensitivity in the impact of mindfulness training on anxiety and depression severity and impairment: A randomized controlled trial.cited 6× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - reductions of anxiety sensitivity mediated the impact | changes in anxiety and depression severity and impairment | Human | Participants with high psychological distress | Not specified | The potential mediating role of anxiety sensitivity in the impact of mindfulness training on anxiety and depression severity and impairment: A randomized controlled trial.cited 6× |
| eight-week mindfulness intervention | Decreases - significant group × time interactions | anxiety sensitivity | Human | Participants with high psychological distress | Not specified | The potential mediating role of anxiety sensitivity in the impact of mindfulness training on anxiety and depression severity and impairment: A randomized controlled trial.cited 6× |
| eight-week mindfulness intervention | Decreases - significant group × time interactions | overall anxiety severity and impairment | Human | Participants with high psychological distress | Not specified | The potential mediating role of anxiety sensitivity in the impact of mindfulness training on anxiety and depression severity and impairment: A randomized controlled trial.cited 6× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - effective in reducing | anxiety and depression symptom severity | Human | a range of individuals | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Anxiety and Depression.cited 302× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | No effect - did not reduce | anxiety symptoms | Human | all patients with BD | Not specified | The effectiveness of adjunct mindfulness-based intervention in treatment of bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 32× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - significantly reduced | anxiety symptoms | Human | subjects with BD | Not specified | The effectiveness of adjunct mindfulness-based intervention in treatment of bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 32× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - moderate effect sizes | anxiety symptoms | Human | patients with Alcohol and Drugs Use Disorders | Not specified | The Clinical Efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Treatments for Alcohol and Drugs Use Disorders: A Meta-Analytic Review of Randomized and Nonrandomized Controlled Trials.cited 56× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Increases - improve | anxiety symptoms | Human | people with multiple sclerosis (MS) | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Interventions for the Improvement of Well-Being in People With Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.cited 16× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | No effect - found no significant effects | anxiety symptoms | Human | people with dementia and mild cognitive impairment | Not available | Effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions for people with dementia and mild cognitive impairment: A meta-analysis and implications for future research.cited 12× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - effectively treat | anxiety symptoms | Human | individuals across different anxiety and related disorders (ARDs) | Not specified | Mindfulness interventions and quality of life in anxiety-related disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - can effectively reduce | anxiety symptoms | Human | women with infertility | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based intervention for women with infertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 6× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | No effect - not for | anxiety symptom severity | Human | participants who met diagnostic criteria for a current episode of an anxiety or depressive disorder | Not specified | Mindfulness-based interventions for people diagnosed with a current episode of an anxiety or depressive disorder: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.cited 236× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - for the relief of symptoms related to | depression and anxiety | Human | diabetic patients | Not specified | Effects of Mindfulness on Diabetes Mellitus: Rationale and Overview.cited 17× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - appear to have psychological benefits reducing | depression, anxiety and distress symptoms | Human | adults with types 1 and 2 diabetes | Not available | Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based interventions on physiological and psychological complications in adults with diabetes: A systematic review.cited 48× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - were effective | generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) | Human | university and college students | Not specified | Interventions for common mental health problems among university and college students: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 94× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - significantly decreased | levels of anxiety | Human | people with lung cancer | 45 minutes of daily home practice (for the most effective subgroup) | Effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions on anxiety, depression, and fatigue in people with lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 46× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - reduced | nurses' anxiety | Human | nurses | Not specified (duration-based: 4-week and 8-week interventions) | The effects of mindfulness-based interventions on nurses' anxiety and depression: A meta-analysis.cited 15× |
| mindfulness intervention for 8 weeks or less | Decreases - can significantly reduce | nurses' anxiety and depression levels | Human | nurses | Not specified (duration-based: 4-week and 8-week interventions) | The effects of mindfulness-based interventions on nurses' anxiety and depression: A meta-analysis.cited 15× |
| 8-week mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - reduced | level of anxiety | Human | nurses | Not specified (duration-based: 4-week and 8-week interventions) | The effects of mindfulness-based interventions on nurses' anxiety and depression: A meta-analysis.cited 15× |
| 4-week mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - reduced | level of anxiety | Human | nurses | Not specified (duration-based: 4-week and 8-week interventions) | The effects of mindfulness-based interventions on nurses' anxiety and depression: A meta-analysis.cited 15× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) | No effect - Group by time interaction effects were observed with | PSS, MAAS, KSQ-depression, KSQ-hostility, and KSQ-anxiety | Human | young adults (aged 21-35) with ACE | 8-week MBI program (specific frequency not detailed). | Temporal dynamics and long-term effects of a mindfulness-based intervention for young adults with adverse childhood experiences.cited 2× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - significant improvements | symptoms of anxiety | Human | people with CKD undergoing hemodialysis | Not specified | Impacts of mindfulness-based interventions in people undergoing hemodialysis: a systematic review.cited 10× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - can reduce symptoms | symptoms of anxiety and depression | Human | adolescents | Not specified | Mindfulness-based interventions for adolescent health.cited 33× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) | Decreases - decreases | trait anxiety | Human | patients with depression and/or anxiety | Not available | Effect of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Self-Compassionate Behaviors: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 1× |
| Mindfulness practice | Decreases - appeared to improve | anxiety | Human | cancer patients | Not specified | Effectiveness of Digital-Based Interventions on Physical and Psychological Outcomes Among Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. |
| mindfulness practice | No effect - may enhance treatment | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | The potential impact of mindfulness on exposure and extinction learning in anxiety disorders.cited 68× |
| mindfulness based approaches | No effect - have shown promise | treatment of various anxiety disorders | Human | — | Not specified | The potential impact of mindfulness on exposure and extinction learning in anxiety disorders.cited 68× |
| mindfulness-based treatments | Increases - may positively impact | exposure and extinction processes in the treatment of anxiety disorders | Human | — | Not specified | The potential impact of mindfulness on exposure and extinction learning in anxiety disorders.cited 68× |
| mindfulness practice | Decreases - reduced | anxiety | Human | senior medical students | Daily use of an audio CD of guided mindfulness practice. | A randomised controlled trial of the effects of mindfulness practice on medical student stress levels.cited 169× |
| audio CD of guided mindfulness practice | Decreases - demonstrated significant reductions in scores | anxiety component of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) | Human | participants in the intervention group | Daily use of an audio CD of guided mindfulness practice. | A randomised controlled trial of the effects of mindfulness practice on medical student stress levels.cited 169× |
| audio CD of guided mindfulness practice | Decreases - demonstrated a borderline significant effect | stress component of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) | Human | participants in the intervention group | Daily use of an audio CD of guided mindfulness practice. | A randomised controlled trial of the effects of mindfulness practice on medical student stress levels.cited 169× |
| mindfulness-based task | Decreases - led to reductions | anxiety | Human | Nonclinical participants | Not specified | The attention training technique, self-focused attention, and anxiety: a laboratory-based component study.cited 18× |
| mindfulness-based task | Decreases - increases in self-focused attention were related to less anxiety | anxiety | Human | Nonclinical participants | Not specified | The attention training technique, self-focused attention, and anxiety: a laboratory-based component study.cited 18× |
| 12-week group mindfulness-based intervention tailored for persons with social anxiety disorder (MBI-SAD) | Decreases - fared better than WL in improving | social anxiety symptom severity | Human | persons with social anxiety disorder | Not specified (12 weekly group sessions). | Preliminary Investigation of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Social Anxiety Disorder That Integrates Compassion Meditation and Mindful Exposure.cited 28× |
| 14-day mindfulness ecological momentary intervention (MEMI) | Decreases - yielded statistically significantly larger improvements | momentary anxiety | Human | participants with self-reported social anxiety disorder (SAD) | Mindfulness exercises prompted five times daily. | Is a brief mindfulness ecological momentary intervention more efficacious than a self-monitoring app for social anxiety disorder? A randomized controlled trial.cited 5× |
| abbreviated mindfulness training course | Decreases - was associated with reductions | anxiety | Human | primary care clinicians | Not specified | Abbreviated mindfulness intervention for job satisfaction, quality of life, and compassion in primary care clinicians: a pilot study.cited 232× |
| abbreviated mindfulness course | Decreases - had significantly better scores | Anxiety | Human | primary care clinicians | Not specified | Abbreviated mindfulness intervention for job satisfaction, quality of life, and compassion in primary care clinicians: a pilot study.cited 232× |
| prenatal mindfulness program | Decreases - reduced | prenatal anxiety | Human | women participating in a prenatal mindfulness program | 8-week course (specific frequency not detailed). | Effects of a prenatal mindfulness program on longitudinal changes in stress, anxiety, depression, and mother-infant bonding of women with a tendency to perinatal mood and anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled trial.cited 6× |
| mindfulness training programme | Decreases - significant reduction | anxiety | Human | teachers of Secondary School Education | Not specified | Reducing teachers' psychological distress through a mindfulness training program.cited 34× |
| mindfulness training programme | Decreases - significant reduction | phobic anxiety | Human | teachers of Secondary School Education | Not specified | Reducing teachers' psychological distress through a mindfulness training program.cited 34× |
| mindfulness practices such as meditation | Decreases - led to significant reductions | anxiety | Human | university students, aged 18-25 without severe MH conditions | Not specified | Effectiveness of physical activity, mindfulness and mind-body therapies in improving mental health of university students: a systematic review of RCTS.cited 1× |
| Mindfulness-Based Progressive Muscle Relaxation (MB-PMR) | No effect - impact on | anxiety | Human | High trait anxious participants | Not specified | Mechanisms of Change During Attention Training and Mindfulness in High Trait-Anxious Individuals: A Randomized Controlled Study.cited 15× |
| mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - significantly less | anxiety | Human | breast-feeding mothers | Not specified | Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention on psychological distress, well-being, and maternal self-efficacy in breast-feeding mothers: results of a pilot study.cited 87× |
| mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - reduced | anxiety | Human | HSCT survivors | Structured 8-week mindfulness training program (specific frequency not detailed). | A mindfulness-based program for improving quality of life among hematopoietic stem cell transplantation survivors: feasibility and preliminary findings.cited 23× |
| mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | No effect - no significant improvements | anxiety | Human | people with dementia | Not specified | Effects of Mindfulness-based Interventions on Dementia Patients: A Meta-analysis.cited 13× |
| mindfulness-based intervention (MI) | Decreases - displayed significant linear declines | anxiety | Human | first-year college students | Not specified | Daily change patterns in mindfulness and psychological health: A pilot intervention.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | No effect - Mixed effects were observed for | anxiety | Human | people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based intervention on glycemic control and psychological outcomes in people with diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 35× |
| mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | No effect - were not significant | anxiety (BAI) | Human | people with epilepsy (PWE) | Six 2.5-hour weekly sessions | Mindfulness-based intervention to promote psychological wellbeing in people with epilepsy: A randomized controlled trial.cited 8× |
| mindfulness-based intervention | No effect - remained unchanged | anxiety | Human | pregnant women with recurrent miscarriage | 1-hour education session and daily mindfulness exercises guided by audio recordings. | Mindfulness-based intervention in Chinese pregnant women with recurrent miscarriage: A non-randomized controlled study.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-based intervention | No effect - will be analyzed | anxiety | Human | Chinese family caregivers of frail older adults | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Caregivers of Frail Older Chinese Adults: A Study Protocol.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - more effective than the control group in reducing | anxiety | Human | infertile women | Not specified | The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Emotional States of Women Undergoing Fertility Treatment: A Meta-Analysis.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based intervention (BMT) | Decreases - mediated the association between worry symptoms at baseline and anxiety at the endpoint | anxiety | Human | individuals diagnosed with GAD | Not specified | Mechanisms of improvement in generalized anxiety disorder: A mediation and moderated mediation analysis from a randomized controlled trial.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based intervention (BMT) | No effect - did not moderate the associations | anxiety | Human | individuals diagnosed with GAD | Not specified | Mechanisms of improvement in generalized anxiety disorder: A mediation and moderated mediation analysis from a randomized controlled trial.cited 1× |
| Mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - had moderate effects | anxiety | Human | pregnant women | Not specified | The Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Mental Health Outcomes in Pregnant Woman: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - effectively relieve | anxiety | Human | female infertility patients | Not specified | The effects of mindfulness therapy on infertile female patients: A meta-analysis.cited 2× |
| mindfulness therapy | Decreases - effectively relieve | anxiety | Human | infertile women | Not specified | The effects of mindfulness therapy on infertile female patients: A meta-analysis.cited 2× |
| mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - effectively alleviate | anxiety and suicide ideation | Human | — | Not specified (8-week mindfulness training program). | The effects of mindfulness training on suicide ideation among left-behind children in China: A randomized controlled trial.cited 24× |
| mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - effectively reduce | suicide ideation and social anxiety | Human | left-behind children in China | Not specified (8-week mindfulness training program). | The effects of mindfulness training on suicide ideation among left-behind children in China: A randomized controlled trial.cited 24× |
| 8-week mindfulness training programme | Decreases - decreases | social anxiety | Human | left-behind children | Not specified (8-week mindfulness training program). | The effects of mindfulness training on suicide ideation among left-behind children in China: A randomized controlled trial.cited 24× |
| mindfulness-based intervention | No effect - shows no obvious impact | anxiety score | Human | patients with heart diseases | Not specified | The efficacy of mindfulness-based intervention for heart diseases: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 6× |
| mindfulness-based intervention (Body in Mind Training [BMT]) | Decreases - predicted a greater reduction | anxiety symptoms | Human | patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) | Not specified | Early emotional memories and bonding as predictors of short-term and long-term outcome in adults with generalized anxiety disorder. |
| mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | No effect - no significant difference | HADS anxiety subscale | Human | persons newly diagnosed (within 1 year) with RMS | 10-week group-based MBI sessions (frequency not specified). | A mindfulness group intervention in newly diagnosed persons with multiple sclerosis: A pilot study.cited 8× |
| mindfulness-based intervention (caring mindfulness-based approach for seniors; CMBAS) | No effect - is not superior to | reducing subclinical anxiety symptoms | Human | older adults experiencing subjective cognitive decline (SCD) | Not specified | Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention versus Health Self-Management on Subclinical Anxiety in Older Adults with Subjective Cognitive Decline: The SCD-Well Randomized Superiority Trial.cited 20× |
| mindfulness-based intervention (caring mindfulness-based approach for seniors; CMBAS) | No effect - no between-group differences were observed for change in | state anxiety | Human | participants with SCD | Not specified | Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention versus Health Self-Management on Subclinical Anxiety in Older Adults with Subjective Cognitive Decline: The SCD-Well Randomized Superiority Trial.cited 20× |
| mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - similar levels of improvement | rumination, worry, depressive, and anxiety symptoms | Human | 256 at-risk individuals | Not specified | Efficacy of Internet-based rumination-focused cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based intervention with guided support in reducing risks of depression and anxiety: A randomized controlled trial.cited 4× |
| mindfulness-based intervention | Increases - significant increase | stress and anxiety | Human | first-time mothers | Eight 90-minute mindfulness sessions. | Effectiveness of mindfulness-based intervention in the improvement of maternal role adaptation among first time mothers: A randomized controlled trial.cited 4× |
| Neurofeedback-Assisted Mindfulness Training Program (NAMTP) | No effect - analyzed | signs of anxiety | Human | young population aged 18-35 years | 25 sessions (2-3 per week), each lasting 10-15 minutes. | Study protocol of a proposed Neurofeedback-Assisted Mindfulness Training Program on symptoms of anxiety and psychological distress associated with smartphone use in young adults: a randomized controlled trial. |
| Mindfulness to Enhance Quality of Life and Support Advance Care Planning (MEANING) intervention | No effect - were not statistically significant | anxiety | Human | patients and caregivers | Six weekly group sessions of mindfulness intervention. | Mindfulness to enhance quality of life and support advance care planning: a pilot randomized controlled trial for adults with advanced cancer and their family caregivers.cited 2× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention | Decreases - significantly greater improvements | anxiety | Human | patients with inflammatory bowel disease | 8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction training group (specific daily minutes meditated not quantified in abstract). | A Controlled Study of a Group Mindfulness Intervention for Individuals Living With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.cited 58× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention | Decreases - A statistically significant difference emerged in the mean score of symptoms of anxiety in favor of the intervention group | symptoms of anxiety | Human | Long-COVID patients | 8-week Mindfulness program (2 hours per week in group format). | The impact of Mindfulness-based stress reduction on Covid-19 survivors. A randomized controlled trial. |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) during pregnancy | Decreases - can relieve | maternal depressive and anxiety symptoms | Human | — | Not available | The effect of mindfulness-based interventions during pregnancy on postpartum mental health: A meta-analysis.cited 14× |
| unguided mindfulness-based self-help (MBSH) | Decreases - demonstrated small, statistically significant effects | anxiety | Human | randomized controlled trial participants | Not specified | Can a little bit of mindfulness do you good? A systematic review and meta-analyses of unguided mindfulness-based self-help interventions.cited 38× |
| unguided mindfulness-based self-help (MBSH) | No effect - significant effects were not retained | anxiety | Human | randomized controlled trial participants | Not specified | Can a little bit of mindfulness do you good? A systematic review and meta-analyses of unguided mindfulness-based self-help interventions.cited 38× |
| a brief mindfulness intervention | Decreases - reducing | anxiety | Human | early psychosis patients | 3-minute mindfulness exercise (single session). | Efficacy of a brief mindfulness intervention upon anxiety in early psychosis patients.cited 3× |
| a brief mindfulness exercise | Decreases - produced a significant reduction | state anxiety | Human | early psychosis patients | 3-minute mindfulness exercise (single session). | Efficacy of a brief mindfulness intervention upon anxiety in early psychosis patients.cited 3× |
| a 3-minute mindfulness exercise | Decreases - decreased | Anxiety Subscale of the POMS scores | Human | patients who had experienced an initial episode of psychosis, with less than 30 months of antipsychotic exposure | 3-minute mindfulness exercise (single session). | Efficacy of a brief mindfulness intervention upon anxiety in early psychosis patients.cited 3× |
| Mindfulness-based narrative therapy (MBNT) | Decreases - was found to ameliorate | anxiety and depression | Human | cancer patients | Not specified | Mindfulness-based narrative therapy for depression in cancer patients.cited 7× |
