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| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 - can reduce | stress | 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. |
| Mindfulness Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) intervention | No effect - significant intervention effects were found | perinatal depression (PND) and perceived stress | Human | — | Not specified | Autonomic function and inflammation in pregnant women participating in a randomized controlled study of Mindfulness Based Childbirth and Parenting.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)-facilitated stress relief | Decreases - benefit most from | stress relief | Human | breast cancer patients | Not specified. | Baseline immune biomarkers as predictors of MBSR(BC) treatment success in off-treatment breast cancer patients.cited 23× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - significantly lower levels | perceived stress | Human | family caregivers | Eight-week MBSR program (specific dosage not detailed). | A pilot randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction for caregivers of family members with dementia.cited 68× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - showed stress reduction effects | stress | Human | family caregivers | Eight-week MBSR program (specific dosage not detailed). | A pilot randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction for caregivers of family members with dementia.cited 68× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - were significantly improved | Perceived Stress Scale scores | 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 - led to a decrease | perceived stress total scores | Human | older adults living in a nursing home in Turkey | Not specified | The effect of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program on the level of perceived stress and geriatric depression in older adults: a randomised controlled study.cited 5× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - significant improvements | self-reported stress levels | Human | women after completion of their medical treatment for breast cancer | Not specified | Changes in the cortisol awakening response (CAR) following participation in mindfulness-based stress reduction in women who completed treatment for breast cancer.cited 64× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - associated with reduced | stress | Human | Participants | Not specified | Common and Dissociable Neural Activity After Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Relaxation Response Programs.cited 36× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - significant improvements were observed | stress | 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 - showed improvements | stress level | Human | substance abuse patients | Two 1-hour sessions per day, capped at 15 participants per session. | Mindfulness based stress reduction among substance abuse patients at de-addiction center. |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - experienced a significant decrease | stress levels | Human | participants | Not specified | Exploring the sustained impact of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program: a thematic analysis. |
| migraine-specific adaptation of the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) program | Decreases - showed superiority | perceived stress | 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 stress | 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 stress | 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 - reduced | stress | 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 interventions | Decreases - beneficial effects in fostering resilience and reducing stress | resilience and stress | Human | clinical and non-clinical populations | 4 days of Intensive Meditation (Templestay program) or Relaxation. | The effects of four days of intensive mindfulness meditation training (Templestay program) on resilience to stress: a randomized controlled trial.cited 19× |
| mindfulness meditation practice | Decreases - effects are predominantly mediated by | stress reduction effects | Human | — | 4 days of Intensive Meditation (Templestay program) or Relaxation. | The effects of four days of intensive mindfulness meditation training (Templestay program) on resilience to stress: a randomized controlled trial.cited 19× |
| online mindfulness intervention | Decreases - significant decreases | perceived stress | Human | Participants recruited from The Dow Chemical Company | Not specified | Mindfulness goes to work: impact of an online workplace intervention.cited 98× |
| Mindfulness in Motion (MIM) and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension DASH (MIM DASH) | No effect - no changes | stress | Human | African Americans with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and hypertension | 8 weekly 2-hour group sessions. | Mindfulness in Motion and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) in Hypertensive African Americans.cited 18× |
| virtual mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - Significant improvements after intervention were present | perceived stress | Human | neurosurgeons | 8 weeks of 90-minute MBI classes with suggested daily practice. | Mindfulness Training for Young Neurosurgeons: A Virtual Multicenter Prospective Pilot Study.cited 9× |
| single-session mindfulness and compassion intervention | Decreases - may lead to meaningful reductions | perceived stress | Human | — | One-hour telehealth session. | Efficacy of a single session mindfulness based intervention: A randomized clinical trial.cited 3× |
| attention-based cognitive behavioral treatment, based on mindfulness cognitive therapy (MBCT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) | No effect - did not impact | parental stress-levels | Human | school-aged autistic children | Nine weekly sessions of individual therapy for children; three weekly psychoeducation group sessions for parents. | The effectiveness of an attention-based intervention for school-aged autistic children with anger regulating problems: A randomized controlled trial.cited 3× |
