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48 studies (61 claims)
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Study Claims
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness Based Stress Intervention for Insomnia (MBSI-I) | Increases - improved | Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) | Human | persons with multiple sclerosis (PWMS) with chronic insomnia | Ten, two-hour weekly sessions of MBSI-I over ten weeks or a single one-hour SH session. | A pilot, randomized, placebo-controlled study of mindfulness meditation in treating insomnia in multiple sclerosis.cited 4× |
| Mindfulness Based Stress Intervention for Insomnia (MBSI-I) | Increases - showed significant improvement | Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) | Human | persons with multiple sclerosis (PWMS) with chronic insomnia | Ten, two-hour weekly sessions of MBSI-I over ten weeks or a single one-hour SH session. | A pilot, randomized, placebo-controlled study of mindfulness meditation in treating insomnia in multiple sclerosis.cited 4× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs), combined with CBT-I components in some studies | No effect - could not demonstrate that MBIs positively affected ID | chronic insomnia disorder (ID) | Human | the general adult population | Not specified | Can mindfulness-based interventions improve outcomes in cognitive-behavioural therapy for chronic insomnia disorder in the general population? Systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 3× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - had a small to medium effect size on ISI nearing signification | Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) | Human | active control groups in the pretest-posttest period | Not specified | Can mindfulness-based interventions improve outcomes in cognitive-behavioural therapy for chronic insomnia disorder in the general population? Systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 3× |
| 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. |
| Qi-based mindfulness therapy (QMT) training for 4 weeks | Decreases - exhibited a statistically significant reduction in scores | Insomnia Severity Index 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 | Decreases - moderate and negative effect sizes according to the Hedge's g index | Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) | Human | — | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on older adults with sleep disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 3× |
| Mindfulness | Decreases - may be protective | perinatal insomnia | Human | perinatal women | Not specified | Perinatal Insomnia and Mental Health: a Review of Recent Literature.cited 30× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on insomnia (MBCT-I) | Decreases - decreased significantly | Insomnia severity | Human | breast cancer survivors | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on breast cancer survivors with insomnia: A randomised controlled trial.cited 26× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on insomnia (MBCT-I) | Decreases - improved | insomnia status | Human | breast cancer survivors with moderate and severe insomnia | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on breast cancer survivors with insomnia: A randomised controlled trial.cited 26× |
| mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia (MBTI) | No effect - was correlated with | change in insomnia symptoms | Human | older adults with sleep disturbances | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia and a sleep hygiene/exercise programme on subjective-objective sleep discrepancy in older adults with sleep disturbances: Exploratory secondary analysis of a randomised clinical trial.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia (MBTI) | Increases - drove an improvement in | insomnia symptoms | Human | older adults with sleep disturbances | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia and a sleep hygiene/exercise programme on subjective-objective sleep discrepancy in older adults with sleep disturbances: Exploratory secondary analysis of a randomised clinical trial.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia (MBTI) | Decreases - effective and accepted treatment | insomnia | Human | older patients | Not specified | The value of mindfulness meditation in the treatment of insomnia.cited 13× |
| mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia (MBTI) | Decreases - similar improvement | insomnia | Human | — | Not specified | The value of mindfulness meditation in the treatment of insomnia.cited 13× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - can be successfully used | insomnia | Human | — | Not specified | The value of mindfulness meditation in the treatment of insomnia.cited 13× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - similar improvement | insomnia | Human | — | Not specified | The value of mindfulness meditation in the treatment of insomnia.cited 13× |
| Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Insomnia (MBTI) | Decreases - reductions | insomnia severity | Human | older adults | Not specified | Mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia for older adults with sleep difficulties: a randomized clinical trial.cited 17× |
| mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia (MBT-I) | Decreases - reduced | Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) scores | 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. |
| mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia (MBT-I) | Decreases - showed a clinically significant improvement | insomnia 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. |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - have proven beneficial | insomnia | Human | — | 12 sessions (2 sessions per week, 30 minutes each) over 6 weeks. | 'Mindfulness Living with Insomnia': an mHealth intervention for individuals with insomnia in China: a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - dealing with | insomnia | Human | — | Not specified | Distress Management Through Mind-Body Therapies in Oncology.cited 19× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - are effective in insomnia treatment | insomnia | Human | older individuals with insomnia | 2-hour sessions weekly for 8 weeks. | Efficacy of mindfulness-based intervention ('mindfulness-based joyful sleep') in young and middle-aged individuals with insomnia using a biomarker of inflammatory responses: a prospective protocol of a randomised controlled trial in China.cited 4× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - are helpful in managing | insomnia | 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 | Decreases - safe and effective | insomnia and hypertension | Human | people with insomnia and hypertension | Not specified | A Narrative Review of the Effects of Mindfulness on Sleep and Hypertension.cited 2× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - consistent, albeit small to moderate, effects | insomnia symptoms | Human | — | Not specified | A Narrative Review of the Effects of Mindfulness on Sleep and Hypertension.cited 2× |