| 12-week multicomponent treatment based on pain neuroscience education, therapeutic exercise, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness | Decreases - differences with a moderate size effect (Cohen d > 0.50 and <0.80) were found | anxiety | Human | patients with fibromyalgia | 2-hour weekly sessions (group-based, 20 participants per group). | Effectiveness of a Multicomponent Treatment Based on Pain Neuroscience Education, Therapeutic Exercise, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Mindfulness in Patients With Fibromyalgia (FIBROWALK Study): A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 48× |
| mindfulness programs | Decreases - a decrease | pregnancy-related stress and anxiety | Human | expectant mothers | Not specified (1-week electronic course). | Effects of a Brief Electronic Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Relieving Prenatal Depression and Anxiety in Hospitalized High-Risk Pregnant Women: Exploratory Pilot Study.cited 27× |
| 1-week electronic course on mindfulness | Decreases - significant reduction | mean state anxiety levels | Human | participants | Not specified (1-week electronic course). | Effects of a Brief Electronic Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Relieving Prenatal Depression and Anxiety in Hospitalized High-Risk Pregnant Women: Exploratory Pilot Study.cited 27× |
| mindfulness-based intervention training | Decreases - significantly reduced | anxiety | Human | patients with IBD | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Psychological Comorbidities in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.cited 2× |
| mindfulness-based music therapy intervention | Decreases - non-significant changes | anxiety | Human | AYAs receiving cancer treatment | Four sessions of individual mindfulness-based music therapy over twelve weeks. | Exploring the Feasibility of a Mindfulness-Music Therapy Intervention to Improve Anxiety and Stress in Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer.cited 14× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention through a mobile application ("En Calma en el Quirófano") | No effect - no significant changes between groups and time | anxiety and depression symptoms (HADS), quality of life (WHOQOL), pain (VAS), satisfaction (CSQ) | Human | patients with colorectal cancer | Not specified | Mindfulness based intervention through mobile app for colorectal cancer people awaiting surgery: A randomized clinical trial.cited 9× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention through a mobile application ("En Calma en el Quirófano") | Decreases - slight trend in which intervention group had less depression and anxiety symptoms | depression and anxiety symptoms | Human | patients with colorectal cancer | Not specified | Mindfulness based intervention through mobile app for colorectal cancer people awaiting surgery: A randomized clinical trial.cited 9× |
| Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (CBT-MBSR) program | Decreases - significant multivariate effect on reducing test anxiety | test anxiety | Human | TVET students | Not specified | Impact of cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction in mitigating test anxiety and enhancing academic achievement among vocational education students at Nigerian universities. |
| Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (CBT-MBSR) program | Decreases - significantly lower post-treatment test anxiety scores | test anxiety scores | Human | TVET students | Not specified | Impact of cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction in mitigating test anxiety and enhancing academic achievement among vocational education students at Nigerian universities. |
| mindfulness therapy, meditation and yoga | Decreases - reduce and/or manage | psychological effects of stress and anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | The benefits of yoga in children.cited 22× |
| self-help app based on acceptance and commitment therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural therapy | Decreases - reduction | anxiety | Human | young Indigenous people who have suicidal thoughts but who are not actively suicidal | Not specified | The effectiveness of a suicide prevention app for indigenous Australian youths: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 39× |
| mindfulness-based and ACT-based interventions | Decreases - were effective in decreasing | anxiety | Human | parents of children with developmental disabilities | Not specified | The Effect of Mindfulness-Based and Acceptance Commitment Therapy-Based Interventions to Improve the Mental Well-Being Among Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.cited 13× |
| mindfulness-based therapies | No effect - mixed results | anxiety | Human | Parkinson's disease (PD) patients | Not specified | A Systematic Review of Psychotherapy Approaches for Anxiety in Parkinson's Disease.cited 8× |
| mindfulness-based therapies | Decreases - effective treatments | anxiety and depressive disorders | Human | patients with cancer | Not specified | Anxiety and depression in adult cancer patients: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline.cited 69× |
| mindfulness yoga program | Decreases - significantly better improvement | anxiety | Human | patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson disease | Mindfulness yoga was delivered in 90-minute group sessions, and SRTE in 60-minute group sessions, both for 8 weeks. | Effects of Mindfulness Yoga vs Stretching and Resistance Training Exercises on Anxiety and Depression for People With Parkinson Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 199× |
| mindfulness yoga program | Decreases - reduction in | anxiety | Human | patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson disease | Mindfulness yoga was delivered in 90-minute group sessions, and SRTE in 60-minute group sessions, both for 8 weeks. | Effects of Mindfulness Yoga vs Stretching and Resistance Training Exercises on Anxiety and Depression for People With Parkinson Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 199× |
| acting with awareness facet of trait mindfulness | Decreases - eliminated | links between attachment anxiety and having sex to cope and affirm the self | Human | individuals reporting higher levels of the acting with awareness facet of trait mindfulness | Not specified | Containing Attachment Concerns: Does Trait Mindfulness Buffer the Links between Attachment Insecurity and Maladaptive Sexual Motivations?cited 3× |
| mindfulness-based elder care (MBEC) program | Decreases - exhibited significantly lower | anxiety (state-anxiety) | Human | seniors with disabilities in long-term care residential settings | Not specified | Effects of Mindfulness-Based Elder Care (MBEC) on symptoms of depression and anxiety and spiritual well-being of institutionalized seniors with disabilities: a randomized controlled trial.cited 2× |
| short-term mindfulness meditation training | Decreases - relieve | anxiety and tension | Human | patients with gastrointestinal tumors | Daily mindfulness meditation practice from the second day of admission until the fifth day after surgery (excluding the day of surgery). | Mindfulness Meditation Reduces Stress and Hospital Stay in Gastrointestinal Tumor Patients During Perioperative Period. |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme | Decreases - showed a statistically significant decrease | anxiety state | Human | adolescent outpatients in mental health facilities | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction in adolescents with mental disorders: A randomised clinical trial.cited 12× |
| compassion, acceptance, and mindfulness (CAM) therapy | Decreases - a decrease | anxiety | Human | individuals with early psychosis | 8 weekly group sessions of 60-75 minutes each. | Third-wave strategies for emotion regulation in early psychosis: a pilot study.cited 37× |
| nondrug interventions, such as mindfulness and yoga | Decreases - effectively reduce | anxiety | Human | breast cancer patients | Not available | A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions to reduce perceived stress in breast cancer patients.cited 4× |
| mindfulness and yoga | Decreases - had excellent effects against | anxiety | Human | breast cancer patients | Not available | A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions to reduce perceived stress in breast cancer patients.cited 4× |
| mindfulness and acceptance-based intervention | Decreases - statistically significant reduction | symptoms of anxiety | Human | Adolescents with HIV (AWH) in Uganda | Weekly 90-minute group sessions for four consecutive weeks. | Effectiveness of a mindfulness and acceptance-based intervention for improving the mental health of adolescents with HIV in Uganda: An open-label trial.cited 2× |
| Cognitive, behavioral and mindfulness interventions | Decreases - were associated with decreased symptoms | anxiety | Human | university students | Not specified | Interventions to reduce stress in university students: a review and meta-analysis.cited 362× |
| short-term mindfulness meditation program | Decreases - most likely to benefit from | anxiety | Human | individuals with moderate anxiety | 30 minutes daily | A randomized controlled trial of the effects of brief mindfulness meditation on anxiety symptoms and systolic blood pressure in Chinese nursing students.cited 90× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - differences between pre- and post-treatment scores were significantly larger | Self-Rating Anxiety Scale scores | Human | meditation group | 30 minutes daily | A randomized controlled trial of the effects of brief mindfulness meditation on anxiety symptoms and systolic blood pressure in Chinese nursing students.cited 90× |
| brief mindfulness meditation | Decreases - beneficial for | anxiety symptoms | Human | Chinese nursing students | 30 minutes daily | A randomized controlled trial of the effects of brief mindfulness meditation on anxiety symptoms and systolic blood pressure in Chinese nursing students.cited 90× |
| 8-week mindfulness stress management program | Decreases - statistically significant reductions | anxiety symptoms | Human | reproductive age women with PCOS | Not specified (8-week mindfulness program). | Impact of a mindfulness stress management program on stress, anxiety, depression and quality of life in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.cited 71× |
| tailored mindfulness-based intervention (MBI, REMIND 2.0) | No effect - no significant interactions | anxiety | Human | people with mental illness | Not specified | A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Among People Recovering from Mental Illness: A Tailored Mindfulness-Based Intervention versus Relaxation Training. |
| Internet-delivered mindfulness stress reduction combined with acceptance and commitment therapy (IMSR-ACT) | Decreases - significant decrease | awareness of bodily sensation or changes subscale of Health Anxiety inventory | Human | caregivers of patients infected by COVID-19 | Not specified (techniques delivered over 9 weeks via WhatsApp). | The Effect of Internet-delivered Mindfulness Stress Reduction Combined with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Health Anxiety and Quality of Life of Caregiver of Patients Infected by COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 2× |
| Internet-delivered mindfulness stress reduction combined with acceptance and commitment therapy (IMSR-ACT) | Decreases - could improve | health anxiety | Human | caregivers with patients infected by COVID-19 | Not specified (techniques delivered over 9 weeks via WhatsApp). | The Effect of Internet-delivered Mindfulness Stress Reduction Combined with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Health Anxiety and Quality of Life of Caregiver of Patients Infected by COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 2× |
| Internet-delivered mindfulness stress reduction combined with acceptance and commitment therapy (IMSR-ACT) | Decreases - significant decrease | total score of Health Anxiety inventory | Human | caregivers of patients infected by COVID-19 | Not specified (techniques delivered over 9 weeks via WhatsApp). | The Effect of Internet-delivered Mindfulness Stress Reduction Combined with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Health Anxiety and Quality of Life of Caregiver of Patients Infected by COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 2× |
| Internet-delivered mindfulness stress reduction combined with acceptance and commitment therapy (IMSR-ACT) | Decreases - significant decrease | worry about consequences subscale of Health Anxiety inventory | Human | caregivers of patients infected by COVID-19 | Not specified (techniques delivered over 9 weeks via WhatsApp). | The Effect of Internet-delivered Mindfulness Stress Reduction Combined with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Health Anxiety and Quality of Life of Caregiver of Patients Infected by COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 2× |
| Internet-delivered mindfulness stress reduction combined with acceptance and commitment therapy (IMSR-ACT) | Decreases - significant decrease | worry about health subscale of Health Anxiety inventory | Human | caregivers of patients infected by COVID-19 | Not specified (techniques delivered over 9 weeks via WhatsApp). | The Effect of Internet-delivered Mindfulness Stress Reduction Combined with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Health Anxiety and Quality of Life of Caregiver of Patients Infected by COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 2× |
| mindfulness practices including meditation | Decreases - reduce | anxiety | Human | during pregnancy | Not specified. | Meditation and Mindfulness in Pregnancy and Postpartum: A Review of the Evidence.cited 20× |
| online mindfulness interventions | Decreases - significantly improved | anxiety | Human | Patients from a regional hospital | Not specified | Effectiveness of Online Mindfulness Platform in Improving Anxiety, Depression, and Stress in Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Control Trial. |
| online mindfulness interventions | Decreases - significantly lower | anxiety scores | Human | Patients from a regional hospital | Not specified | Effectiveness of Online Mindfulness Platform in Improving Anxiety, Depression, and Stress in Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Control Trial. |
| online mindfulness interventions | No effect - no evidence of the effectiveness on | anxiety | Human | medical students | Not specified | Effectiveness of online mindfulness interventions on medical students' mental health: a systematic review.cited 29× |
| relatively brief interventions designed to reduce stress; most commonly using mindfulness-based or guided meditation approaches | No effect - limited evidence of an effect | depression, anxiety and stress | Human | medical students | Not specified | Effectiveness of universal programmes for the prevention of suicidal ideation, behaviour and mental ill health in medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 26× |
| mindfulness and/or relaxation-based interventions | Decreases - may be effective at reducing | anxiety symptoms | Human | NICU parents | Not specified | Mindfulness and Relaxation-Based Interventions to Reduce Parental Stress, Anxiety and/or Depressive Symptoms in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review.cited 2× |
| low-intensity interventions including mindfulness and acceptance-based components | Decreases - produced significant benefits | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | Can mindfulness and acceptance be learnt by self-help?: a systematic review and meta-analysis of mindfulness and acceptance-based self-help interventions.cited 159× |
| Mindfulness-Based Childbirth Education (MBCE) | Decreases - significant improvements were found in | anxiety | Human | pregnant women | Weekly group sessions over 8 weeks (specific mindfulness dosage not detailed). | Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Childbirth Education pilot study on maternal self-efficacy and fear of childbirth.cited 91× |
| Mindfulness-Based Childbirth Education (MBCE) | Decreases - aimed to reduce | anxiety | Human | pregnant women | Weekly group sessions over 8 weeks (specific mindfulness dosage not detailed). | Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Childbirth Education pilot study on maternal self-efficacy and fear of childbirth.cited 91× |
| mindfulness and acceptance-based treatment (MABT) | Affects - comparing | anxiety sensitivity | Human | Adult participants with BN | Not specified | Early reduction in anxiety sensitivity predicts greater reduction in disordered eating and trait anxiety during treatment for bulimia nervosa. |
| mindfulness and acceptance-based treatment (MABT) | No effect - did not differ in either early or total change | anxiety sensitivity | Human | Adult participants with BN | Not specified | Early reduction in anxiety sensitivity predicts greater reduction in disordered eating and trait anxiety during treatment for bulimia nervosa. |
| phone-delivered mindfulness intervention | Decreases - improved | anxiety | Human | patients with defibrillators | Eight weekly individual phone sessions. | Phone-delivered mindfulness training for patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators: results of a pilot randomized controlled trial.cited 22× |
| Mindfulness-based art therapy (MBAT) | Decreases - decreased significantly | anxiety | Human | breast cancer patients | 12 sessions (frequency not specified). | Beneficial Effect of Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy in Patients with Breast Cancer-A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 52× |
| Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy (MBAT) | Decreases - experienced significant reductions | anxiety | Human | full-time students at a public university | Not specified | Therapeutic psychological and biological responses to mindfulness-based art therapy.cited 17× |
| mindfulness-based art therapy (MBAT) | Decreases - elicited relaxing and calming effects | psychological and physiological impacts of stress and anxiety | Human | college students | Not specified | A qualitative inquiry comparing mindfulness-based art therapy versus neutral clay tasks as a proactive mental health solution for college students.cited 4× |
| Mindfulness-based art therapy (MBAT) | Decreases - showed significant effects for groups, time, and interaction | trait anxiety | Human | CAD patients | 12 sessions of MBAT (specific duration per session not mentioned). | Effects of Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy on Psychological Symptoms in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.cited 17× |
| metacognitive detached mindfulness therapy | Decreases - decreased | symptoms of depression and anxiety | Human | 45 female patients | Not specified | Effects of psychotherapy in combination with pharmacotherapy, when compared to pharmacotherapy only on blood pressure, depression, and anxiety in female patients with hypertension.cited 20× |
| mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions | Decreases - showed small to moderate effects in favor of | anxiety | Human | patients with fibromyalgia | Not specified | Mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions for patients with fibromyalgia - A systematic review and meta-analyses.cited 76× |
| mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions (MABIs) | Decreases - large effects of MABIs on reducing | anxiety | Human | individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) | Not specified | Mindfulness- and Acceptance-Based Interventions for Symptom Reduction in Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.cited 14× |
| mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions (MABIs) | Decreases - large effects of MABIs on reducing | anxiety | Human | individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) | Not specified | Mindfulness- and Acceptance-Based Interventions for Symptom Reduction in Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.cited 14× |
| Mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions (MABIs) | Decreases - overall between-group Hedges'g was | anxiety symptoms | Human | patients diagnosed with anxiety disorders | Not specified | Mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions for anxiety disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 185× |
| Mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions (MABIs) | Decreases - yielded overall Hedges'g effect sizes of | anxiety symptoms | Human | patients diagnosed with anxiety disorders | Not specified | Mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions for anxiety disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 185× |
| Mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions (MABIs) | Increases - observed superiority in effect size for | clinical trials on samples of patients with mixed anxiety disorders | Human | patients with mixed anxiety disorders | Not specified | Mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions for anxiety disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 185× |
| Mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions (MABIs) | Decreases - are associated with robust and substantial reductions | symptoms of anxiety | Human | patients with diagnoses of anxiety disorders | Not specified | Mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions for anxiety disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 185× |
| Wim Hof Method (WHM) - combined cold exposure, controlled breathing and mindfulness | Increases - significantly higher improvement | anxiety - GAD | Human | patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) | Not specified (WHM-based training program). | A supplementary training program integrating cold exposure, breathing exercises and mindfulness as a complementary treatment for neuropsychological aspects of multiple sclerosis - a pilot interventional study. |
| brief (5-week) mindfulness-based stress reduction (brief MBSR) program | No effect - Significant reductions were not evident | trait anxiety | Human | 119 undergraduate students (treatment: n = 72; control: n = 47) | Not specified | Examining the efficacy of a brief mindfulness-based stress reduction (Brief MBSR) program on psychological health.cited 57× |
| Compassion-Mindfulness Therapy (C-MT) program | Decreases - demonstrated significant decreases | anxiety | Human | Individuals with depressive and anxiety symptoms | Not specified | The Chinese medicine construct "stagnation" in mind-body connection mediates the effects of mindfulness training on depression and anxiety.cited 9× |
| Compassion-Mindfulness Therapy (C-MT) program | Decreases - effect of treatment reduced | anxiety | Human | Individuals with depressive and anxiety symptoms | Not specified | The Chinese medicine construct "stagnation" in mind-body connection mediates the effects of mindfulness training on depression and anxiety.cited 9× |
| Compassion-Mindfulness Therapy (C-MT) program | Decreases - significant reductions | anxiety | Human | Individuals with depressive and anxiety symptoms | Not specified | The Chinese medicine construct "stagnation" in mind-body connection mediates the effects of mindfulness training on depression and anxiety.cited 9× |
| eHealth mindfulness-based programs (eMBPs) | Decreases - reducing anxiety and depression | anxiety and depression | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Programs for Patients With Cancer via eHealth and Mobile Health: Systematic Review and Synthesis of Quantitative Research.cited 44× |
| eHealth mindfulness-based programs (eMBPs) | Decreases - have the potential to reduce | levels of anxiety | Human | patients with cancer | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Programs for Patients With Cancer via eHealth and Mobile Health: Systematic Review and Synthesis of Quantitative Research.cited 44× |
| mindfulness-based mobile application (IVFmind) | Decreases - significant reductions | anxiety | Human | experimental group (women undergoing infertility treatment) | Not specified | The effect of mindfulness-based nursing support on the psychosocial status of women receiving infertility treatment: a randomized controlled trial. |
| mindfulness-based mobile application (IVFmind) | Decreases - significantly lower post-test scores | Depression Anxiety Stress Scale scores | Human | women undergoing infertility treatment (IVF) | Not specified | The effect of mindfulness-based nursing support on the psychosocial status of women receiving infertility treatment: a randomized controlled trial. |
| app-delivered mindfulness program for anxiety | Decreases - significant treatment response relative to controls | anxiety | Human | cluster 3 (non-reactive and aware) | Not specified | Cluster-based psychological phenotyping and differences in anxiety treatment outcomes. |