| mindfulness- and relaxation-based eHealth interventions | No effect - No effects were found | stress | Human | patients with a medical condition | Not specified | Effectiveness of Mindfulness- and Relaxation-Based eHealth Interventions for Patients with Medical Conditions: a Systematic Review and Synthesis.cited 55× |
| Mindfulness strategies | Decreases - reduced | stress | 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-Based Cognitive Therapy to Prevent Suicide (MBCT-S) | Decreases - improved over time | Combat-stress interference scores | Human | Veterans in MBCT-S | Not specified | Attentional control may be modifiable with Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to Prevent Suicide.cited 9× |
| a newly developed mindfulness programme | Decreases - significant improvements | relocation stress | Human | older adults with type 2 diabetes relocating to long-term care facility | Not specified (program included meditations, education, and exercise techniques over 9 weeks). | Effect of a mindfulness programme for long-term care residents with type 2 diabetes: A cluster randomised controlled trial measuring outcomes of glycaemic control, relocation stress and depression.cited 21× |
| more frequent mindfulness practice | Decreases - was associated with greater reductions | stress | 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. |
| 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 stress reduction training program | No effect - no differences | perceived stress | 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 stress reduction training program | No effect - no differences | post-traumatic stress symptoms | 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 relapse prevention (MBRP) plus Treatment as usual (TAU) | Decreases - had lower | stress | Human | young adults in residential treatment | Not specified | Substance use outcomes for mindfulness based relapse prevention are partially mediated by reductions in stress: Results from a randomized trial.cited 32× |
| Mindfulness based relapse prevention (MBRP) | Decreases - reduced | stress during treatment | Human | young adults in residential treatment | Not specified | Substance use outcomes for mindfulness based relapse prevention are partially mediated by reductions in stress: Results from a randomized trial.cited 32× |
| mindfulness | Increases - can be useful | ADHD, sleep problems, chronic illness, and stress related to performance sports | Human | adolescents | Not specified | Mindfulness-based interventions for adolescent health.cited 33× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - contributed to caregivers' management | caregiving stress and burden | Human | caregivers | Not specified | Using Photovoice in a Mindfulness-Based Program to Understand the Experiences of Caregivers of Young Adults with Psychosis.cited 3× |
| Mindfulness | Increases - showed some promising positive results | coping with stress | Human | student nurses/midwives | Not specified | Nursing and midwifery students' stress and coping during their undergraduate education programmes: An integrative review.cited 130× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - has been shown to decrease the risk | depression, suicidal ideation, burnout, and overwhelming stress | Human | surgical trainees | Weekly 2-hour classes and 20 minutes of suggested daily home practice. | Feasibility of Formal Mindfulness-Based Stress-Resilience Training Among Surgery Interns: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 96× |
| modified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training | No effect - was feasible | formal stress-resilience training | Human | surgical interns | Weekly 2-hour classes and 20 minutes of suggested daily home practice. | Feasibility of Formal Mindfulness-Based Stress-Resilience Training Among Surgery Interns: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 96× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - alleviating | HCT caregiver stress | Human | HCT caregivers | 6-week weekly individual treatment sessions and brief daily momentary interventions/messages. | A mindfulness-based stress management program for caregivers of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) patients: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 2× |
| mindfulness | Increases - increased overall likelihood of improvement | mood and maternal stress | Human | pregnant people | Not specified | The Efficacy of Provider-Based Prenatal Interventions to Reduce Maternal Stress: A Systematic Review.cited 4× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - demonstrated a reduction | perceived stress | Human | graduate nursing students | Not specified | Interventions to Reduce Perceived Stress Among Graduate Students: A Systematic Review With Implications for Evidence-Based Practice.cited 50× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - significantly lower | perceived stress 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 - help address | physiological manifestations of prolonged stress | Human | — | Not specified | Relaxation Techniques for Trauma.cited 7× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - led to lower levels of | physiological stress levels | Human | fourth-year medical students | 6-minute session before the examination. | Association of Personality Traits With the Efficacy of Stress Management Interventions for Medical Students Taking Objective Structured Clinical Examinations.cited 1× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - led to lower levels of | psychological stress levels | Human | fourth-year medical students | 6-minute session before the examination. | Association of Personality Traits With the Efficacy of Stress Management Interventions for Medical Students Taking Objective Structured Clinical Examinations.cited 1× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - efficacy varied by agreeableness score for | psychological stress reduction | Human | fourth-year medical students | 6-minute session before the examination. | Association of Personality Traits With the Efficacy of Stress Management Interventions for Medical Students Taking Objective Structured Clinical Examinations.cited 1× |