| Neurofeedback-Assisted Mindfulness Training Program (NAMTP) | No effect - analyzed | signs of insomnia | 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-based stress reduction intervention | Decreases - Symptoms of insomnia were statistically reduced | Symptoms of insomnia | 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. |
| internet-delivered mindfulness-based stress reduction (iMBSR) intervention | Decreases - produce effects that are non-inferior to the internet-delivered CBT-I (iCBT-I) intervention in reducing the severity of insomnia | severity of insomnia | Human | clinical nurses with insomnia | Not specified | Internet delivered, non-inferiority, two-arm, assessor-blinded intervention comparing mindfulness-based stress reduction and cognitive-behavioral treatment for insomnia: a protocol study for a randomized controlled trial for nursing staff with insomnia.cited 2× |
| mindfulness-based Tai Chi Chuan (MBTCC) programme | No effect - evaluate the effects | insomnia severity, interoception, sleep-wake pattern, health status, rumination, and hyperarousal level | Human | community-dwelling older adults with sleep problems | Not specified (8-week intervention). | The effects of an integrated mindfulness-based tai chi chuan programme on sleep disturbance among community-dwelling elderly people: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 2× |
| Mindfulness-based therapies (MBTs) | Decreases - increasingly being investigated as a treatment | insomnia and general sleep disturbance | Human | — | Not specified | A Meta-Analysis of Mindfulness-Based Therapies for Insomnia and Sleep Disturbance: Moving Towards Processes of Change.cited 40× |
| mindfulness-based therapies | Decreases - showed benefits | insomnia severity | Human | adult cancer patients and survivors | Not specified | Interventions for insomnia in cancer patients and survivors-a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 9× |
| mindfulness-based therapies | Increases - have the most evidence for improving | sleep and insomnia | Human | cancer patients | Not available | Integrative Approaches for Sleep Health in Cancer Survivors.cited 19× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for insomnia (MBCT-I) | Decreases - significantly decreased | Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) score | Human | Adults with chronic primary insomnia | Not specified. | Comparing the Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Sleep Psycho-Education with Exercise on Chronic Insomnia: A Randomised Controlled Trial.cited 44× |
| additional sessions of mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) | Decreases - mean scores | Insomnia Severity Index | Human | 64 participants with primary insomnia | Four sessions of MBT (frequency not specified). | Enhancing CBT for Chronic Insomnia: A Randomised Clinical Trial of Additive Components of Mindfulness or Cognitive Therapy.cited 20× |
| brief mindfulness-based stress management program | No effect - no significant superiority or inferiority was observed | severity of insomnia | 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× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - may be an effective approach to treat | chronic insomnia | Human | adults | 8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program. | How mindfulness changed my sleep: focus groups with chronic insomnia patients.cited 36× |
| mindfulness training in a group format, combined with sleep hygiene education | No effect - important for effective application of MBSR as a treatment for | chronic insomnia | Human | patients with chronic insomnia | 8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program. | How mindfulness changed my sleep: focus groups with chronic insomnia patients.cited 36× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy | Decreases - significant results were obtained | Insomnia Severity Index | Human | older adults with subclinical and moderate insomnia | Not specified | Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy to Improve Sleep Quality in Older Adults with Insomnia.cited 6× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy | Decreases - reduction in insomnia symptoms | insomnia symptoms | Human | subclinical intervention group | Not specified | Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy to Improve Sleep Quality in Older Adults with Insomnia.cited 6× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy | Decreases - reduction in insomnia symptoms | insomnia symptoms | Human | moderate intervention group | Not specified | Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy to Improve Sleep Quality in Older Adults with Insomnia.cited 6× |
| treatment that combines mindfulness and cognitive therapy | Decreases - is effective for treating | insomnia | Human | older adults | Not specified | Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy to Improve Sleep Quality in Older Adults with Insomnia.cited 6× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significantly less severe | insomnia symptoms | Human | remitted participants with at least three prior episodes of depression | Not specified | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy improves insomnia symptoms in individuals with recurrent depression: secondary analyses from a randomized controlled trial. |
| mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP) program | Decreases - had a greater reduction from baseline levels than the control group | insomnia severity | Human | women with insomnia | 8-week group-delivered MBRP program (specific frequency not detailed). | Effects of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention on the Chronic use of Hypnotics in Treatment-Seeking Women with Insomnia: a Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP) program | Decreases - had a greater reduction from baseline levels than the control group | insomnia severity | Human | women with insomnia | 8-week group-delivered MBRP program (specific frequency not detailed). | Effects of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention on the Chronic use of Hypnotics in Treatment-Seeking Women with Insomnia: a Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 1× |
| mindfulness treatment | Decreases - within effect sizes were large | symptoms of anxiety, depression, and insomnia | 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 treatment | Decreases - showed a larger decrease | symptoms of insomnia | 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 meditation (MM) | Decreases - relieves | insomnia | Human | patients with FMS | Various regimens reported (type, duration, schemes, and ingredients not fully unified). | Mindfulness Meditation for Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. |