| app-delivered mindfulness program for anxiety | Decreases - significant treatment response relative to controls | anxiety | Human | treatment-seeking individuals | Not specified | Cluster-based psychological phenotyping and differences in anxiety treatment outcomes. |
| app-delivered mindfulness program for anxiety | Decreases - significant treatment response relative to controls | anxiety | Human | cluster 1 (severely anxious with body/emotional awareness) | Not specified | Cluster-based psychological phenotyping and differences in anxiety treatment outcomes. |
| app-delivered mindfulness program for anxiety | No effect - not significant treatment response relative to controls | anxiety | Human | cluster 2 (body/emotionally unaware) | Not specified | Cluster-based psychological phenotyping and differences in anxiety treatment outcomes. |
| mindfulness-based group therapy (mindfulness) | Decreases - improvement in symptoms | depression and anxiety | Human | mild to moderate depression and anxiety patients | Not specified | Role of IL-8, CRP and epidermal growth factor in depression and anxiety patients treated with mindfulness-based therapy or cognitive behavioral therapy in primary health care.cited 37× |
| multicomponent group sleep intervention that includes cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based therapies | Decreases - can reduce | concomitant anxiety symptoms | Human | at-risk adolescents | 7 sessions of 90 minutes each. | The SENSE study: Post intervention effects of a randomized controlled trial of a cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based group sleep improvement intervention among at-risk adolescents.cited 76× |
| therapist-assisted internet-delivered mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (iMBCT) | Decreases - Significant effects were found | anxiety | Human | cancer survivors | Not specified | Internet-delivered mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for anxiety and depression in cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial.cited 68× |
| therapist-assisted internet-delivered mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (iMBCT) | Decreases - The effects were maintained at follow-up | anxiety | Human | cancer survivors | Not specified | Internet-delivered mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for anxiety and depression in cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial.cited 68× |
| mindfulness-based training programs | Decreases - improved | anxiety | Human | medical students | Not specified | Effectiveness of training programs based on mindfulness in reducing psychological distress and promoting well-being in medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 15× |
| mindfulness decompression training | Decreases - can reduce | depression and anxiety | Human | patients with malignant tumors | Not specified (described as "mindfulness decompression training" in addition to routine intervention). | Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction training on the negative emotions and social functioning of patients with laryngeal cancer. |
| brief mindfulness-based stress management program | No effect - coefficient of the group by time interaction was not statistically significant | Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) total score | Human | junior nurses working in hospitals | Four 30-minute individual sessions conducted by trained senior nurses. | Brief mindfulness-based stress management program for a better mental state in working populations - Happy Nurse Project: A randomized controlled trialcited 30× |
| brief mindfulness-based stress management program | No effect - no significant superiority or inferiority was observed | severity of anxiety | Human | junior nurses working in hospitals | Four 30-minute individual sessions conducted by trained senior nurses. | Brief mindfulness-based stress management program for a better mental state in working populations - Happy Nurse Project: A randomized controlled trialcited 30× |
| adapted mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - outperformed | principal anxiety disorder severity outcomes | Human | patients with a DSM-IV anxiety disorder with moderate to severe depressive symptoms | Not specified | Which treatment worked better for whom? Moderators of group cognitive behavioral therapy versus adapted mindfulness based stress reduction for anxiety disorders.cited 43× |
| adapted mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - outperformed | principal anxiety disorder severity outcomes | Human | patients with a DSM-IV anxiety disorder with average anxiety sensitivity | Not specified | Which treatment worked better for whom? Moderators of group cognitive behavioral therapy versus adapted mindfulness based stress reduction for anxiety disorders.cited 43× |
| adapted mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - somewhat effective at reducing | self-reported anxiety symptoms | Human | complex sample | Not specified | Randomized clinical trial of adapted mindfulness-based stress reduction versus group cognitive behavioral therapy for heterogeneous anxiety disorders.cited 69× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction training (MSRT) + flavored Jinshui Liujun decoction (FJLD) + conventional chemotherapy (CC) | Decreases - reductions in | self-rating anxiety scale scores | HumanMolecular | non-small cell lung cancer patients | Not specified | Enhancing recovery in non-small cell lung cancer patients through mindfulness training and Jinshui Liujun decoction supplementation. |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - significant within group improvements | anxiety | Human | women at risk of mental health problems (a selected population) | Not specified | Antenatal mindfulness intervention to reduce depression, anxiety and stress: a pilot randomised controlled trial of the MindBabyBody program in an Australian tertiary maternity hospital.cited 99× |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - significant within group improvements | anxiety | Human | intervention arm of the RCT (universal population) | Not specified | Antenatal mindfulness intervention to reduce depression, anxiety and stress: a pilot randomised controlled trial of the MindBabyBody program in an Australian tertiary maternity hospital.cited 99× |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - reduced | anxiety | Human | people with progressive MS | Eight-week intervention (specific frequency not detailed). | Distress improves after mindfulness training for progressive MS: A pilot randomised trial.cited 80× |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - reduces | anxiety | Human | patients with chronic diseases | Not specified | Effect of mindfulness intervention on anxiety, distress, and depression for chronic diseases: a scoping review.cited 4× |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - lessened | anxiety | Human | CRC survivors | Not specified | Spiritual interventions: Improving the lives of colorectal cancer survivors-A systematic literature review.cited 1× |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - effectively reduced | anxiety | Human | nursing students | Not specified | Addressing Nursing Students' Anxiety During Simulation Sessions: A Pilot Intervention Study. |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - successfully alleviated | anxiety | Human | nursing students | Not specified | Addressing Nursing Students' Anxiety During Simulation Sessions: A Pilot Intervention Study. |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - were equally effective in reducing | anxiety and depression | Human | Participants showing initial signs of CIU | 10 minutes a day | Reducing compulsive Internet use and anxiety symptoms via two brief interventions: A comparison between mindfulness and gradual muscle relaxation.cited 18× |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - Minor decrease | anxiety scores | Human | participants who attended three sessions | Two or three 15-20-minute mindfulness sessions. | A Prospective Mixed Methods Study on Experiences of Mindfulness Intervention on Pain and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing a Colorectal Surgery. |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - decreased significantly | anxiety symptoms | Human | college students with a diagnosis of anxiety and/or depression | 8-week training (frequency not specified). | A Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness Versus Yoga: Effects on Depression and/or Anxiety in College Students.cited 70× |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - is effective for reducing | maternal anxiety and depression | Human | — | Not specified (4-week online intervention). | Emphasizing mindfulness training in acceptance relieves anxiety and depression during pregnancy.cited 10× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - significant decrease | anxiety | Human | first-year college students | Not specified | Promoting healthy transition to college through mindfulness training with first-year college students: Pilot randomized controlled trial.cited 70× |
| mindfulness training | No effect - did not result in | anxiety | Human | patients awaiting kidney transplantation | 8-week program of meditation and yoga (frequency not specified). | Telephone-adapted Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (tMBSR) for patients awaiting kidney transplantation.cited 42× |
| telephone-adapted Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (tMBSR) | No effect - did not differ | anxiety | Human | patients awaiting kidney transplantation | 8-week program of meditation and yoga (frequency not specified). | Telephone-adapted Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (tMBSR) for patients awaiting kidney transplantation.cited 42× |
| mindfulness training | No effect - did not show a significant advantage | anxiety | Human | family caregivers of people with dementia | Not specified | Mindfulness training for psychological stress in family caregivers of persons with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 32× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - significantly reduced | anxiety | Human | people with spinal cord injury (SCI) | 8-week online mindfulness intervention (specific frequency not detailed). | Internet-delivered mindfulness for people with depression and chronic pain following spinal cord injury: a randomized, controlled feasibility trial.cited 54× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - reductions persisted | anxiety | Human | people with spinal cord injury (SCI) | 8-week online mindfulness intervention (specific frequency not detailed). | Internet-delivered mindfulness for people with depression and chronic pain following spinal cord injury: a randomized, controlled feasibility trial.cited 54× |
| mindfulness training (MT) | Decreases - reduced | anxiety state | Human | MT group | Not specified | Brief mindfulness-based training and mindfulness trait attenuate psychological stress in university students: a randomized controlled trial.cited 32× |
| mindfulness training (MT) | Decreases - decrease only occurred | anxiety state | Human | individuals with High Trait Mindfulness | Not specified | Brief mindfulness-based training and mindfulness trait attenuate psychological stress in university students: a randomized controlled trial.cited 32× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - reduced | anxiety symptoms | Human | — | Not specified | Strengthened Hippocampal Circuits Underlie Enhanced Retrieval of Extinguished Fear Memories Following Mindfulness Training.cited 37× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - significantly reduced | anxiety symptoms | Human | participants | Eight weeks of mindfulness training (specific frequency not detailed). | Mindfulness training modifies attentional bias to facial emotion and emotional symptoms.cited 4× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - significant relief | anxiety symptoms | Human | novice orthopedic residents | Not specified | Effect of Mindfulness Training on Skill Performance in Simulator-Based Knee Arthroscopy Training for Novice Residents-A Randomized Controlled Study.cited 1× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - benefits | chronic pain, stress management, anxiety and emotional disorders | Human | — | Weekly mindfulness sessions for 8 weeks (short version of a mindfulness-based stress relaxation program). | Trial Protocol: The use of mindfulness-based intervention for improving bracing compliance for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients: protocol for a randomised, controlled trial.cited 1× |
| mindfulness training (MFT) | Decreases - can be used to treat | fear and anxiety related disorders | Human | — | 4-week MFT intervention delivered via a smartphone app (specific dosage not detailed). | The effect of mindfulness training on extinction retention.cited 13× |
| mindfulness training (MT) | Decreases - promotes nonreactivity | gut-focused anxiety | Human | female IBS patients | Not specified | Therapeutic mechanisms of a mindfulness-based treatment for IBS: effects on visceral sensitivity, catastrophizing, and affective processing of pain sensations.cited 138× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - decreases in | self-reported anxiety | Human | — | Not mentioned. | Hippocampal circuits underlie improvements in self-reported anxiety following mindfulness training.cited 13× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - decreases | sport-specific anxiety | Human | athletes | Not specified | Effects of a Mindfulness Intervention on Sports-Anxiety, Pessimism, and Flow in Competitive Cyclists.cited 44× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - focused on reducing | stress and anxiety | Human | pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus | Not specified | Effectiveness of psychoeducation interventions for pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus: an integrative review.cited 1× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - decreased | trait anxiety | Human | participants in randomized controlled trial | 10-week online interventions with weekly coaching sessions. | Training-related improvements in mental well-being through reduction in negative interpretation bias: A randomized trial of online socio-emotional dyadic and mindfulness interventions.cited 4× |
| mindfulness-based training | No effect - neither training led to reductions | state anxiety | Human | participants in randomized controlled trial | 10-week online interventions with weekly coaching sessions. | Training-related improvements in mental well-being through reduction in negative interpretation bias: A randomized trial of online socio-emotional dyadic and mindfulness interventions.cited 4× |
| stand-alone mindfulness exercises (SAMs) | Decreases - had small to medium effects | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness exercises as stand-alone intervention on symptoms of anxiety and depression: Systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 105× |
| amygdala and insula retraining (AIR) combined with mindfulness training (AIR + Mindfulness) | No effect - will be evaluated | anxiety | Human | patients with Long COVID | Not specified | Effectiveness of an amygdala and insula retraining program combined with mindfulness training to improve the quality of life in patients with long COVID: a randomized controlled trial protocol.cited 1× |
| mindfulness exercises (mindful breathing and mindful raisin-eating) | No effect - did not change over time | anxiety | Human | children aged 10-12 years | Not specified (tasks performed over five days). | Children overcoming picky eating (COPE) - A cluster randomised controlled trial.cited 3× |
| Mindfulness Training for Smokers provided via web-based video instruction with telephone-based counseling support | Decreases - significant pre- to post-intervention decrease | Anxiety Sub-scale of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale | Human | low socioeconomic status smokers | Eight weekly video classes (mean completion 5.55 classes), eight weekly phone calls (mean completion 3.19 calls), and 12.17 minutes/day meditation practice. | Mindfulness training for smokers via web-based video instruction with phone support: a prospective observational study.cited 22× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - was absent | anticipatory (pre-stressor) anxiety | Human | individuals with partially remitted depression | 8-week MBCT course (specific frequency not detailed). | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy improves emotional reactivity to social stress: results from a randomized controlled trial.cited 114× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | No effect - will be used to analyse | anxiety | Human | AYAs with IBD and depression | Not specified | Protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in youth with inflammatory bowel disease and depression.cited 8× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | No effect - will be used to analyse | depression subscale score from the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale | Human | AYAs with IBD and depression | Not specified | Protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in youth with inflammatory bowel disease and depression.cited 8× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy | Decreases - reductions | anxiety | Human | family carers of people living with dementia | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Stress Reduction in Family Carers of People Living with Dementia: A Systematic Review.cited 14× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - large and significant improvements | anxiety | Human | individuals with a diagnosis of cancer | 8 weekly 2-hour sessions, plus daily meditation for up to 1 hour and an additional full-day session. | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for individuals whose lives have been affected by cancer: a randomized controlled trial.cited 104× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | No effect - no significant differences | anxiety | Human | participants with a current episode of major depressive disorder | 8-week group therapy sessions (frequency not specified). | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy vs cognitive behaviour therapy as a treatment for non-melancholic depression.cited 72× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significant improvements | anxiety scores | Human | participants with a current episode of major depressive disorder | 8-week group therapy sessions (frequency not specified). | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy vs cognitive behaviour therapy as a treatment for non-melancholic depression.cited 72× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - was more effective in reducing | anxiety | Human | outpatients with diabetes (type 1 or type 2) and low levels of emotional well-being | Not specified | The effects of a mindfulness-based intervention on emotional distress, quality of life, and HbA(1c) in outpatients with diabetes (DiaMind): a randomized controlled trial.cited 97× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - showed sustained reductions | anxiety (assessed by HADS) | Human | outpatients with diabetes (type-I or type-II) and a lowered level of emotional well-being | Not specified | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for people with diabetes and emotional problems: long-term follow-up findings from the DiaMind randomized controlled trial.cited 52× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - showed sustained reductions | anxiety (assessed by POMS) | Human | outpatients with diabetes (type-I or type-II) and a lowered level of emotional well-being | Not specified | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for people with diabetes and emotional problems: long-term follow-up findings from the DiaMind randomized controlled trial.cited 52× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significant reductions | anxiety | Human | adults with mild to moderate depressive symptomatology | Not specified | The efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy as a public mental health intervention for adults with mild to moderate depressive symptomatology: a randomized controlled trial.cited 23× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significant group × time interaction effects for decreased anxiety | anxiety | Human | participants with GAD | Not specified (8-week MBCT course mentioned, but exact dosage/frequency not detailed). | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy v. group psychoeducation for people with generalised anxiety disorder: randomised controlled trial.cited 48× |
| Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - mediated by increases in the facet observing | anxiety | Human | outpatients with diabetes types 1 and 2 and low levels of emotional wellbeing | Not specified | Mindfulness facets as differential mediators of short and long-term effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in diabetes outpatients: Findings from the DiaMind randomized trial.cited 19× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - showed significant reductions | anxiety | Human | patients with chronic, distressing tinnitus | 8 weekly, 120-minute sessions. | Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy as a Treatment for Chronic Tinnitus: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 51× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - preliminary evidence to support a positive effect on | anxiety | Human | patients with bipolar disorder (BD) | Not Assessed | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for bipolar disorder: A systematic review.cited 37× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | No effect - are expected to show non-inferiority | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | MinT-trial: Mindfulness versus cognitive behavioural therapy in Tinnitus patients: protocol for a randomised controlled, non-inferiority trial.cited 2× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - reduction in symptoms | anxiety | Human | patients with bipolar disorder (BD) | Not specified | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 25× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | No effect - not significantly reduced | anxiety symptoms | Human | patients with bipolar disorder (BD) | Not specified | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 25× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significantly improved | symptoms of anxiety | Human | patients with bipolar disorder (BD) | Not specified | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 25× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | No effect - not significantly improved | symptoms of anxiety | Human | patients with bipolar disorder (BD) | Not specified | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 25× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy | Decreases - described benefits for carers, such as the reduction of anxiety | anxiety | Human | carers | Not specified | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression in people with dementia: A qualitative study on participant, carer and facilitator experiences.cited 4× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | No effect - No effects were found | anxiety | Human | MS patients with cognitive complaints | Not specified | Improved quality of life and psychological symptoms following mindfulness and cognitive rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis and their mediating role for cognition: a randomized controlled trial.cited 3× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - had significant effects | anxiety | Human | patients with IBS | Not specified | Effectiveness of a bioenergy economy program versus mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on the severity and psychological symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - may be associated with improved | anxiety | Human | breast cancer survivors | Not specified | Immediate impact of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) among women with breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 8× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significantly decreased | anxiety levels | Human | breast cancer survivors | Not specified | Immediate impact of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) among women with breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 8× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - associated with stronger response | anxiety | Human | patients with bipolar disorder | Not specified | Predicting which intervention works better for whom: Moderators of treatment effect of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Positive Psychology Intervention in patients with bipolar disorder.