| Mindfulness | Decreases - proven responsive | posttraumatic stress disorder | Human | older adults | Not specified | Mindfulness, Stress, and Aging.cited 14× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - found effective | stress | Human | — | 8-week specific intervention (frequency not specified) | Study protocol on comparative effectiveness of mindfulness meditation and qigong on psychophysiological outcomes for patients with colorectal cancer: a randomized controlled trial.cited 9× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - expected to have lower | stress level | Human | people with colorectal cancer | 8-week specific intervention (frequency not specified) | Study protocol on comparative effectiveness of mindfulness meditation and qigong on psychophysiological outcomes for patients with colorectal cancer: a randomized controlled trial.cited 9× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - were associated with stress reduction | stress | Human | students with attention problems and/or learning disabilities | Not specified | The influence of mindfulness meditation on inattention and physiological markers of stress on students with learning disabilities and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.cited 10× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - statistically significant decrease | stress | 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 - reduce | stress | Human | — | Not specified | Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma (ALMA): an Evaluation of a Mindfulness Intervention to Promote Mental Health among Latina Immigrant Mothers.cited 17× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - may help in reducing | stress | Human | medical providers, such as physicians and nurses | Not available | Mindfulness-based interventions with social workers and the potential for enhanced patient-centered care: A systematic review of the literature.cited 19× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - may offer an enabling way of coping with | stress | Human | — | Not specified | Making time and space: the impact of mindfulness training on nursing and midwifery practice. A critical interpretative synthesis.cited 27× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - enables to gain some control over | thoughts and stress levels | Human | nurses and midwives | Not specified | Making time and space: the impact of mindfulness training on nursing and midwifery practice. A critical interpretative synthesis.cited 27× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - could reduce | stress | Human | people with psoriasis | Not specified (eight-week mindfulness treatment). | A pilot study examining mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in psoriasis.cited 63× |
| mindfulness treatment as an adjunct to their usual psoriasis therapy | No effect - no significant difference | perceived stress (Perceived Stress Scale) | Human | people with psoriasis | Not specified (eight-week mindfulness treatment). | A pilot study examining mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in psoriasis.cited 63× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy | Decreases - has been found to reduce | levels of stress and distress | Human | — | Not specified (eight-week mindfulness treatment). | A pilot study examining mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in psoriasis.cited 63× |
| mindfulness | No effect - most promising outcome measures | stress | Human | — | Not available | Interventional studies to support the spiritual self-care of health care practitioners: an integrative review of the literature.cited 7× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - improves | stress | Human | — | Not available | Mechanisms of mindfulness training: Monitor and Acceptance Theory (MAT).cited 318× |
| mindfulness | Increases - improves | stress-related health outcomes | Human | — | Not available | Mechanisms of mindfulness training: Monitor and Acceptance Theory (MAT).cited 318× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - have been shown to reduce | stress | Human | — | Not specified | Effectiveness of stress-relieving strategies in regulating patterns of cortisol secretion and promoting brain health.cited 11× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - may be effective in reducing | stress | 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 - diminish | stress | Human | emergency department staff | Not specified | Work-based strategies/interventions to ameliorate stressors and foster coping for clinical staff working in emergency departments: a scoping review of the literature.cited 15× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - reduces stress | stress | Human | parents of babies admitted to the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) | Two mindfulness exercises practiced during KC (specific frequency not detailed). | Mindful Kangaroo Care: mindfulness intervention for mothers during skin-to-skin care: a randomized control pilot study.cited 6× |
| mindfulness | No effect - No effects were seen | stress levels | Human | adults with a respiratory diagnosis | Not specified | Mindfulness in people with a respiratory diagnosis: A systematic review.cited 20× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - beneficial in improving | stress 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 - have strong potential | stress management | Human | diabetic subjects | Not specified | Yoga or Mindfulness on Diabetes: Scoping Review for Theoretical Experimental Framework.cited 5× |
| mindfulness | Increases - positive effects | stress management | Human | patients with CP | Not specified | Mapping the Current Research on Mindfulness Interventions for Individuals with Cerebral Palsy: A Scoping Review.cited 7× |
| mindfulness | Increases - improved | stress response | Human | — | Not mentioned. | Mindfulness and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: State of the Evidence, Plausible Mechanisms, and Theoretical Framework.cited 85× |
| mindfulness | Decreases - reduces | workers' stress | Human | workers | Following both daily and event guidelines (specific amounts not detailed) | Effectiveness of mobile mindfulness training on stress, burnout, and work engagement of office workers: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. |