| mindfulness meditation | No effect - may provide alternative treatments for | insomnia | Human | military populations | Not available | Complementary and Integrative Health Interventions for Insomnia in Veterans and Military Populations.cited 1× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - reduces | insomnia severity | Human | individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) | Not specified | Mindfulness Meditation for Sleep Disturbances Among Individuals with Cognitive Impairment: A Scoping Review. |
| mindfulness meditation | No effect - evidence supporting | insomnia treatment | Human | — | Not specified | Integrative Medicine for Insomnia.cited 20× |
| mindfulness-based cancer recovery (MBCR) | Decreases - supports the use of both CBT-I and MBCR to reduce | insomnia severity | Human | cancer patients with insomnia | Not specified | The Comparative Impact of Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR) and Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) on Sleep and Mindfulness in Cancer Patients.cited 26× |
| mindfulness-based cancer recovery (MBCR) | No effect - There were no significant differences between the MBCR and CBT-I groups in the percentage of patients exceeding insomnia severity clinical cutoffs at post-program or follow-up | insomnia severity clinical cutoffs | Human | cancer patients with insomnia | Not specified | The Comparative Impact of Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR) and Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) on Sleep and Mindfulness in Cancer Patients.cited 26× |
| mindfulness meditation and relaxation for insomnia | Decreases - demonstrated promise | insomnia | Human | peri- and post-menopausal women | Not specified | Cognitive-behavioral, behavioural and mindfulness-based therapies for insomnia in menopause.cited 6× |
| a mindfulness and compassion-focused programme | No effect - will assess the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy | Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) | 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× |
| internet-delivered mindfulness-based stress reduction (IMBSR) | Decreases - significantly reduced | insomnia severity | Human | nurses with insomnia | Not specified | Cognitive-behavioral treatment for insomnia and mindfulness-based stress reduction in nurses with insomnia: a non-inferiority internet delivered randomized controlled trial. |
| internet-delivered mindfulness-based stress reduction (IMBSR) | Decreases - was effective at reducing | insomnia severity | Human | nurses with insomnia | Not specified | Cognitive-behavioral treatment for insomnia and mindfulness-based stress reduction in nurses with insomnia: a non-inferiority internet delivered randomized controlled trial. |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - a treatment with demonstrated potential | insomnia | Human | cancer survivors | Not specified (8-week group sessions). | I-CAN SLEEP: rationale and design of a non-inferiority RCT of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the treatment of Insomnia in CANcer survivors.cited 16× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - produce sleep effects comparable to | insomnia severity | Human | cancer population | Not specified (8-week group sessions). | I-CAN SLEEP: rationale and design of a non-inferiority RCT of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the treatment of Insomnia in CANcer survivors.cited 16× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | No effect - was inferior to CBT-I for improving | insomnia severity | Human | patients with cancer with insomnia | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction compared with cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of insomnia comorbid with cancer: a randomized, partially blinded, noninferiority trial.cited 195× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | No effect - demonstrated noninferiority | insomnia severity | Human | patients with cancer with insomnia | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction compared with cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of insomnia comorbid with cancer: a randomized, partially blinded, noninferiority trial.cited 195× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Increases - Large, significant improvements were found | Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) | Human | adults with primary chronic insomnia | Eight weekly 2.5-hour MBSR classes plus a daylong retreat, with ongoing home practice for three months. | Mindfulness-based stress reduction versus pharmacotherapy for chronic primary insomnia: a randomized controlled clinical trial.cited 143× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction | Increases - had a definite impact on | patients with insomnia that was secondary to cervical cancer | Human | patients with insomnia secondary to cervical cancer | 8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction program (specific frequency not detailed). | A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction for insomnia secondary to cervical cancer: Sleep effects.cited 17× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction | No effect - no long-term influences | patients with insomnia that was secondary to cervical cancer | Human | patients with insomnia secondary to cervical cancer | 8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction program (specific frequency not detailed). | A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction for insomnia secondary to cervical cancer: Sleep effects.cited 17× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction | Increases - may also be effective in improving | primary insomnia | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for long-term physical conditions: A systematic review.cited 45× |
| mindfulness and yoga | Decreases - preliminary support was found | poor sleep quality and insomnia | Human | pregnant women | Not specified | Interventions for sleep problems during pregnancy: A systematic review.cited 68× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) or mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia (MBTI) | Decreases - significantly greater reductions | Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) | Human | adults with chronic insomnia | Eight-week intervention (specific frequency not detailed). | A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness meditation for chronic insomnia.cited 173× |
| mindfulness-based practices | Decreases - proved supportive in insomnia disorder treatment | insomnia disorder | Human | — | Not specified | Advancement in the contemporary clinical diagnosis and treatment strategies of insomnia disorder.cited 5× |
| therapies using mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches | Decreases - have benefits for improving | the symptoms of insomnia | Human | — | Not specified | Improving sleep with mindfulness and acceptance: a metacognitive model of insomnia.cited 200× |