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | No effect - remained stable | anxiety | Human | fatigued IBD patients in remission | Not specified | Long-term treatment outcomes of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for fatigue in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: Results of a randomized controlled trial.cited 5× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - was significantly more effective against anxiety | anxiety | Human | individuals who had experienced emotional abuse | 8-week intervention (specific session frequency not detailed). | Effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for treating generalized anxiety disorder and the moderating influence of abuse during childhood: A randomized controlled trial. |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - reduced the severity of anxiety significantly more | severity of anxiety | Human | individuals who had experienced emotional abuse in childhood | 8-week intervention (specific session frequency not detailed). | Effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for treating generalized anxiety disorder and the moderating influence of abuse during childhood: A randomized controlled trial. |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - decreased to a similar extent | severity of anxiety | Human | individuals with GAD | 8-week intervention (specific session frequency not detailed). | Effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for treating generalized anxiety disorder and the moderating influence of abuse during childhood: A randomized controlled trial. |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significant reduction | anxiety | Human | 60 outpatients with DSM-IV-TR OCD attending a specialty OCD clinic | 12 weekly sessions of assigned intervention (MBCT or SMT). | A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy vs stress management training for obsessive-compulsive disorder.cited 13× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - similar effect size | anxiety | Human | older adults | Not specified | Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Depression and Anxiety in Late Life: A Meta-Analysis.cited 4× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - effectiveness | anxiety and despair | Human | older individuals | Not specified | Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Depression and Anxiety in Late Life: A Meta-Analysis.cited 4× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - showed larger decreases | anxiety and depression | Human | women in the MBCT group | Not specified | Does Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy benefit all people with diabetes and comorbid emotional complaints equally? Moderators in the DiaMind trial.cited 11× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - showed | anxiety and depression | Human | men in the MBCT group | Not specified | Does Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy benefit all people with diabetes and comorbid emotional complaints equally? Moderators in the DiaMind trial.cited 11× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - experience less | anxiety and depression | Human | undergraduates with ADHD between ages 19 and 24 | Not specified | A Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for College Students With ADHD.cited 45× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - attenuate | anxiety and depression levels | Human | patients | Not specified (MBCT therapy was administered in addition to rabeprazole and mosapiride). | The effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on the Clinical efficacy and psychological state in patients with functional dyspepsia.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy | Decreases - improves | anxiety and depressive symptoms | Human | patients with bipolar disorder | Not specified | The effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in patients with bipolar disorder: a controlled functional MRI investigation.cited 67× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - Significant improvement | anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) - anxiety subscale) | Human | Japanese breast cancer patients | Eight weekly sessions of MBCT in a group therapy format. | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for Japanese breast cancer patients-a feasibility study.cited 13× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | No effect - did not prove to be mediated by | anxiety at post-treatment | Human | 136 outpatients with treatment-refractory DSM-IV defined anxiety disorder, who insufficiently responded to first-line psychological treatment | Not specified | Mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy for treatment-refractory anxiety disorder: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial.cited 12× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - showed a significantly larger decrease | self-reported anxiety (Beck Anxiety Inventory) | Human | 136 outpatients with treatment-refractory DSM-IV defined anxiety disorder, who insufficiently responded to first-line psychological treatment | Not specified | Mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy for treatment-refractory anxiety disorder: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial.cited 12× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - reductions | anxiety sensitivity | Human | patients (N = 15) with anxiety disorders | Four 75- to 90-minute sessions. | Brief adjunctive mindfulness-based cognitive therapy via Telehealth for anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - reductions | anxiety symptoms | Human | patients (N = 15) with anxiety disorders | Four 75- to 90-minute sessions. | Brief adjunctive mindfulness-based cognitive therapy via Telehealth for anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic.cited 1× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Increases - have efficacy for | anxiety symptoms | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness meditation practices as adjunctive treatments for psychiatric disorders.cited 28× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Increases - have efficacy for | anxiety symptoms | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness meditation practices as adjunctive treatments for psychiatric disorders.cited 28× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | No effect - showed a small and nonsignificant effect size | anxiety symptoms | Human | adults diagnosed with anxiety or depressive disorders | Not specified | The Efficacy and Durability of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in the Treatment of Anxiety and Depressive Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 2× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - showed an overall standardized mean difference of -0.4806 | anxiety symptoms | Human | adults diagnosed with anxiety or depressive disorders | Not specified | The Efficacy and Durability of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in the Treatment of Anxiety and Depressive Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 2× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - has demonstrated a particular effectiveness in improving | anxiety symptoms | Human | patients with bipolar disorder | Not specified | Empirically supported psychosocial interventions for bipolar disorder: Current state of the research.cited 47× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - alleviating | depression and anxiety | Human | — | Three times a week. | The impact of immersive virtual reality meditation for depression and anxiety among inpatients with major depressive and generalized anxiety disorders.cited 2× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - greater improvement | Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 Items (DASS-21) | Human | patients fulfilling ROME-III criteria for FD | 8-week MBCT program (specific frequency not detailed). | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in functional dyspepsia: A pilot randomized trial.cited 8× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - resulting in reduction | depressive and anxiety symptoms | Human | oncology | Not specified | Development of the Therapeutic Alliance and its Association With Internet-Based Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Distressed Cancer Patients: Secondary Analysis of a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 19× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significant reduction | general anxiety | Human | patients with persistent non-cardiac chest pain | 2-hour weekly online guided sessions for 8 weeks. | Mindfulness-based intervention in patients with persistent pain in chest (MIPIC) of non-cardiac cause: a feasibility randomised control study.cited 2× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - reduces | general anxiety | Human | individuals with AA | 8-session in-person MBCT intervention (frequency not specified). | The effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for social anxiety symptoms in people living with alopecia areata: a single-group case-series design.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - demonstrated reductions in | idiographic measures of social anxiety | Human | four participants with AA | 8-session in-person MBCT intervention (frequency not specified). | The effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for social anxiety symptoms in people living with alopecia areata: a single-group case-series design.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - reduces | social anxiety | Human | individuals with AA | 8-session in-person MBCT intervention (frequency not specified). | The effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for social anxiety symptoms in people living with alopecia areata: a single-group case-series design.cited 5× |
| Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - considered to be an acceptable and beneficial treatment | health anxiety | Human | participants with severe health anxiety | Not specified | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for severe health anxiety (hypochondriasis): an interpretative phenomenological analysis of patients' experiences.cited 33× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | No effect - found no effect | levels of anxiety | Human | individuals with MCS | Not specified | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS): Results from a randomized controlled trial with 1 year follow-up.cited 9× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy | Decreases - is effective in reducing | negative thoughts, ineffective attitudes, depression, stress, and anxiety | Human | students | Not specified | Relationship between mindfulness, test anxiety, and academic performance among nursing students. |
| mindfulness-based social-emotional learning (MBSEL) | Decreases - reduces | test stress and anxiety | Human | students | Not specified | Relationship between mindfulness, test anxiety, and academic performance among nursing students. |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy | Increases - weaker evidence supports the use | nonspecific anxiety | Human | patients with bipolar disorder | Not specified | Treating nonspecific anxiety and anxiety disorders in patients with bipolar disorder: a review.cited 42× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | No effect - no significant changes | prostate-specific antigen anxiety | Human | men with advanced PC | 8-week, group-based MBCT intervention delivered by telephone. | Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Advanced Prostate Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 65× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significant differences in mean change scores | STAI State Anxiety subscale | Human | patients with anxiety disorders in secondary-care settings where the vast majority of patients are treatment-resistant to pharmacotherapy | Not specified | Effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in patients with anxiety disorders in secondary-care settings: A randomized controlled trial.cited 23× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significant differences in mean change scores | STAI Trait Anxiety subscale | Human | patients with anxiety disorders in secondary-care settings where the vast majority of patients are treatment-resistant to pharmacotherapy | Not specified | Effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in patients with anxiety disorders in secondary-care settings: A randomized controlled trial.cited 23× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy | Decreases - suggestive of a possible value for treating | symptomatic anxiety | Human | youth | Not specified | Meditation and mindfulness in clinical practice.cited 51× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction | Decreases - suggestive of a possible value for treating | symptomatic anxiety | Human | youth | Not specified | Meditation and mindfulness in clinical practice.cited 51× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - reduce | symptoms of anxiety and depression | Human | people with Parkinson's disease (PD) | 8 weeks of MBCT (specific frequency not detailed). | Study protocol for the MIND-PD study: a randomized controlled trial to investigate clinical and biological effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in people with Parkinson's disease.cited 2× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - improves | symptoms of late-life depression (LLD) and anxiety (LLA) | Human | patients | Weekly 1-hour MBCT-C sessions for 26 weeks (following an initial 8-week MBCT intervention). | Continuation Sessions of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT-C) vs. Treatment as Usual in Late-Life Depression and Anxiety: An Open-Label Extension Study.cited 3× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - showed statistically significant improvement | The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)-state | Human | patients with any diagnosis of anxiety disorders, between the ages of 20 and 74 | 8 weekly 2-hour sessions followed by 2 monthly booster sessions. | Feasibility study of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for anxiety disorders in a Japanese setting.cited 6× |
| Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significant improvement of scores | trait anxiety | Human | IBD patients | 16 hours of structured group training over 8 weeks, plus guided home practice and follow-up sessions. | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for inflammatory bowel disease patients: findings from an exploratory pilot randomised controlled trial.cited 56× |
| mindfulness induction | Decreases - had medium and large effects on | state anxiety | Human | participants with elevated trait/generalised anxiety | Brief audio-based mindfulness induction exercises (specific dosage not detailed). | Psychological and attentional outcomes following acute mindfulness induction among high anxiety individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 4× |
| mindfulness induction | Decreases - showed small and moderate effects on | state anxiety | Human | participants with elevated trait/generalised anxiety | Brief audio-based mindfulness induction exercises (specific dosage not detailed). | Psychological and attentional outcomes following acute mindfulness induction among high anxiety individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 4× |
| mindfulness induction | Decreases - found aspects of state mindfulness mediated reductions in | state anxiety | Human | — | Brief audio-based mindfulness induction exercises (specific dosage not detailed). | Psychological and attentional outcomes following acute mindfulness induction among high anxiety individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 4× |
| mindfulness induction | Decreases - support the use to reduce | state anxiety | Human | anxious individuals | Brief audio-based mindfulness induction exercises (specific dosage not detailed). | Psychological and attentional outcomes following acute mindfulness induction among high anxiety individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 4× |
| simplified emotion-focused mindfulness (sEFM) exercise | No effect - no significant differences | Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale (GAD-7) | Human | participants recruited using the website of a market research company | 5-minute exercises (frequency not specified). | Effects of five-minute internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy and simplified emotion-focused mindfulness on depressive symptoms: a randomized controlled trial.cited 12× |
| 8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention | Decreases - led to a significant reduction | anxiety | Human | breast cancer patients | 8-week and 6-week MBSR interventions (specific session frequency not detailed). | The use of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for breast cancer patients-meta-analysis.cited 4× |
| telephone-delivered mindfulness training (MT) | Decreases - reported reductions in | anxiety | Human | patients in MT | Not specified | Telephone-Delivered Mindfulness Training to Promote Medication Adherence and Reduce Sexual Risk Behavior Among Persons Living with HIV: An Exploratory Clinical Trial.cited 13× |
| Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) programme | Decreases - reported a significant reduction in | anxiety | Human | participants | 8-week MBRP programme (eight sessions). | Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary outcomes of a mindfulness-based relapse prevention program in a naturalistic setting among treatment-seeking patients with alcohol use disorder: a prospective observational study.cited 9× |
| mindfulness yoga intervention | No effect - has no significant effect | anxiety | Human | children with school refusal | — | An exploratory cluster-randomized controlled trial on mindfulness yoga's effectiveness in school-refusing children: reductions in SCAS-C physical injury fears and pulse rate. |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | No effect | anxiety | Human | cancer patients | Not specified | Effects of Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 26× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - showed evidence of reductions | anxiety | Human | people with vascular disease | Not specified | Effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness based cognitive therapy in vascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.cited 173× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significant post-intervention effects | anxiety | Human | women with breast cancer | Not specified | Mindfulness-based interventions for women with breast cancer: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 165× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significant effects up to 6 months after baseline | anxiety | Human | women with breast cancer | Not specified | Mindfulness-based interventions for women with breast cancer: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 165× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significant effects up to 12 months after baseline | anxiety | Human | women with breast cancer | Not specified | Mindfulness-based interventions for women with breast cancer: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 165× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significant effects post-intervention compared to other active interventions | anxiety | Human | women with breast cancer | Not specified | Mindfulness-based interventions for women with breast cancer: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 165× |
| mindfulness-based mental health prevention program | Decreases - provided larger effects | Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) | Human | participants recruited via a large statutory health insurance fund | Not specified | Cost-effectiveness of a mindfulness-based mental health promotion program: economic evaluation of a nonrandomized controlled trial with propensity score matching.cited 8× |
| social media-based mindfulness psycho-behavioral intervention (MCARE) | Decreases - showed significantly greater reductions in | anxiety | Human | patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) | 1 face-to-face session followed by 5 weekly WeChat-delivered sessions. | A Social Media-Based Mindfulness Psycho-Behavioral Intervention (MCARE) for Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome: Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 4× |
| social media-based Mindfulness psyCho-behAvioRal intErvention (MCARE) | Decreases - played a mediating role in the effects | anxiety symptoms | Human | patients with ACS | Six weekly sessions of mindfulness training and disease management. | Mechanisms of a mindfulness psyCho-behAvioRal intErvention (MCARE) on depression and anxiety symptoms in patients with acute coronary syndrome: A longitudinal mediation analysis.cited 4× |
| social media-based Mindfulness psyCho-behAvioRal intErvention (MCARE) | Decreases - exhibited a significant mediating effect | anxiety symptoms | Human | patients with ACS | Six weekly sessions of mindfulness training and disease management. | Mechanisms of a mindfulness psyCho-behAvioRal intErvention (MCARE) on depression and anxiety symptoms in patients with acute coronary syndrome: A longitudinal mediation analysis.cited 4× |
| cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based group sleep intervention | Decreases - was associated with significantly greater improvements | Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) | Human | at-risk adolescents | Not specified | The SENSE Study: Treatment Mechanisms of a Cognitive Behavioral and Mindfulness-Based Group Sleep Improvement Intervention for At-Risk Adolescents.cited 35× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training | Decreases - Significant decrease | anxiety | Human | students from five healthcare graduate programs | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction training is associated with greater empathy and reduced anxiety for graduate healthcare students.cited 72× |
| mindfulness-based interventions with a meditation component | Decreases - appear to be promising in reducing | symptoms of anxiety | Human | older adults | Not specified. | The effectiveness of mindfulness-based meditation treatments for late life anxiety: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.cited 4× |
| mindfulness-based meditation interventions | Decreases - a reduction in | symptoms of anxiety | Human | participants | Not specified. | The effectiveness of mindfulness-based meditation treatments for late life anxiety: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.cited 4× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy-'Taking it Further' (MBCT-TiF) | Decreases - mediated effects | anxiety | Human | graduates of MBCT and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Not specified | Pathways to mental well-being for graduates of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR): A mediation analysis of an RCT.cited 4× |
| Virtual-reality (VR)-guided mindfulness interventions | Decreases - have shown promise in reducing | stress, anxiety and depression | Human | various populations | 6-week home-based VR-guided mindfulness program (specific frequency not detailed). | Virtual reality-guided mindfulness intervention to enhance psychosocial well-being in caregivers of end-stage kidney disease patients: protocol for a mixed-methods pilot randomised controlled trial. |
| mindfulness-based intervention program | Decreases - observed a significant group effect | anxiety | Human | intensive care unit nurses | Four-week program with twice-weekly sessions. | Long-term effects of a tailored mindfulness-based program for Chinese intensive care unit nurses: A randomized parallel-group trial.cited 4× |
| mindfulness-based mobile health approach | Decreases - significant improvements were also found in | anxiety | Human | sexual minority women with early life adversity and overweight or obesity | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Mobile Health to Address Unhealthy Eating Among Middle-Aged Sexual Minority Women With Early Life Adversity: Mixed Methods Feasibility Trial.cited 2× |
| online version of a compassion-focused intervention, mindfulness-based compassionate living (MBCL), with guidance on request | Decreases - showed significant changes with medium to large effect sizes compared to the control group | self-reported depressive, anxiety and distress symptoms (DASS-21) | Human | self-referred participants with increased levels of self-criticism | Not specified | An Internet-Based Compassion-Focused Intervention for Increased Self-Criticism: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 33× |