| mobile mindfulness training (MMT) | Decreases - improves | stress | Human | office workers | Following both daily and event guidelines (specific amounts not detailed) | Effectiveness of mobile mindfulness training on stress, burnout, and work engagement of office workers: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. |
| mindfulness | Decreases - most of the successful interventions were based on | work-related stress | Human | workers | Not specified | Addressing psychosocial work-related stress interventions: A systematic review.cited 29× |
| mindfulness-based group intervention | No effect - evaluate the effect | parental stress | Human | parents of children with ADHD | 8 weekly 90-minute group sessions for children and parents. | Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention (MYmind) for children with ADHD and their parents: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.cited 17× |
| 3 week mindfulness inspired protocol, delivered by an Android application for smartphones | No effect - did not show any significant differences between groups | self-reported level of perceived stress | Human | 56 Italian workers | Not specified | Does a meditation protocol supported by a mobile application help people reduce stress? Suggestions from a controlled pragmatic trial.cited 51× |
| online mindfulness course | No effect - showed no group difference | stress | Human | expectant mothers | Four-week condensed version of an eight-week mindfulness course, with videos and written instructions for guided meditation and exercises. | Mindfulness for pregnancy: A randomised controlled study of online mindfulness during pregnancy.cited 60× |
| oxytocin in a positive social setting through mindfulness-based group therapy (MBGT) | Increases - would positively affect | empathy and negative symptoms as well as affect and stress | Human | individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) | 24 I.U. intranasally, administered 45 minutes before each of two MBGT sessions. | The combination of oxytocin and mindfulness-based group therapy for empathy and negative symptoms in schizophrenia spectrum disorders - A double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive (MBCT) program | No effect - will assess | perceived stress | Human | participants | 8 weekly 2.5-hour sessions, plus 45 minutes of mindfulness home practice 6 days per week. | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for multiple chemical sensitivity: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive (MBCT) program | No effect - assess whether any effect is mediated by | perceived stress | Human | participants | 8 weekly 2.5-hour sessions, plus 45 minutes of mindfulness home practice 6 days per week. | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for multiple chemical sensitivity: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 3× |
| five-week intervention combining Yin yoga with psychoeducation and mindfulness practice (YOMI program) | Decreases - exclusively showed significantly greater pre-post reductions | stress | 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 - significant pre-post treatment improvements | measures of stress | 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× |
| mindfulness-based therapy | No effect - considered non-pharmacological treatment | post-traumatic stress disorder | Human | emergency responders | Not specified | Non-pharmacological therapies for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder among emergency responders: a scoping review.cited 3× |
| Mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) | Decreases - especially effective for reducing | stress | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness-based therapy: a comprehensive meta-analysis.cited 802× |
| mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) | No effect - effects on stress were in the expected direction, but were not statistically significant | stress | 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 | No effect - meta-analysis results showed a post-treatment MD | stress 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 - meta-analysis results showed a pre- and post-treatment difference MD | stress 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× |
| therapist-led telephone-based mindfulness programme | Decreases - reflected clinically significant group-based changes | Post-Traumatic Stress 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 | Post-Traumatic Stress 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× |
| 4-week Koru Mindfulness program | Decreases - produced significant benefits | stress | 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 | stress | Human | college students | Not specified | Remote delivery of a Koru Mindfulness intervention for college students during the COVID-19 pandemic.cited 13× |
| 6-week, self-administered, mindfulness-based stress-reduction program | Decreases - experienced improvement | perceptions of stress | Human | 42 radiologic technologists from the Veterans Administration Medical Center | Not specified | Evaluation of Stress and a Stress-Reduction Program Among Radiologic Technologists.cited 6× |
| web-based mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - effective in reducing | symptoms of stress | 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× |
| mindfulness combined with interoceptive exposure | Increases - extend therapeutic gains to the modification of mechanistic targets | mechanistic targets assessed in high-stress or negative affectivity contexts | Human | at-risk smokers | Not specified | A randomized controlled trial protocol for engaging distress tolerance and working memory to aid smoking cessation in low socioeconomic status (SES) adults.cited 9× |
| mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) in natural settings | Decreases - decreased | perceived stress | Human | urban school students in India | Not specified | Exploring positive psychology intervention and mindfulness-based intervention in nature: impact on well-being of school students in India. |
| technology-supported mindfulness intervention integrated into usual diabetes care and education | No effect - showed no significant intervention effects on | post-traumatic stress disorder | Human | Veterans with type 1 or 2 diabetes | One initial mindfulness session integrated into DSMES, one booster session, and 24 weeks of home practice supported by a mobile app. | Effects of an integrated mindfulness intervention for veterans with diabetes distress: a randomized controlled trial.cited 12× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)/Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)/Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR) | Decreases - beneficial small to medium effect sizes | stress | 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× |
| app- and website-based mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - significantly alleviated | perceived stress | Human | patients with cancer | Not specified. | Effectiveness of Web-Based Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Patients With Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses.cited 2× |
| lowering or preventing development of stress through mindfulness practice and learning de-catastrophizing pain management strategies through cognitive training | Decreases - addressing biopsychosocial elements of musculoskeletal pain | stress | Human | lab technicians with a history of musculoskeletal pain | Not specified | Effect of individually tailored biopsychosocial workplace interventions on chronic musculoskeletal pain, stress and work ability among laboratory technicians: randomized controlled trial protocol.cited 17× |
| online mindfulness-based childbirth and parenting programme | Decreases - significant reduction | perceived stress | Human | healthy pregnant women (16-34 gestational weeks) | 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. |
| workplace mindfulness- and self-compassion-based intervention (MSCBI) | Decreases - significant differences in post-intervention levels | perceived stress | Human | employees of an automotive company | Not specified. | Changes in Salivary Immunoglobulin A, Stress, and Burnout in a Workplace Mindfulness Intervention: A Pilot Study.cited 3× |
| workplace mindfulness- and self-compassion-based intervention (MSCBI) | Decreases - can help effectively manage | stress and burnout associated with the work environment | Human | — | Not specified. | Changes in Salivary Immunoglobulin A, Stress, and Burnout in a Workplace Mindfulness Intervention: A Pilot Study.cited 3× |
| workplace mindfulness- and self-compassion-based intervention (MSCBI) | Increases - might be more effective than regular psychoeducational interventions | work-related stress and burnout treatment | Human | — | Not specified. | Changes in Salivary Immunoglobulin A, Stress, and Burnout in a Workplace Mindfulness Intervention: A Pilot Study.cited 3× |
| Group-based interventions based on mindfulness | No effect - have not demonstrated effects | measures of stress | 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× |
| online mindfulness meditation intervention | Decreases - statistically significant decrease | reported scores for stress | Human | nursing students | Not specified | Using Meditation to Reduce Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in Nursing Students.cited 6× |
| mindfulness-based course (MBC) | No effect - did not result in any significant improvement | perceived stress | Human | multidisciplinary group of pediatric oncology staff members in the United States and Israel | Eight weekly sessions of mindfulness education. | Helping the helpers: mindfulness training for burnout in pediatric oncology--a pilot program.cited 87× |
| mindfulness-based course (MBC) | Decreases - revealed reduced | stress | Human | subjects in the intervention arm | Eight weekly sessions of mindfulness education. | Helping the helpers: mindfulness training for burnout in pediatric oncology--a pilot program.cited 87× |
| mindfulness-related therapy (MRT) | Decreases - were effective for | occupational stress | Human | healthcare workers (HCWs) | Not specified | Comparing the effectiveness of mind-body practices (MBPs) and various psychological methods on occupational stress among healthcare workers: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 1× |
| Embodied-and-Embedded-Mindfulness-Compassion-Framework - Virtual-Reality (EEMCF-VR) | Decreases - reported significantly lower | stress | Human | older adults | 8 sessions over 4 weeks | A Novel Virtual Reality-Based Nature Meditation Program for Older Adults' Mental Health: Results from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| mindfulness oriented intervention | Decreases - investigated | perceived stress | Human | boys with MBID who consumed any alcohol during the last year | 6-week mindfulness training combined with interactive drug education. | Effectiveness of a mindfulness-oriented substance use prevention program for boys with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.cited 1× |
| shortened version of Mindfulness-integrated Cognitive Behavior Therapy (MiCBT) | Decreases - larger and significant reductions | stress | 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. |
| relatively brief, individually focused, mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - may be effective in reducing levels | anxiety, depression 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× |
| 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× |
| brief mindfulness training via innovative digital technology | Decreases - had a small positive effect in improving | emergency staff stress | Human | emergency staff | Daily 10-minute app-guided mindfulness sessions. | Effects of mobile mindfulness on emergency department work stress: A randomised controlled trial.cited 12× |