| mindfulness-based CBT | Decreases - demonstrated a similar level of overall effect size | anxiety symptoms | Human | older adults | Not specified | A meta-analysis of third wave mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapies for older people.cited 28× |
| mindfulness-based CBT | Decreases - have shown some promise in improving upon CBT | generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) | Human | — | Not specified | Psychotherapeutic treatments for generalized anxiety disorder: cognitive and behavioral therapies, enhancement strategies, and emerging efforts.cited 10× |
| 8-week mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - demonstrated significant between-group differences | anxiety | Human | subsample (N=90) | 8-week program with longer meditation and session duration, plus inquiry (specific dosage not detailed). | Piloting a more intensive 8-week mindfulness programme in early- and mid-adolescent school students.cited 4× |
| 8-week mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | No effect - not immediately post-intervention | anxiety | Human | subsample (N=90) | 8-week program with longer meditation and session duration, plus inquiry (specific dosage not detailed). | Piloting a more intensive 8-week mindfulness programme in early- and mid-adolescent school students.cited 4× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction group therapy | Decreases - A reduction of symptoms of anxiety and depression was reported | symptoms of anxiety and depression | Human | perpetrators who voluntarily seek help for violence in intimate partnerships | Not specified | Does cognitive behavioural therapy or mindfulness-based therapy improve mental health and emotion regulation among men who perpetrate intimate partner violence? A randomised controlled trial.cited 10× |
| mindfulness training program (mindfulness-based stress reduction, [MBSR]) | Decreases - made clinically significant improvements | anxiety | Human | late perimenopausal and early postmenopausal women experiencing an average of 5 or more moderate or severe hot flashes (including night sweats)/day | Not specified | Mindfulness training for coping with hot flashes: results of a randomized trial.cited 100× |
| mindfulness training program (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) | Decreases - demonstrated significant decreases | prostate cancer anxiety | Human | men on active surveillance | 8-week mindfulness training program (specific frequency not detailed) | Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary psychological benefits of mindfulness meditation training in a sample of men diagnosed with prostate cancer on active surveillance: results from a randomized controlled pilot trial.cited 37× |
| Family Focussed Therapy, Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy, and Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Children | Decreases - reduced | symptoms of anxiety | Human | young people aged under 30 years with a family history of bipolar disorder | Not specified | Psychological interventions for young people at risk for bipolar disorder: A systematic review.cited 14× |
| 8-week group mindfulness-based stress reduction program (MBSR) | Decreases - showed differences between groups in levels | anxiety | Human | women with breast cancer (stage I-III) | 8-week group-based MBSR program (specific frequency not detailed). | Mindfulness significantly reduces self-reported levels of anxiety and depression: results of a randomised controlled trial among 336 Danish women treated for stage I-III breast cancer.cited 102× |
| 8-week group mindfulness-based stress reduction program (MBSR) | Decreases - showed a significantly greater decrease | anxiety and depression | Human | participants with higher levels of anxiety and depression at baseline | 8-week group-based MBSR program (specific frequency not detailed). | Mindfulness significantly reduces self-reported levels of anxiety and depression: results of a randomised controlled trial among 336 Danish women treated for stage I-III breast cancer.cited 102× |
| 8-week group mindfulness-based stress reduction program (MBSR) | Decreases - had clinically meaningful, statistically significant effects | depression and anxiety | Human | women with breast cancer | 8-week group-based MBSR program (specific frequency not detailed). | Mindfulness significantly reduces self-reported levels of anxiety and depression: results of a randomised controlled trial among 336 Danish women treated for stage I-III breast cancer.cited 102× |
| Mindfulness-based Social-Emotional Growth (MSEG) program | Decreases - substantially reduced | anxiety and depression | Human | lower-grade students (grades 1-3) | Not specified | Effectiveness of the Mindfulness-Based Social-Emotional Growth (MSEG) Program in Enhancing Mental Health of Elementary School Students in Korea. |
| mindfulness-based mobile health (mHealth) intervention | Decreases - had a superior effect | anxiety | Human | young adult students with elevated anxiety and/or depressive symptoms during quarantine in China | Not specified | A mindfulness-based mobile health (mHealth) intervention among psychologically distressed university students in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized controlled trial.cited 76× |
| intensive MBAT and other mindfulness-based interventions | No effect - demonstrate the therapeutic potential | severe health conditions including cancer, heart disease, and anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | Biobehavioral utility of mindfulness-based art therapy: Neurobiological underpinnings and mental health impacts.cited 15× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction programs | Decreases - have been demonstrated to reduce | anxiety symptoms | Human | people with generalized anxiety disorder and serious medical conditions such as cancer | Not specified | Biobehavioral utility of mindfulness-based art therapy: Neurobiological underpinnings and mental health impacts.cited 15× |
| UPLIFT (Using Practice and Learning to Increase Favorable Thoughts), a group telehealth intervention using mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - improvement in symptoms of anxiety were suggested but could not be statistically confirmed | symptoms of anxiety | Human | adult pwCF (people with CF) | Not specified | Impact of UPLIFT, a group telehealth intervention, on symptoms of depression and anxiety in adults with CF. |
| cognitive-behavioral therapy paradigms and/or mindfulness techniques | Decreases - signaled the need for creating preventive intervention programs to decrease anxiety by applying | anxiety | Human | medical students | Not specified | Subjective well-being, religiosity and anxiety: a cross-sectional study applied to a sample of Brazilian medical students.cited 15× |
| mindfulness-based video exercise | Decreases - demonstrated improved | anxiety symptoms | Human | patients with upper extremity injury in an orthopaedic practice | 60-second mindfulness-based video exercise (single session). | Does a Brief Mindfulness Exercise Improve Outcomes in Upper Extremity Patients? A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 36× |
| mindfulness-based video exercise | Decreases - demonstrated improved | state anxiety | Human | patients with upper extremity injury in an orthopaedic practice | 60-second mindfulness-based video exercise (single session). | Does a Brief Mindfulness Exercise Improve Outcomes in Upper Extremity Patients? A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 36× |
| online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (eMBCT) | Decreases - improvements were observed | anxiety symptoms | Human | outpatients diagnosed with TRD | Not specified | Online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for treatment-resistant depression: a parallel-arm randomized controlled feasibility trial.cited 1× |
| mindfulness and compassion program (MAC-P) | Decreases - significant reductions | anxiety | Human | youth with a range of psychotic experiences | Not specified | The MAC-P program: A pilot study of a mindfulness and compassion program for youth with psychotic experiences.cited 5× |
| brief mindfulness-based preventive intervention | Decreases - reduced | anxiety sensitivity | Human | university-community sample in Israel | Not specified (four-session intervention). | Salutary proximal processes and distal mood and anxiety vulnerability outcomes of mindfulness training: a pilot preventive intervention.cited 25× |
| Mindfulness interventions | Decreases - have been found to lower | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified (standardized audio instructions used). | Mindfulness Effects on Anxiety: Disentangling the Role of Decentering and Treatment Expectations. |
| mindfulness interventions | Decreases - potential benefits for reducing | anxiety | Human | pregnant groups | Not specified | The effects of mindfulness interventions on prenatal well-being: A systematic review.cited 48× |
| Mindfulness interventions | Decreases - small but not statistically significant improvements | anxiety | Human | patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) | Not specified | A systematic review and meta-analysis of mindfulness based interventions and yoga in inflammatory bowel disease.cited 51× |
| mindfulness interventions | No effect - no significant differences in anxiety between the two groups | anxiety | Human | patients with rheumatoid arthritis | Not specified | Mindfulness interventions for rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 21× |
| mindfulness interventions | Decreases - beneficial for | anxiety | Human | pregnant women | Not specified | Mindfulness interventions during pregnancy: A narrative review.cited 23× |
| mindfulness interventions | Decreases - demonstrated improvement | anxiety | Human | adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) | Not specified | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Children and Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes.cited 11× |
| mindfulness interventions | No effect - did not result in a substantial difference | anxiety | Human | medical students and junior doctors | Not specified | Mindfulness-based psychological interventions for improving mental well-being in medical students and junior doctors.cited 22× |
| mindfulness interventions | Decreases - reduce | anxiety | Human | prenatal population | Not specified | Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an electronic mindfulness-based intervention to improve maternal mental health in the peripartum: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. |
| mindfulness interventions | Decreases - comprised the largest sample sizes, displayed the highest levels of evidence, and transcended | stress, anxiety and depressed mood | Human | nursing students | Not specified | Reducing stress, anxiety and depression in undergraduate nursing students: Systematic review.cited 90× |
| mindfulness and acceptance-based group therapy (MAGT) | No effect - not significantly different from one another | social anxiety reduction | Human | individuals diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) | Not specified | Mindfulness and acceptance-based group therapy versus traditional cognitive behavioral group therapy for social anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled trial.cited 87× |
| mindfulness and acceptance-based group therapy (MAGT) | Decreases - more effective than the control group | social anxiety symptom severity | Human | individuals diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) | Not specified | Mindfulness and acceptance-based group therapy versus traditional cognitive behavioral group therapy for social anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled trial.cited 87× |
| mindfulness-based approaches | Decreases - Treatment of MPA includes | Music performance anxiety (MPA) | Human | musicians | Not specified | Current Approaches for Management of Music Performance Anxiety: An Introductory Overview.cited 10× |
| brief mindfulness | Decreases - to treat | preoperative pain and anxiety | Human | patients | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Perioperative Pain Management and Opioid Risk Reduction Following Surgery: A Stepped Care Approach.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based mobile apps | Decreases - led to a reduction | students' anxiety | Human | university students | Not specified | Social media usage and students' social anxiety, loneliness and well-being: does digital mindfulness-based intervention effectively work?cited 10× |
| mindfulness-based counselling | Decreases - significantly reduced | anxiety levels | Human | primiparous pregnant women | Eight group mindfulness-based counseling sessions (60-90 min each), held twice a week. | The effect of mindfulness-based counselling on the anxiety levels and childbirth satisfaction among primiparous pregnant women: a randomized controlled trial. |
| mindfulness based cognitive therapy on children (MBCT-C) | Decreases - was found to be more effective than GT in improving | anxiety | Human | children with anxiety | Not specified | Efficacy of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy on Children With Anxiety.cited 3× |
| banning pre-event rumination using a metacognitive therapy technique known as detached mindfulness | No effect - no difference | state anxiety | Human | Participants with SAD | Not specified | Banning pre-event rumination in social anxiety: A preliminary randomized trial.cited 8× |
| nurse-led mindfulness-based Tai Chi Chuan (MTCC) programme | Decreases - decreasing | anxiety | Human | breast cancer survivors | 8-week program, twice a week, one-hour sessions. | Effectiveness of a nurse-led Mindfulness-based Tai Chi Chuan (MTCC) program on Posttraumatic Growth and perceived stress and anxiety of breast cancer survivors.cited 23× |
| Mindfulness Intervention for Emotional Distress (MIED) programme | Decreases - decrease | anxiety levels | Human | participants with high emotional distress | Not specified | The Role of Attentional Control in Mindfulness Intervention for Emotional Distress: A Randomized Controlled Trial With Longitudinal Mediation Analyses.cited 2× |
| workplace mindfulness training | Decreases - beneficial effects | anxiety | Human | workforce | Not specified | A systematic review and meta-analysis of workplace mindfulness training randomized controlled trials.cited 97× |
| acceptance- and mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - ranged from small to moderate | anxiety | Human | patients with chronic pain | Not specified | Acceptance- and mindfulness-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain: a meta-analytic review.cited 420× |
| mindfulness treatment | Decreases - showed a larger decrease | symptoms of anxiety | Human | participants of the MTG | 96 audio files with mindfulness meditation exercises (specific frequency not detailed). | Internet-based mindfulness treatment for anxiety disorders: a randomized controlled trial.cited 122× |
| Mindfulness Awareness Program (MAP) | Decreases - experienced decreases | depressive and anxiety symptoms | Human | community-living elderly with mild cognitive impairment | Weekly sessions for the first three months, then monthly sessions for the remaining six months. | The effects of mindfulness and health education programs on the emotional state and cognitive function of elderly individuals with mild cognitive impairment: A randomized controlled trial.cited 30× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy | Decreases - significantly reduce | anxiety | Human | breast cancer patients | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on quality of life of breast cancer patient: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 8× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive-behavioral therapy | Decreases - can be effectively treated | comorbid anxiety disorders | Human | a bipolar clientele | Not available | Psychotherapies for comorbid anxiety in bipolar spectrum disorders.cited 41× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - can be treated effectively | anxiety | Human | patients struggling with anxiety | Not specified (minimum duration of practice mentioned). | Meditation for Anxiety: A Holistic Approach to Treatment. |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - can relieve | anxiety | Human | cancer patients | Not specified | Integrative Medicine Therapies for Pain Management in Cancer Patients.cited 82× |
| mindfulness meditation | No effect - no statistically significant between-group differences | anxiety | Human | adolescents | Not specified | A Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Working Memory Capacity in Adolescents.cited 68× |
| Mindfulness meditation | Decreases - a trend towards benefit | anxiety | Human | chronic pain | Not specified | Does mindfulness meditation improve chronic pain? A systematic review.cited 60× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - reviewed efficacious applications | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness Meditation and Psychopathology.cited 169× |
| Mindfulness Meditation (MM) | No effect - explore the effectiveness | anxiety | Human | Veterans with chronic pain | Not specified | The chronic pain skills study: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial comparing hypnosis, mindfulness meditation and pain education in Veterans.cited 18× |
| Mindfulness meditation (MM) | Decreases - led to significantly less | anxiety | Human | Total joint arthroplasty patients | Single 15-minute group session. | Brief preoperative mind-body therapies for total joint arthroplasty patients: a randomized controlled trial.cited 40× |
| mindfulness meditation (MM) | Decreases - reducing | anxiety and depression | Human | cancer patients | Not specified | Development of an eHealth Mindfulness-Based Music Therapy Intervention for Adults Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Qualitative Study. |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - reducing | anxiety and depression | Human | cancer patients | Not specified | Development of an eHealth Mindfulness-Based Music Therapy Intervention for Adults Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Qualitative Study. |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - decreased | anxiety levels | Human | — | Not specified | Stress and Anxiety Management in Nursing Students: Biofeedback and Mindfulness Meditation.cited 65× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - had lower | anxiety scores | Human | patients with stroke with concurrent coronary heart disease | Mindfulness meditation (specific dosage not detailed). | Efficacy of Mindfulness Meditation on Patients With Stroke With Concurrent Coronary Heart Disease: A Randomised Controlled Trial. |
| mindfulness meditation (MM) | Decreases - reduced | anxiety symptoms | Human | participants | Daily mindfulness meditation exercises (specific duration/frequency not detailed). | Physical activity, mindfulness meditation, or heart rate variability biofeedback for stress reduction: a randomized controlled trial.cited 118× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - Statistically significant improvement was seen | Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale | 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 | Decreases - decreased but not significantly | state anxiety | Human | nursing students | Not specified | Mindfulness Meditation and Anxiety in Nursing Students.cited 13× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - A statistically significant reduction | trait anxiety | Human | nursing students | Not specified | Mindfulness Meditation and Anxiety in Nursing Students.cited 13× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - may show promise | symptoms of anxiety | Human | people with aphasia post-stroke | Not specified | A systematic review of non-drug interventions to prevent and treat anxiety in people with aphasia after stroke.cited 13× |
| telehealth Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) plus usual care | No effect - did not reach significance | anxiety scores | Human | participants receiving MT for OUD and experiencing chronic pain | 8 weekly, 2-hour telehealth group sessions. | Telehealth Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement vs Usual Care in Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder and Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 18× |
| Mobile mindfulness meditation (MMM) | Decreases - more effective than the control groups in alleviating | anxiety | Human | university students | Not specified | Effects of Mobile Mindfulness Meditation on the Mental Health of University Students: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 14× |
| mindfulness meditation app | Decreases - significant effect sizes were found | anxiety | 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× |
| group-based mindfulness intervention integrated into an inpatient rehabilitation program | No effect - was not effective in improving | depression and anxiety | Human | poststroke patients | 8 sessions over 6 weeks (frequency not specified). | The effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy during poststroke rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial.cited 1× |
| online mindfulness treatment (MT) | Increases - demonstrated significant improvements | anxiety | Human | participants in the MT group | Three sessions of online therapy (MT or CT), once every two weeks, plus one weekly phone call as reinforcement. | Mindfulness-based therapy for smoking cessation and mental health: a randomised controlled trial. |
| short mindfulness intervention | Decreases - decreased | levels of anxiety | Human | university students with high levels of depression, anxiety or stress | Not specified | Short mindfulness-based intervention for psychological and academic outcomes among university students.cited 6× |
| mindfulness-based psychosomatic intervention | Decreases - reduced | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | Benefits of Mindfulness Training on the Mental Health of Women During Pregnancy and Early Motherhood: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 7× |
| mindfulness-based psychosomatic intervention | Decreases - lower | anxiety levels | Human | pregnant women in China | Not specified | Benefits of Mindfulness Training on the Mental Health of Women During Pregnancy and Early Motherhood: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 7× |
| mindfulness exercise guided by a smartphone app | Decreases - potentially beneficial effect | symptoms of depression and anxiety | Human | individuals in a non-clinical population with emotional symptoms | Not specified | Effects of Mindfulness Exercise Guided by a Smartphone App on Negative Emotions and Stress in Non-Clinical Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.cited 12× |
| mindfulness-based program | Decreases - learning how to manage | stressors, fear, anxiety | Human | women attending a maternity service | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness on maternal stress, depressive symptoms and awareness of present moment experience: A pilot randomised trial.cited 31× |
| online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programme | Decreases - statistically significant difference | Fetal Health Anxiety Inventory (FHAI) total mean score | Human | pregnant women in the experimental group | Eight sessions, one session per week. | The Effects of MBSR Programme on Prenatal Comfort and Fetal Health Anxiety in Pregnant Women.cited 3× |
| online mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - effective in improving | anxiety | Human | patients with physical conditions | Not specified | Effectiveness of online mindfulness-based interventions for improving mental health in patients with physical health conditions: Systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 9× |
| online mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - showed significantly improved | anxiety | Human | adults | Not specified | Effects of online mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) on anxiety symptoms in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 8× |
| online mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - improved | anxiety symptoms | Human | adult population | Not specified | Effects of online mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) on anxiety symptoms in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 8× |
| face-to-face and online mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - documented the effectiveness | anxiety | Human | general population | Not specified | Effects of online mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) on anxiety symptoms in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 8× |
| online mindfulness-based interventions | No effect - had no significant effects on | anxiety | Human | adult cancer patients | Not specified | Effectiveness of online mindfulness-based interventions for cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 8× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) program | Decreases - significant improvements | anxiety symptoms | Human | older people living in residential care | Not specified | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for anxiety symptoms in older adults in residential care.cited 34× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) program | No effect - no improvements were observed | depressive and anxiety symptoms | Human | Adults with ADHD | Not specified | The Efficacy of Adapted MBCT on Core Symptoms and Executive Functioning in Adults With ADHD: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 38× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) program | Decreases - may be effective in the treatment | generalized anxiety disorders | Human | — | Not specified (eight-week MBCT program, but exact session details not provided). | A randomized, controlled clinical trial: the effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on generalized anxiety disorder among Chinese community patients: protocol for a randomized trial.cited 11× |
| mHealth-based mindfulness intervention | Decreases - demonstrated significantly lower levels | anxiety | Human | Registered Nurses caring for patients with COVID-19 in Jordan | Individual 30-minute mindfulness sessions via WhatsApp, 5 weeks. | Holistic Healing Through Mindfulness: An Experimental Study Addressing Psychological Challenges Among Nurses Caring for Patients With COVID-19. |
| mHealth-based mindfulness intervention | Decreases - were lower | anxiety scores | Human | Registered Nurses caring for patients with COVID-19 in Jordan | Individual 30-minute mindfulness sessions via WhatsApp, 5 weeks. | Holistic Healing Through Mindfulness: An Experimental Study Addressing Psychological Challenges Among Nurses Caring for Patients With COVID-19. |
| mHealth-based mindfulness intervention | No effect - the difference between the groups was not statistically significant | anxiety scores | Human | Registered Nurses caring for patients with COVID-19 in Jordan | Individual 30-minute mindfulness sessions via WhatsApp, 5 weeks. | Holistic Healing Through Mindfulness: An Experimental Study Addressing Psychological Challenges Among Nurses Caring for Patients With COVID-19. |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) in addition to usual services (unrestricted services) | Decreases - significantly lower | health anxiety | Human | participants | Not specified | A randomized clinical trial of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy versus unrestricted services for health anxiety (hypochondriasis).cited 80× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) in addition to usual services (unrestricted services) | Decreases - significantly lower | health anxiety | Human | participants | Not specified | A randomized clinical trial of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy versus unrestricted services for health anxiety (hypochondriasis).cited 80× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) in addition to usual services (unrestricted services) | Decreases - change in mindfulness mediated the group changes | health anxiety symptoms | Human | participants | Not specified | A randomized clinical trial of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy versus unrestricted services for health anxiety (hypochondriasis).cited 80× |
| current mindfulness practice | Decreases - significant association between lower levels with reduced parent-rated anxiety | parent-rated anxiety | Human | VPT adolescents who had previously completed the MBI | 8-week MBI (specific frequency not detailed). | Exploring the Long-Lasting Effect of Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Very Preterm Adolescents on Executive and Socio-Emotional Competencies. |
| mindfulness and relaxation-based interventions | Decreases - showed a reduction in | anxiety symptoms | Human | universal secondary settings | Not specified | School-based interventions to prevent anxiety and depression in children and young people: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.cited 147× |
| Mindfulness-based cancer recovery (MBCR) | Decreases - greater reduction | anxiety | Human | distressed breast cancer survivors | Not specified | Randomized-controlled trial of mindfulness-based cancer recovery versus supportive expressive group therapy among distressed breast cancer survivors (MINDSET): long-term follow-up results.cited 79× |
| combination of training and mindfulness | Decreases - seems to be beneficial for decreasing | anxiety | Human | home care workers | Not specified | Psychosocial interventions for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: rapid review and meta-analysis.cited 4× |
| WeChat-based mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - significantly reduced | levels of anxiety | Human | patients undergoing loose body removal surgery | Not specified | Effects of WeChat-Based Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Psychological Resilience and Quality of Life Among Patients Undergoing Loose Body Removal Surgery. |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction program (MBSR) plus 3 additional sessions focuses on special needs associated with BrCA | Decreases - experienced a significant (P < .05) improvement | anxiety | Human | Women who actively received radiotherapy (art) while participating in the MBSR intervention (MBSR-art) | 8-week MBSR program plus 3 additional sessions focused on breast cancer needs. | A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction for women with early-stage breast cancer receiving radiotherapy.cited 57× |
| Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) delivered via mobile health (mHealth) platforms | Decreases - demonstrated promise in reducing | anxiety | Human | during pregnancy and postpartum | Not specified | The effectiveness of mHealth mindfulness interventions on perinatal psychological health: a systematic review. |
| Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) delivered via mobile health (mHealth) platforms | Decreases - offer potential benefits for | reducing anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | The effectiveness of mHealth mindfulness interventions on perinatal psychological health: a systematic review. |
| brief mindfulness-based mobile app (BM-MA) | No effect - examine the effects | anxiety | Human | Indonesian senior high school teachers experiencing anxiety and stress | 10-20 minutes per day for 3 weeks. | Brief Mobile App-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Indonesian Senior High School Teachers: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| 12 weeks of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Increases - significant increase | anxiety scores | Human | adult women with Stage I or II hypertension | Not specified (12-week MBSR program). | Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Blood Pressure, Mental Health, and Quality of Life in Hypertensive Adult Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial Study.cited 10× |
| detached mindfulness (DM) | Decreases - declined significantly | symptoms of anxiety | Human | elderly female patients with MDD | Group treatment, twice weekly. | Detached mindfulness reduced both depression and anxiety in elderly women with major depressive disorders.cited 22× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy training | Decreases - statistically significant improvements | anxiety | Human | interdisciplinary chronic care health care team | 6 mindfulness-based cognitive therapy training sessions (frequency not specified). | A Pilot Study of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to Improve Well-Being for Health Professionals Providing Chronic Disease Care.cited 8× |
| Mindfulness-Based Trauma Recovery for Refugees (MBTR-R) | Decreases - were mediated by reduced | posttraumatic stress, depression, anxiety and their multi-morbidity | Human | asylum seekers in a high-risk unstable post-displacement context | Not specified | Prevalence and prevention of suicidal ideation among asylum seekers in a high-risk urban post-displacement setting.cited 2× |
| mindfulness and compassion-oriented meditation training | Decreases - significant improvements were found | anxiety | Human | interdisciplinary palliative care team staff members | Not specified (10-week training program). | Mindfulness and compassion-oriented practices at work reduce distress and enhance self-care of palliative care teams: a mixed-method evaluation of an "on the job" program.cited 69× |
| mindfulness therapy | Decreases - demonstrated positive effects | anxiety | Human | 1,824 participants | Not specified | The efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions on mental health among university students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 8× |
| Mindfulness-based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) | No effect - did not detect statistically significant differences | anxiety symptoms | Human | adult patients diagnosed with SUDs | Not specified | Mindfulness-based Relapse Prevention for Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 92× |
| StudiCare Mindfulness (StudiCare-M) | No effect - assessments take place | anxiety | Human | college students with moderate to low mindfulness | 7 modules plus 2 booster sessions (specific frequency not detailed). | StudiCare mindfulness-study protocol of a randomized controlled trial evaluating an internet- and mobile-based intervention for college students with no and "on demand" guidance.cited 7× |
| 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× |
| 12-week online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (eMBCT) | Decreases - had a significant improvement in anxiety | anxiety | Human | patients with sarcoidosis-associated fatigue | Not specified (12-week online program). | Online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for fatigue in patients with sarcoidosis (TIRED): a randomised controlled trial.cited 15× |
| 12-week online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (eMBCT) | Decreases - improves | anxiety | Human | patients with sarcoidosis-associated fatigue | Not specified (12-week online program). | Online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for fatigue in patients with sarcoidosis (TIRED): a randomised controlled trial.cited 15× |
| mindfulness-based mandala activity | Decreases - significant decrease | anxiety levels | Human | nursing students who started clinical practice after distance education during COVID-19 period | Three mindfulness-based mandala sessions (specific duration per session not mentioned). | The effect of mindfulness-based mandala activity on anxiety and spiritual well-being levels of senior nursing students: A randomized controlled study.cited 4× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Breast Cancer (MBSR[BC]) program | Decreases - demonstrated extended improvement | psychological symptoms of anxiety | Human | breast cancer survivors (BCSs) | 6-week MBSR(BC) program (specific dosage not detailed). | Examination of Broad Symptom Improvement Resulting From Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 167× |
| a brief mindfulness training | Decreases - mediated changes | anxiety state | Human | young healthy adult sample | Not specified (brief mindfulness training over 3 days). | The impact of a brief mindfulness training on interoception: A randomized controlled trial.cited 25× |
| web-based mindfulness training | Decreases - reduced | anxiety | Human | spouses or family caregivers of people with SCI and chronic neuropathic pain | 10 minutes of mindfulness practices, twice per day, 6 days per week (total 960 minutes over 8 weeks). | Efficacy of Internet-Delivered Mindfulness for Improving Depression in Caregivers of People With Spinal Cord Injuries and Chronic Neuropathic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial.cited 16× |
| web-based mindfulness training | Decreases - reduced | anxiety | Human | spouses or family caregivers of people with SCI and chronic neuropathic pain | 10 minutes of mindfulness practices, twice per day, 6 days per week (total 960 minutes over 8 weeks). | Efficacy of Internet-Delivered Mindfulness for Improving Depression in Caregivers of People With Spinal Cord Injuries and Chronic Neuropathic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial.cited 16× |
| a 4-session mindfulness group intervention | Decreases - this effect was evident | symptoms of anxiety and depression | Human | patients younger than 60 years | 4-session mindfulness group intervention. | A brief mindfulness based intervention for increase in emotional well-being and quality of life in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) patients: the MindfulHeart randomized controlled trial.cited 50× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for children (MBCT-C) | Decreases - associated with decreases | anxiety | Human | youth with generalized, social and/or separation anxiety disorders, and a parent with bipolar disorder | 12 weekly sessions of MBCT-C (specific dosage not quantified). | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for youth with anxiety disorders at risk for bipolar disorder: a pilot trial.cited 45× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for children (MBCT-C) | Decreases - significantly reduced | Clinician-rated anxiety | Human | youth with generalized, social and/or separation anxiety disorders, and a parent with bipolar disorder | 12 weekly sessions of MBCT-C (specific dosage not quantified). | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for youth with anxiety disorders at risk for bipolar disorder: a pilot trial.cited 45× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for children (MBCT-C) | Decreases - reduced | youth-rated trait anxiety | Human | youth with generalized, social and/or separation anxiety disorders, and a parent with bipolar disorder | 12 weekly sessions of MBCT-C (specific dosage not quantified). | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for youth with anxiety disorders at risk for bipolar disorder: a pilot trial.cited 45× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Children (MBCT-C) | Decreases - increases in mindfulness were associated with improvements | anxiety | Human | youth with anxiety disorders who have at least one parent with bipolar disorder | Not specified | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders at-risk for bipolar disorder: A psychoeducation waitlist controlled pilot trial.cited 20× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Children (MBCT-C) | No effect - no significant improvements | child-rated anxiety | Human | youth with anxiety disorders who have at least one parent with bipolar disorder | Not specified | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders at-risk for bipolar disorder: A psychoeducation waitlist controlled pilot trial.cited 20× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Children (MBCT-C) | No effect - no significant improvements | clinician-rated anxiety | Human | youth with anxiety disorders who have at least one parent with bipolar disorder | Not specified | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders at-risk for bipolar disorder: A psychoeducation waitlist controlled pilot trial.cited 20× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for children (MBCT-C) | Decreases - effectiveness in reducing | anxiety | Human | adolescents with Internet addiction (IA) | 12 sessions of MBCT-C group therapy. | Effectiveness and satisfaction of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for children on anxiety, depression, and internet addiction in adolescents: Study protocol for a randomized control trial. |
| a mindfulness and compassion-focused programme | No effect - will assess the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy | Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) | Human | frontline nurses who had been working during the COVID-19 pandemic | Not specified | Effectiveness of a Mindful Compassion Care Program in reducing burnout and psychological distress amongst frontline hospital nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 4× |
| mindfulness meditation program (mindfulness-based stress reduction [MBSR]) | Decreases - significant medium to large size effects | general anxiety | Human | patients with nonspecific chronic pain | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness meditation on chronic pain: a randomized controlled trial.cited 81× |
| internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for IBS, based on exposure and mindfulness exercises | Decreases - treatment gains were maintained | anxiety related to gastrointestinal symptoms | Human | participants from the original sample | Not specified | Long-term follow-up of internet-delivered exposure and mindfulness based treatment for irritable bowel syndrome.cited 78× |
| Mindfulness retreat | Decreases - significant reduction | anxiety levels | Human | Mindfulness retreat participants | Intensive 3-day residential retreat (specific daily practice duration not specified). | A short Mindfulness retreat can improve biological markers of stress and inflammation.cited 17× |
| Mindfulness retreat | Decreases - statistically significant decrease | anxiety scores | Human | retreat participants | Intensive 3-day residential retreat (specific daily practice duration not specified). | A short Mindfulness retreat can improve biological markers of stress and inflammation.cited 17× |
| technology-delivered mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) programs | Decreases - observed improvements | anxiety | Human | patients in the intervention arm | 10-20 minutes per day using a mindfulness app or webinar-based course. | Pilot pragmatic randomized trial of mHealth mindfulness-based intervention for advanced cancer patients and their informal caregivers.cited 26× |
| eight-week application of mindfulness-based stress reduction | Decreases - significant decrease | mean scores of anxiety | Human | women with unwanted pregnancy before 32 weeks of gestational age | Eight-week MBSR sessions, home practice, and recorded sound (specific frequency not detailed). | The influence of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on stress, anxiety and depression due to unwanted pregnancy: a randomized clinical trial.cited 12× |
| Mindfulness-based treatments | Decreases - are an alternative option for the management of | depression and anxiety | Human | people with long-term conditions | Not available | Overview of the prevalence, impact, and management of depression and anxiety in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.cited 150× |
| a universal, school-based mindfulness and yoga program | Decreases - decreased | Anxiety and depression symptoms | Human | youth aged 11-14 in a racially diverse, urban setting in the United States | Not specified | Effect of Yoga and Mindfulness Intervention on Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Young Adolescents Attending Middle School: A Pragmatic Community-Based Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in a Racially Diverse Urban Setting.cited 11× |
| a universal, school-based mindfulness and yoga program | No effect - differences were not statistically significant | Anxiety and depression symptoms | Human | youth aged 11-14 in a racially diverse, urban setting in the United States | Not specified | Effect of Yoga and Mindfulness Intervention on Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Young Adolescents Attending Middle School: A Pragmatic Community-Based Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in a Racially Diverse Urban Setting.cited 11× |
| mindfulness therapies | No effect - no significant differences were discovered | anxiety | Human | patients with PD | Not specified | Mindfulness or meditation therapy for Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 8× |
| individual mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significant positive effects | anxiety | Human | adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes and comorbid depressive symptoms | Not specified | Individual mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and cognitive behavior therapy for treating depressive symptoms in patients with diabetes: results of a randomized controlled trial.cited 95× |
| .b Foundations 8-week mindfulness course | Decreases - significant reductions | anxiety | Human | teachers | MBSR (2 hours/week), .b Foundations (1.5 hours/week). | Mixed-methods evaluation comparing the impact of two different mindfulness approaches on stress, anxiety and depression in school teachers.cited 7× |
| .b Foundations 8-week mindfulness course | Decreases - appears as beneficial as MBSR | anxiety and stress reduction | Human | teachers | MBSR (2 hours/week), .b Foundations (1.5 hours/week). | Mixed-methods evaluation comparing the impact of two different mindfulness approaches on stress, anxiety and depression in school teachers.cited 7× |
| MBSR 8-week mindfulness course | Decreases - significant reductions | anxiety | Human | teachers | MBSR (2 hours/week), .b Foundations (1.5 hours/week). | Mixed-methods evaluation comparing the impact of two different mindfulness approaches on stress, anxiety and depression in school teachers.cited 7× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - mindfulness fully mediated changes | acute anxiety symptoms | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for patients with anxiety disorders: evaluation in a randomized controlled trial.cited 144× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - is an effective treatment | anxiety disorders and related symptomatology | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for patients with anxiety disorders: evaluation in a randomized controlled trial.cited 144× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - showed medium to large effect sizes | measures of anxiety | Human | completer sample | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for patients with anxiety disorders: evaluation in a randomized controlled trial.cited 144× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Increases - the percentage of participants reaching recovered status was highest | symptom measures of depression and anxiety | Human | participants | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for patients with anxiety disorders: evaluation in a randomized controlled trial.cited 144× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - the percentage of participants reaching recovered status was lower | worry and trait anxiety | Human | participants | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for patients with anxiety disorders: evaluation in a randomized controlled trial.cited 144× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - mindfulness partially mediated changes | worry and trait anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for patients with anxiety disorders: evaluation in a randomized controlled trial.cited 144× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - reducing | anxiety | Human | this age group | Not specified | A systematic review of mindfulness-based stress reduction in the management of anxiety disorders among adolescents and young adults aged 13-26.cited 1× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - has shown potential in reducing | anxiety-related symptoms | Human | — | Not specified | A systematic review of mindfulness-based stress reduction in the management of anxiety disorders among adolescents and young adults aged 13-26.cited 1× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - significant reductions in | level of anxiety | Human | individuals aged 13-26 | Not specified | A systematic review of mindfulness-based stress reduction in the management of anxiety disorders among adolescents and young adults aged 13-26.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - decreased anxiety | anxiety | Human | breast cancer patients with sleep disorders | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction with acupressure for sleep quality in breast cancer patients with insomnia undergoing chemotherapy: A randomized controlled trial.cited 13× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - effect | anxiety | Human | populations with different chronic somatic diseases | Not specified | The effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy on mental health of adults with a chronic medical disease: a meta-analysis.cited 353× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - effect | anxiety | Human | populations with different chronic somatic diseases | Not specified | The effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy on mental health of adults with a chronic medical disease: a meta-analysis.cited 353× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - small effects | depression, anxiety and psychological distress | Human | people with chronic somatic diseases | Not specified | The effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy on mental health of adults with a chronic medical disease: a meta-analysis.cited 353× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - statistically significant improvements | anxiety (POMS subscale) | Human | women with stage 0 to III breast cancer | 8-week MBSR program (specific frequency not detailed in abstract). | Effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction in mood, breast- and endocrine-related quality of life, and well-being in stage 0 to III breast cancer: a randomized, controlled trial.cited 233× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - improving | anxiety | Human | breast cancer patients | Not specified | The efficacy of mindfulness-based stress reduction on mental health of breast cancer patients: a meta-analysis.cited 169× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - significantly greater decreases | anxiety | Human | Korean nursing students | 2 hours per week for 8 weeks. | Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on depression, anxiety, stress and mindfulness in Korean nursing students.cited 163× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - significant improvements | anxiety | Human | cancer survivors with clinically significant CRF | 7-week MBSR-based intervention (mindfulness meditation, yoga, and stress self-regulation). | Randomized controlled pilot study of mindfulness-based stress reduction for persistently fatigued cancer survivors.cited 89× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction | Decreases - showed statistically significant decreases | anxiety | Human | 23 patients who completed a short-form mindfulness-based stress reduction course at a federally qualified health center | Not specified | Short-form mindfulness-based stress reduction reduces anxiety and improves health-related quality of life in an inner-city population.cited 22× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - significant improvement | anxiety | Human | breast cancer survivors | Not specified in the abstract. | A meta-analysis of the benefits of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on psychological function among breast cancer (BC) survivors.cited 66× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - significantly lower | anxiety | Human | emotionally distressed older adults | Not specified | Ecological momentary assessment versus standard assessment instruments for measuring mindfulness, depressed mood, and anxiety among older adults.cited 158× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - is associated with improvements | anxiety | Human | healthcare professionals | Not specified | Outcomes of MBSR or MBSR-based interventions in health care providers: A systematic review with a focus on empathy and emotional competencies.cited 133× |
| mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - may be preferred over CBT | anxiety | Human | adults with ASD with high scores on measures of irrational beliefs or positive global mood at baseline | Not specified | Cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness based stress reduction may be equally effective in reducing anxiety and depression in adults with autism spectrum disorders.cited 63× |
| mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - associated with a reduction | anxiety and depressive symptoms | Human | adults with ASD | Not specified | Cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness based stress reduction may be equally effective in reducing anxiety and depression in adults with autism spectrum disorders.cited 63× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - improved more | anxiety | Human | older adults with stress disorders and cognitive complaints | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Older Adults With Stress Disorders and Neurocognitive Difficulties: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 79× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - reduced | anxiety | Human | employees | Not specified | Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on employees' mental health: A systematic review.cited 159× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - statistically significant results were found | anxiety | Human | breast cancer patients | Not specified | Effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on symptom variables and health-related quality of life in breast cancer patients-a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 97× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - probably slightly reduces | anxiety | Human | women with breast cancer | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for women diagnosed with breast cancer.cited 99× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - probably slightly reduces | anxiety | Human | women with breast cancer | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for women diagnosed with breast cancer.cited 99× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | No effect - probably results in little to no difference | anxiety | Human | women with breast cancer | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for women diagnosed with breast cancer.cited 99× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - reduced | anxiety | Human | nurses | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for psychological distress among nurses: A systematic review.cited 94× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - showed improvements in | anxiety | Human | CR-eligible cardiac patients during their initial year of recovery | 8-week MBSR group intervention (specific frequency not detailed). | Randomized Trial of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Cardiac Patients Eligible for Cardiac Rehabilitation.cited 34× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - described relief from | anxiety | Human | individuals with anxiety disorders | Not specified | Participant experiences of change in mindfulness-based stress reduction for anxiety disorders.cited 4× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Increases - reported more radical acceptance of | anxiety | Human | a few participants | Not specified | Participant experiences of change in mindfulness-based stress reduction for anxiety disorders.cited 4× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - significantly improved | anxiety | Human | insomnia patients | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on sleep quality and mental health for insomnia patients: A meta-analysis.cited 60× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | No effect - did not predict changes | anxiety | Human | Singaporean Chinese adults | Not specified | Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Psychological Symptoms and Telomere Length: A Randomized Active-Controlled Trial.cited 8× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction | Decreases - less | anxiety | Human | women in the menopause transition | 8-week group intervention involving meditation and yoga (specific frequency not detailed). | Endocrine and psychosocial moderators of mindfulness-based stress reduction for the prevention of perimenopausal depressive symptoms: A randomized controlled trial.cited 24× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - can decrease | anxiety | Human | — | 8-week weekly MBSR course (specific dosage not quantified). | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction vs Escitalopram for the Treatment of Adults With Anxiety Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 67× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | No effect - was noninferior to | anxiety levels as assessed with the Clinical Global Impression of Severity scale (CGI-S) | Human | patients with a diagnosed anxiety disorder | 8-week weekly MBSR course (specific dosage not quantified). | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction vs Escitalopram for the Treatment of Adults With Anxiety Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 67× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - statistically significant difference between the mean scores | anxiety | Human | women with early pregnancy loss | Eight counseling sessions (specific dosage not detailed). | Effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction on depression, anxiety, and stress of women with the early loss of pregnancy in southeast Iran: a randomized control trial.cited 7× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - decreased | anxiety | Human | most participants | Eight counseling sessions (specific dosage not detailed). | Effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction on depression, anxiety, and stress of women with the early loss of pregnancy in southeast Iran: a randomized control trial.cited 7× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - significantly reduce | anxiety | Human | patients with breast cancer under early chemotherapy | Not specified (8-week MBSR program). | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Quality of Life, Psychological Distress, and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies in Patients With Breast Cancer Under Early Chemotherapy-a Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 10× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - had significant effects, reducing | anxiety | Human | university students | Not specified | Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Mental Health and Psychological Quality of Life among University Students: A GRADE-Assessed Systematic Review.cited 4× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - can be positively influenced by | anxiety | Human | breast cancer patients | Not specified | Can Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Influence the Quality of Life, Anxiety, and Depression of Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer? -A Review.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - found a positive relation between MBSR and | anxiety scores | Human | women diagnosed with breast cancer | Not specified | Can Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Influence the Quality of Life, Anxiety, and Depression of Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer? -A Review.cited 5× |
| Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - was more effective in treating | anxiety and depression | Human | participants (aged 19-56) | Not specified (group sessions over eight weeks). | Group Metacognitive Therapy vs. Mindfulness Meditation Therapy in a Transdiagnostic Patient Sample: A Randomised Feasibility Trial.cited 16× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Increases - showed improvement in | anxiety and depression symptoms and self-esteem | Human | MBSR completers | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on emotion regulation in social anxiety disorder.cited 502× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - is effective in reducing | anxiety and depressive symptoms | Human | cancer patients | Not specified | Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial comparing Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction with treatment as usual in reducing psychological distress in patients with lung cancer and their partners: the MILON study.cited 21× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - is effective in reducing | anxiety and depressive symptoms | Human | female patients with breast cancer | Not specified | Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial comparing Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction with treatment as usual in reducing psychological distress in patients with lung cancer and their partners: the MILON study.cited 21× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - was associated with a significantly greater reduction | anxiety as measured by the BAI | Human | individuals with DSM-IV-diagnosed GAD | 8-week group intervention (specific session frequency not detailed). | Randomized controlled trial of mindfulness meditation for generalized anxiety disorder: effects on anxiety and stress reactivity.cited 244× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - was associated with a significantly greater reduction | anxiety as measured by the CGI-I | Human | individuals with DSM-IV-diagnosed GAD | 8-week group intervention (specific session frequency not detailed). | Randomized controlled trial of mindfulness meditation for generalized anxiety disorder: effects on anxiety and stress reactivity.cited 244× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - was associated with a significantly greater reduction | anxiety as measured by the CGI-S | Human | individuals with DSM-IV-diagnosed GAD | 8-week group intervention (specific session frequency not detailed). | Randomized controlled trial of mindfulness meditation for generalized anxiety disorder: effects on anxiety and stress reactivity.cited 244× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - was associated with greater reductions | anxiety ratings in response to the TSST stress challenge | Human | individuals with DSM-IV-diagnosed GAD | 8-week group intervention (specific session frequency not detailed). | Randomized controlled trial of mindfulness meditation for generalized anxiety disorder: effects on anxiety and stress reactivity.cited 244× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - showed significantly lower effects on | anxiety outcomes | Human | adults with different DSM-5 anxiety disorders | Not specified | A systematic review and meta-analysis of acceptance- and mindfulness-based interventions for DSM-5 anxiety disorders.cited 39× |
| Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | No effect - showed comparable effects on | anxiety outcomes | Human | adults with different DSM-5 anxiety disorders | Not specified | A systematic review and meta-analysis of acceptance- and mindfulness-based interventions for DSM-5 anxiety disorders.cited 39× |
| Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | No effect - did not reveal significant differences on | anxiety outcomes | Human | adults with different DSM-5 anxiety disorders | Not specified | A systematic review and meta-analysis of acceptance- and mindfulness-based interventions for DSM-5 anxiety disorders.cited 39× |
| Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - led to short-term effects on | clinician- and patient-rated anxiety | Human | adults with different DSM-5 anxiety disorders | Not specified | A systematic review and meta-analysis of acceptance- and mindfulness-based interventions for DSM-5 anxiety disorders.cited 39× |
| Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - show significant symptom score reduction | Anxiety subscale of GCS | Human | Symptomatic peri-menopausal and post-menopausal women with mild to moderate symptoms | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) or Psychoeducation for the Reduction of Menopausal Symptoms: A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial.cited 32× |
| Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - show a greater reduction | psychological symptoms of depression and anxiety | Human | Symptomatic peri-menopausal and post-menopausal women with mild to moderate symptoms | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) or Psychoeducation for the Reduction of Menopausal Symptoms: A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial.cited 32× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction | Decreases - assess the effectiveness and efficacy of participating in | anxiety symptoms | Human | caregivers of patients with ALS | 9 weekly sessions for mindfulness-based stress reduction, 6 weekly sessions for building better caregivers. | Group interventions for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis caregivers in Ireland: a randomised controlled trial protocol.cited 12× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - has superior efficacy | anxiety symptoms | Human | young people with anxiety symptoms | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on anxiety symptoms in young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 29× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - significant effect | anxiety symptoms | Human | young people with anxiety symptoms | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on anxiety symptoms in young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 29× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - significantly reduced | anxiety symptoms | Human | young people with anxiety symptoms | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on anxiety symptoms in young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 29× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - significantly superior | anxiety symptoms | Human | young people with anxiety symptoms | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on anxiety symptoms in young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 29× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - reduced | anxiety symptoms | Human | transplant patients | Eight weekly 2.5-hour MBSR classes. | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for solid organ transplant recipients: a randomized controlled trial.cited 81× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - reduced | anxiety symptoms | Human | MBSR group | Eight weekly 2.5-hour MBSR classes. | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for solid organ transplant recipients: a randomized controlled trial.cited 81× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - demonstrated effects in reducing | anxiety symptoms | Human | diabetes patients | Not specified | The effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on the mental health, HbA1C, and mindfulness of diabetes patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.cited 20× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - may also reduce | carer anxiety | Human | family carers of people with dementia | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for family carers of people with dementia.cited 37× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - may decrease | carer anxiety | Human | family carers of people with dementia | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for family carers of people with dementia.cited 37× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - alleviates | depression and anxiety | Human | adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | Not specified | Distinct and shared therapeutic neural mechanisms of mindfulness-based and social support stress reduction groups in adults with autism spectrum disorder.cited 5× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - showed reductions | depression, anxiety and autistic traits | Human | adults with ASD | Not specified | Distinct and shared therapeutic neural mechanisms of mindfulness-based and social support stress reduction groups in adults with autism spectrum disorder.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - significant indirect effects | post-treatment social anxiety | Human | individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) | Not specified | Fear of negative and positive evaluation as mediators and moderators of treatment outcome in social anxiety disorder.cited 6× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction | Increases - demonstrated positive changes in | psychological or physiological outcomes related to anxiety and/or stress | Human | — | 8-week training program (combining mindfulness meditation and yoga). | Mindfulness-based stress reduction as a stress management intervention for healthy individuals: a systematic review.cited 127× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - were associated with reductions | social anxiety | Human | adults with SAD | Not specified | A randomized trial of MBSR versus aerobic exercise for social anxiety disorder.cited 100× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | No effect - were not associated with changes | social anxiety | Human | participants with SGs | Not specified | Do sudden gains predict treatment outcome in social anxiety disorder? Findings from two randomized controlled trials.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - lesser reduction | social anxiety | Human | participants with SAD | Not specified | The moderating effects of anger suppression and anger expression on cognitive behavioral group therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction among individuals with social anxiety disorder.cited 8× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | No effect - examined the empirical evidence behind | social anxiety disorder (SAD) | Human | — | Not available | The role of emotion and emotion regulation in social anxiety disorder.cited 81× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - efficacious in treating | social anxiety disorder (SAD) | Human | adults with generalized SAD | Not specified | Trajectories of social anxiety, cognitive reappraisal, and mindfulness during an RCT of CBGT versus MBSR for social anxiety disorder.cited 31× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Increases - yielded similar improvements | social anxiety symptoms | Human | patients with generalized social anxiety disorder (SAD) | Not specified | Group CBT versus MBSR for social anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled trial.cited 88× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - decreases | social anxiety symptoms | Human | patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) | Not specified | Self-views in social anxiety disorder: The impact of CBT versus MBSR.cited 17× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - appears to be most effective | social anxiety symptom severity | Human | patients with lower pre-treatment social anxiety symptom severity | Not specified | Pre-treatment social anxiety severity moderates the impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction and aerobic exercise.cited 10× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - produced reductions | weekly social anxiety symptoms | Human | patients with generalized social anxiety disorder | Not specified | Pre-treatment social anxiety severity moderates the impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction and aerobic exercise.cited 10× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - significantly greater improvement | state anxiety symptoms | Human | Caregivers of persons with chronic conditions who scored 7 or above in the Caregiver Strain Index | 8-week MBSR program (specific dosage not detailed). | The effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction program on the mental health of family caregivers: a randomized controlled trial.cited 65× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - decreased | State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) scores | Human | Chinese BC patients (Stages I-III) | Not specified (8-week MBSR program) | Randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on posttraumatic growth of Chinese breast cancer survivors.cited 57× |
| Mindfulness-Based-Stress-Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - reductions in symptoms | stress, anxiety and depression | Human | pregnant women | Not specified | The effect of an adapted Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program on mental health, maternal bonding and birth outcomes in psychosocially vulnerable pregnant women: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in a Danish hospital-based outpatient setting.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction | Decreases - compared to waitlist control | symptoms of anxiety | Human | United Methodist clergy in North Carolina | Not specified. | The Selah study protocol of three interventions to manage stress among clergy: a preference-based randomized waitlist control trial.cited 4× |
| group-based adapted mindfulness programme | No effect - no significant changes | anxiety | Human | people with mild to moderate dementia in care homes | 10-session intervention (specific frequency not detailed). | An adapted mindfulness intervention for people with dementia in care homes: feasibility pilot study.cited 34× |
| psychological treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) | Decreases - can be successfully treated | a variety of anxiety disorders | Human | adult populations worldwide | Not specified | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Acceptance Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: Integrating Traditional with Digital Treatment Approaches.cited 40× |
| digitalized mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions | Decreases - may be an efficacious complement | anxiety disorders | Human | — | Not specified | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Acceptance Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: Integrating Traditional with Digital Treatment Approaches.cited 40× |
| psychological treatments, including cognitive behavior therapy, stress management, mindfulness training, and acceptance and commitment therapy | Decreases - have all proved efficacious | health anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | Recent Advances in the Understanding and Treatment of Health Anxiety.cited 62× |
| online Mindfulness-Based Intervention (eMBI) | No effect - no significant difference | anxiety | Human | patients affected by different ILDs | Not specified | Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention (eMBI) in management of dyspnea in patients with interstitial lung disease: A randomized clinical trial. |
| online mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - reduce | anxiety before a first-time screening colonoscopy | Human | average-risk patients | Not specified | Development of a Brief Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention to Reduce Patient Anxiety Before a First-Time Screening Colonoscopy. |
| mindfulness and CBT (M-CBT) | No effect - no interactions | social anxiety symptoms | Human | Japanese undergraduate students with high social anxiety | Four-session M-CBT program (specific dosage not detailed). | Low-intensity mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral therapy for social anxiety: a pilot randomized controlled trial.cited 2× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy [MBCT] | No effect - appear equivocal | anxiety in BPSD | Human | adults with BPSD | Not available | Psychological therapy for anxiety in bipolar spectrum disorders: a systematic review.cited 36× |
| Mindfulness-integrated cognitive behavior therapy (MICBT) | Decreases - was effective for reducing | anxiety | Human | patients with MS | Not specified | Effectiveness of mindfulness-integrated cognitive behavior therapy on anxiety, depression and hope in multiple sclerosis patients: a randomized clinical trial.cited 17× |
| mindfulness-integrated cognitive behavior therapy (MICBT) | Decreases - effectiveness | anxiety | Human | women with breast cancer | Not specified | An examination of the effectiveness of mindfulness-integrated cognitive behavior therapy on depression, anxiety, stress and sleep quality in Iranian women with breast cancer: a randomized controlled trial. |
| Mindfulness-integrated cognitive behavior therapy (MiCBT) | Decreases - decreases | depression and anxiety symptoms | Human | patients with a range of common mental health conditions | Not specified (8-week intervention with meditation practice recorded weekly). | Study protocol for a randomized control trial to investigate the effectiveness of an 8-week mindfulness-integrated cognitive behavior therapy (MiCBT) transdiagnostic group intervention for primary care patients.cited 8× |
| Emotion Focused Mindfulness Therapy (EFMT) | Decreases - has been demonstrated to reduce | symptoms of anxiety | Human | community dwelling adults | Not specified | Virtually-Delivered Emotion Focused Mindfulness Therapy (EFMT) Group vs. Wait-List Control for Late-Life Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 3× |
| Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) plus methadone TAU | Decreases - significantly lower levels of | anxiety | Human | Randomized individuals in MMT | Eight weekly two-hour MORE group sessions. | A pilot randomized clinical trial of mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement as an adjunct to methadone treatment for people with opioid use disorder and chronic pain: Impact on illicit drug use, health, and well-being.cited 35× |
| CBT and mindfulness-based therapies | Increases - are modestly effective | depression and anxiety outcomes | Human | prisoners | Not specified | Outcomes of psychological therapies for prisoners with mental health problems: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 64× |
| end-of-life demands card game (ELDCG) and mindfulness-based cancer recovery program (MBCR) programs | Decreases - showed significantly lower scores | anxiety | Human | patients with advanced lung cancer | Not specified (MBCR program duration was 5 weeks, following the ELDCG in the first week). | Application of the end-of-life demands card game and mindfulness-based cancer recovery program for reducing negative emotion in patients with advanced lung cancer: a randomized controlled trial. |
| end-of-life demands card game (ELDCG) and mindfulness-based cancer recovery program (MBCR) programs | Decreases - showed significantly lower scores | death anxiety | Human | patients with advanced lung cancer | Not specified (MBCR program duration was 5 weeks, following the ELDCG in the first week). | Application of the end-of-life demands card game and mindfulness-based cancer recovery program for reducing negative emotion in patients with advanced lung cancer: a randomized controlled trial. |
| mindfulness and meditation based interventions | No effect | anxiety and stress | Human | — | Not specified | Living through the psychological consequences of COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review of effective mitigating interventions.cited 11× |
| Mindfulness-Based Health Promotion (MBHP) program | Decreases - showed improvements | anxiety | Human | older adults | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness training on quality of life and well-being in older adults: a randomized controlled trial. |
| adapted mindfulness program (AMP) | Decreases - reduced | scores of anxiety | Human | female nursing technicians with chronic pain symptoms | Weekly 60-minute AMP sessions. | Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention in the Management of Musculoskeletal Pain in Nursing Workers.cited 16× |
| Mindfulness Parenting (MP) intervention | Decreases - reduced | anxiety (parental, general, social) | Human | fourteen parents (6 couples and two mothers) of children with autism | Not specified (8-week brief training programme). | Mindfulness Parenting and Childish Play: A Clinical Trial With Parents of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders.cited 2× |
| Mindfulness-based practices | Decreases - reductions | anxiety | Human | healthcare workers | Not specified | Workplace interventions to improve well-being and reduce burnout for nurses, physicians and allied healthcare professionals: a systematic review.cited 105× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy adapted for treating GAD (MBCT-A) | No effect - were significantly different | anxiety remission rate | Human | symptomatic GAD patients | Not specified | Effects of group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and group cognitive behavioural therapy on symptomatic generalized anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled noninferiority trial.cited 9× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy adapted for treating GAD (MBCT-A) | No effect - was noninferior to | anxiety response rate | Human | symptomatic GAD patients | Not specified | Effects of group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and group cognitive behavioural therapy on symptomatic generalized anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled noninferiority trial.cited 9× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy adapted for treating GAD (MBCT-A) | No effect - was noninferior to | anxiety response rate | Human | symptomatic GAD patients | Not specified | Effects of group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and group cognitive behavioural therapy on symptomatic generalized anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled noninferiority trial.cited 9× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy adapted for treating GAD (MBCT-A) | No effect - were no significant differences | anxiety symptoms | Human | symptomatic GAD patients | Not specified | Effects of group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and group cognitive behavioural therapy on symptomatic generalized anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled noninferiority trial.cited 9× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy adapted for treating GAD (MBCT-A) | No effect - was noninferior to | anxiety symptoms | Human | GAD patients | Not specified | Effects of group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and group cognitive behavioural therapy on symptomatic generalized anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled noninferiority trial.cited 9× |
| 8-week mindfulness program | Decreases - significant improvements | anxiety | Human | legal professionals | Not specified (8-week program in Study 1, 30-day intervention in Study 2). | The Mindful Lawyer: Investigating the Effects of Two Online Mindfulness Programs on Self-Reported Well-Being in the Legal Profession.cited 3× |
| mindfulness yoga | Decreases - may help alleviate | anxiety | Human | early-stage breast cancer patients | Not specified | Effect of mindfulness yoga on anxiety and depression in early breast cancer patients received adjuvant chemotherapy: a randomized clinical trial.cited 38× |
| mindfulness yoga treatment | Decreases - had a better prognosis | anxiety | Human | early-stage breast cancer patients | Not specified | Effect of mindfulness yoga on anxiety and depression in early breast cancer patients received adjuvant chemotherapy: a randomized clinical trial.cited 38× |
| mindfulness yoga | Decreases - improve | anxiety | Human | children with school refusal | Not specified (program distributed on DVD, frequency implied as daily). | The Effect of Mindfulness Yoga in Children With School Refusal: A Study Protocol for an Exploratory, Cluster-Randomized, Open, Standard Care-Controlled, Multicenter Clinical Trial.cited 5× |
| mindfulness yoga | Decreases - reduce | anxiety | Human | children with school refusal | Not specified (program distributed on DVD, frequency implied as daily). | The Effect of Mindfulness Yoga in Children With School Refusal: A Study Protocol for an Exploratory, Cluster-Randomized, Open, Standard Care-Controlled, Multicenter Clinical Trial.cited 5× |
| mindfulness yoga | Decreases - could alleviate | anxiety level | Human | MDD patients | Not specified | The effectiveness of mindfulness yoga on patients with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 7× |
| Mindfulness-enhanced Tai Chi Chuan (MTCC) | Decreases - significantly greater improvements | anxiety | Human | healthy college students new to Tai Chi Chuan training | 10 weekly 90-minute training sessions. | The effects of mindfulness enhanced Tai Chi Chuan training on mental and physical health among beginners: a randomized controlled trial. |
| Mindfulness Meditation training | Decreases - demonstrated noticeable improvement | anxiety | Human | Chronic pain patients who suffer with anxiety and depression | Three days a week for an hour of Mindfulness Meditation training, plus an hour daily home practice. | Observing the Effects of Mindfulness-Based Meditation on Anxiety and Depression in Chronic Pain Patients.cited 13× |
| mindfulness meditation training | Decreases - improved their scores on | symptoms of anxiety | Human | female meditators | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness training on body awareness to sexual stimuli: implications for female sexual dysfunction.cited 76× |
| Mindfulness-based programmes (MBPs) | Decreases - improved average anxiety | anxiety | Human | nonclinical settings | Not specified | Mindfulness-based programmes for mental health promotion in adults in nonclinical settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.cited 103× |
| Mindfulness-based programmes (MBPs) | No effect - no statistically significant evidence for improving anxiety | anxiety | Human | nonclinical settings | Not specified | Mindfulness-based programmes for mental health promotion in adults in nonclinical settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.cited 103× |
| Mindfulness-based programmes | Decreases - may be a promising treatment strategy | problems with stress and anxiety | Human | adolescents exposed to interparental conflict | Not available | No title availablecited 6× |
| mindfulness-based programmes (MBPs) | Decreases - reducing | symptoms of anxiety | Human | elite athletes | Not specified | Effect of mindfulness-based programmes on elite athlete mental health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 18× |
| Mindfulness-Based Training | Decreases - reduce | anxiety | Human | nurses | 2-hour workshop followed by 4 weeks of guided self-practice via a Mindfulness-Based Training website. | The effect of mindfulness-based training on stress, anxiety, depression and job satisfaction among ward nurses: A randomized control trial.cited 50× |
| Mindfulness-Based Training | Decreases - significant effect over time | anxiety | Human | ward nurses | 2-hour workshop followed by 4 weeks of guided self-practice via a Mindfulness-Based Training website. | The effect of mindfulness-based training on stress, anxiety, depression and job satisfaction among ward nurses: A randomized control trial.cited 50× |
| Mindfulness-Based Training | Decreases - significant effect | anxiety | Human | ward nurses | 2-hour workshop followed by 4 weeks of guided self-practice via a Mindfulness-Based Training website. | The effect of mindfulness-based training on stress, anxiety, depression and job satisfaction among ward nurses: A randomized control trial.cited 50× |
| Mindfulness-Based Training | Decreases - effective in improving | anxiety | Human | nurses | 2-hour workshop followed by 4 weeks of guided self-practice via a Mindfulness-Based Training website. | The effect of mindfulness-based training on stress, anxiety, depression and job satisfaction among ward nurses: A randomized control trial.cited 50× |
| mindfulness-based group cognitive behavior therapy (M-gCBT) | Decreases - showed statistically significant improvement | Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 | Human | participants with provoked localized vulvodynia | 8 weekly sessions for M-gCBT; 8 weeks of online education with 3 in-person group visits for education support. | Mindfulness-Based Group Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Provoked Localized Vulvodynia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 16× |
| Mindfulness-based Art Therapy (MBAT) programme | Decreases - was associated with significant changes in CBF, which correlated with decreased anxiety | anxiety | Human | breast cancer patients | Not specified | Changes in cerebral blood flow and anxiety associated with an 8-week mindfulness programme in women with breast cancer.cited 36× |
| Mindfulness-based Art Therapy (MBAT) programme | Decreases - had a significant correlation between increased CBF and decreased anxiety scores | anxiety scores | Human | breast cancer patients | Not specified | Changes in cerebral blood flow and anxiety associated with an 8-week mindfulness programme in women with breast cancer.cited 36× |
| virtual, group mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) adapted for pediatric type 1 diabetes | Decreases - showed declines | anxiety | Human | adolescents with T1D | Not specified | Mindfulness-based group intervention for adolescents with type 1 diabetes: initial findings from a pilot and feasibility randomized controlled trial. |
| pretreatment mindfulness | No effect - was not related to change | social anxiety symptoms | Human | individuals with a primary diagnosis of social phobia | Not specified | Cognitive processes as mediators of the relation between mindfulness and change in social anxiety symptoms following cognitive behavioral treatment.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based self-care (MBSC) training | Decreases - had reduced levels of | anxiety | Human | health care professionals | 5 weekly, 1.5-hour in-class mindfulness practice sessions. | Effect of a Brief Mindfulness-Based Program on Stress in Health Care Professionals at a US Biomedical Research Hospital: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 35× |
| mindfulness-based self-care (MBSC) training | Decreases - sustained reductions in | anxiety | Human | health care professionals | 5 weekly, 1.5-hour in-class mindfulness practice sessions. | Effect of a Brief Mindfulness-Based Program on Stress in Health Care Professionals at a US Biomedical Research Hospital: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 35× |
| cognitive behavioral and mindfulness combined with psycho-education interventions | Decreases - moderate to high significant effects | anxiety | Human | informal caregivers | Not specified | Non-pharmacological interventions on anxiety and depression in lung cancer patients' informal caregivers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 6× |
| brief preexamination mindfulness reflective intervention | Decreases - decreased | anxiety | Human | nursing students | Not specified | Evaluation of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Examination Anxiety and Stress.cited 5× |
| blended mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - showed a significant reduction | anxiety | Human | individuals with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) | Not specified in the abstract. | A blended mindfulness-based stress reduction program to improve diabetes self-management among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a mediation effect analysis.cited 1× |
| cognitive, behavioural and mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - Effect sizes were robust for | symptoms of perinatal anxiety | Human | perinatal population | Not specified | The effectiveness of psychological interventions for anxiety in the perinatal period: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 13× |
| Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs), yoga, hypnosis, relaxation therapies, music therapy, reflexology, acupuncture, tai chi, and lavender essential oils | Decreases - recommended modalities for managing | anxiety | Human | people with cancer | Not available | Integrative Therapies in Cancer Care: An Update on the Guidelines.cited 12× |
| mindfulness-based online yoga | Decreases - hypothesise better outcomes | generalised anxiety | Human | intervention group | 1 hour per week of mindfulness-based online yoga. | Study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of an online yoga intervention in high-grade glioma patients and their caregivers: the YINOTA-O-trial. |
| mindfulness-based online yoga | Decreases - significant effect detections | Generalised Anxiety Disorder scale-7 | Human | patients | 1 hour per week of mindfulness-based online yoga. | Study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of an online yoga intervention in high-grade glioma patients and their caregivers: the YINOTA-O-trial. |
| mindfulness-based online yoga | Decreases - significant effect detections | Generalised Anxiety Disorder scale-7 | Human | caregivers | 1 hour per week of mindfulness-based online yoga. | Study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of an online yoga intervention in high-grade glioma patients and their caregivers: the YINOTA-O-trial. |
| Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) adjunctive group treatment | No effect - did not find superiority | anxiety | Human | BP-outpatients with subthreshold depressive symptoms | Not specified | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy versus psychoeducational intervention in bipolar outpatients: Results from a randomized controlled trial.cited 4× |
| online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention | Decreases - decreased significantly | anxiety scores | Human | asymptomatic/mild COVID-19 patients treated in Sanya Fangcang hospital | Daily sessions for 5 days (specific duration per session not mentioned). | Effect of the Online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Anxiety and Depression Status of COVID-19 Patients Treated in Fangcang Hospitals: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 5× |
| online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention | Increases - was significantly more | proportion of light anxiety and depression patients | Human | asymptomatic/mild COVID-19 patients treated in Sanya Fangcang hospital | Daily sessions for 5 days (specific duration per session not mentioned). | Effect of the Online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Anxiety and Depression Status of COVID-19 Patients Treated in Fangcang Hospitals: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 5× |
| online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention | Decreases - decreased to 0% | proportion of severe anxiety and depression patients | Human | asymptomatic/mild COVID-19 patients treated in Sanya Fangcang hospital | Daily sessions for 5 days (specific duration per session not mentioned). | Effect of the Online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Anxiety and Depression Status of COVID-19 Patients Treated in Fangcang Hospitals: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 5× |
| mindfulness ecological momentary interventions (MEMI) | No effect - No ER and self-compassion domains were mediators of the effect on | generalized anxiety symptoms | Human | participants with SAD | 14-day fully self-guided intervention (specific dosage not detailed). | Testing the Efficacy of a Brief, Self-Guided Mindfulness Ecological Momentary Intervention on Emotion Regulation and Self-Compassion in Social Anxiety Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 4× |
| mindfulness group (MG) training | Decreases - evidenced significantly greater improvements | visceral anxiety | Human | female IBS patients | Eight weekly sessions and one half-day intensive session. | Mindfulness training reduces the severity of irritable bowel syndrome in women: results of a randomized controlled trial.cited 157× |
| modified Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - had a statistically greater improvement | anxiety | Human | family caregivers of people with dementia | 7-session modified MBCT over 10 weeks with telephone follow-up. | Effects of a Modified Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 21× |
| Dot be mindfulness in schools curriculum | No effect - no significant improvements were found | anxiety | Human | Students (M age 13.63; SD = .43) from a broad band of socioeconomic demographics | Eight lessons, once weekly ("Dot be" mindfulness curriculum). | Effectiveness of a school-based mindfulness program for transdiagnostic prevention in young adolescents.cited 68× |
| Dot be mindfulness in schools curriculum | Increases - was higher | anxiety | Human | males | Eight lessons, once weekly ("Dot be" mindfulness curriculum). | Effectiveness of a school-based mindfulness program for transdiagnostic prevention in young adolescents.cited 68× |
| Dot be mindfulness in schools curriculum | Increases - was higher | anxiety | Human | those of both genders with low baseline levels of weight/shape concerns | Eight lessons, once weekly ("Dot be" mindfulness curriculum). | Effectiveness of a school-based mindfulness program for transdiagnostic prevention in young adolescents.cited 68× |
| Dot be mindfulness in schools curriculum | Increases - was higher | anxiety | Human | those of both genders with low baseline levels of depression | Eight lessons, once weekly ("Dot be" mindfulness curriculum). | Effectiveness of a school-based mindfulness program for transdiagnostic prevention in young adolescents.cited 68× |
| Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Behavioral Activation and Mindfulness-based interventions, specifically adapted to meet the needs of women in the perinatal period | Decreases - experienced improvements | symptoms of anxiety and depression | Human | women involved in the interventions | Not specified | An evaluation of perinatal mental health interventions: An integrative literature review.cited 30× |
| mindfulness only group | Decreases - showed significantly reduced | anxiety | Human | completers in group 2, 3 and 4 | Two in-person guided sessions plus weekly self-guided practice for 7 weeks. | An evaluation of a low intensity mHealth enhanced mindfulness intervention for Chinese university students: A randomized controlled trial.cited 26× |
| mindfulness approaches | Decreases - may exert a therapeutic benefit | anxiety and somatic symptoms | Human | — | Not available | Mind-Body Interactions in Anxiety and Somatic Symptoms.cited 47× |
| mindfulness approaches | Decreases - may be beneficial | anxiety in people with schizophrenia | Human | people with schizophrenia | Not available | How should we manage anxiety in patients with schizophrenia?cited 6× |