| 4 weeks of smartphone app-guided mindfulness practice | Decreases - statistically significant improvement | perceived stress levels | Human | ED staff | Daily 10-minute app-guided mindfulness sessions. | Effects of mobile mindfulness on emergency department work stress: A randomised controlled trial.cited 12× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Increases - improved | abnormal stress response | Human | depressed individuals | Not specified | Reviewing Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Suicidal Behavior.cited 21× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - have a positive effect | biomarkers of inflammation and stress | Human | patients with psychiatric disorders and physical illnesses | Not available | Only Small Effects of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Biomarker Levels of Inflammation and Stress: A Preregistered Systematic Review and Two Three-Level Meta-Analyses.cited 9× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - post-treatment effects ranging from medium to large | caregiver stress and burden | Human | caregivers of PwD | Not specified | A Systematic Review of Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia and Caregivers.cited 38× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - small effect sizes | levels of perceived stress | 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 - supports, at least, short-term benefits | management of stress and distress | Human | caregivers of individuals with IDDs | Not available | Stress in caregivers of individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities: A systematic review of mindfulness-based interventions.cited 16× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | No effect - inconsistent findings in relation to stress, with significant reductions or increases reported | stress | Human | professional caregivers supporting individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDDs) | Not available | Stress in caregivers of individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities: A systematic review of mindfulness-based interventions.cited 16× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - demonstrate the highest efficacy in reducing | parenting stress | Human | parents of autistic children | Not specified | Comparison of effects of interventions to promote the mental health of parents of children with autism: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - reductions in | perceived stress | 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 (MBIs) | Decreases - significantly reduced | perceived stress | 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 - produced favorable reductions | posttraumatic stress | Human | bereaved participants | Not specified | Are Mindfulness-Based Interventions as Effective as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Reducing Symptoms of Complicated Perinatal Grief? A Systematic Review.cited 7× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - were superior to non-specific controls | posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | Human | military veterans | Not specified | Efficacy and acceptability of mindfulness-based interventions for military veterans: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 25× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - largely effective at reducing | prenatal stress | Human | pregnant individuals | Not specified | Effects of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Cardiometabolic-Related Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: A Systematic Review.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - positively affect | psychological stress in pregnancy | Human | pregnant individuals | Not specified | Effects of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Cardiometabolic-Related Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: A Systematic Review.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - reduce | stress | Human | pregnant individuals | Not specified | Effects of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Cardiometabolic-Related Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: A Systematic Review.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - reduced | psychological distress such as anxiety, depression, or stress | Human | nurses | Not specified | Effects of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Mental Health in Nurses: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.cited 10× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - empirical support | psychosocial distress and stress | Human | cancer patients and survivors | Not available | Integrative Approaches to Stress Management.cited 13× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - can effectively reduce | stress | 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 - was more effective than passive comparators in reducing | stress | 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 - was as effective as active comparators in reducing | stress | 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 - decrease | stress | 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 training | Decreases - manage stress | stress | Human | medical students and other health profession student population groups | 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 | Decreases - reduced | stress | Human | health and social care undergraduate students | Not specified | The effects of mindfulness-based interventions for health and social care undergraduate students - a systematic review of the literature.cited 43× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - had a significant moderate effect | stress | 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 | Decreases - significantly lower | stress | 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 interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - showed medium to large effects | stress | 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 | stress | 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 - had a small effect on stress reduction | stress | Human | adults | Not specified | How Effective Are Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Reducing Stress and Weight? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.cited 9× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | No effect - no significant evidence was found for stress reduction | stress | Human | adults | Not specified | How Effective Are Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Reducing Stress and Weight? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.cited 9× |
| Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI) | Decreases - were more efficacious than control groups in the short-term improvement of | stress | Human | individuals living with IBD | Not specified | The effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions in inflammatory bowel disease: A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis.cited 15× |
| Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI) | Decreases - This was maintained in the long-term for | stress | Human | individuals living with IBD | Not specified | The effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions in inflammatory bowel disease: A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis.cited 15× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - demonstrated statistically significant immediate post-intervention effects | stress | 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 - no significant effects were found | stress-related biomarkers | 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 (MBIs) | Decreases - reduced | stress (Perceived Stress Scale, PSS-10) | Human | surgical residents | Not specified | Effect of Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Psychological Outcomes in Surgeons: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - showed large effects | stress | 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 | stress | 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 - show promise for stress reduction | stress | Human | general medical conditions | Not specified | A pilot study of group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).cited 120× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - significantly improve | stress | Human | healthcare professionals (HCPs) | Not specified | How Effective are Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Reducing Stress Among Healthcare Professionals? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.cited 201× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - reduce | stress | Human | healthcare professionals (HCPs) | Not specified | How Effective are Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Reducing Stress Among Healthcare Professionals? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.cited 201× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - significant reductions | stress | 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 | stress | 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 (MBIs) | Increases - improvements | stress | Human | undergraduate medical students | Not specified | Mindfulness interventions in medical education: A systematic review of their impact on medical student stress, depression, fatigue and burnout.cited 115× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - reduce | stress | Human | healthy adults | Not specified | Long-term impacts of the CARE program on teachers' self-reported social and emotional competence and well-being.cited 24× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - highly reduce | stress | 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 (MBI) | Decreases - have been empirically shown to reduce | stress | Human | — | Daily training for 6 weeks (specific duration per session not mentioned). | Comparing Effectiveness of HRV-Biofeedback and Mindfulness for Workplace Stress Reduction: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 29× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | No effect - demonstrated a non-significant difference | stress | Human | — | Not specified | Effectiveness of interventions to reduce emergency department staff occupational stress and/or burnout: a systematic review.cited 37× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - reported reduced stress levels | stress levels | Human | staff working in emergency departments | Not specified | Effectiveness of interventions to reduce emergency department staff occupational stress and/or burnout: a systematic review.cited 37× |
| individual-focused interventions, including both educational interventions and mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - have the potential to reduce | occupational stress and/or burnout | Human | staff working in emergency departments | Not specified | Effectiveness of interventions to reduce emergency department staff occupational stress and/or burnout: a systematic review.cited 37× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - significantly reduced | stress | 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 - moderate reducing effect | stress | Human | students in health professions | 1- to 2-hour weekly sessions. | The effect of mindfulness-based interventions on reducing stress in future health professionals: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 6× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - were effective in reducing | stress | 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 | stress | 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 | stress | 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 - appeared to alleviate | stress | Human | nurses | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on reducing psychological distress among nurses: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - reducing | stress | 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 - reducing | stress | Human | first-time PD 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× |
| therapist-assisted mindfulness training | Decreases - showed a significant trend | perceived stress scale scores | Human | first-time 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× |
| therapist-assisted mindfulness training | Decreases - had reduced | perceived stress scale scores | Human | first-time 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× |
| video-assisted mindfulness training | Decreases - showed a significant trend | perceived stress scale scores | Human | first-time 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× |
| video-assisted mindfulness training | Decreases - had reduced | perceived stress scale scores | Human | first-time 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 (MBIs) | Decreases - significant improvements | stress | 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 - Reductions in sleep disturbance were associated with reductions | stress | Human | healthy and clinical adult populations | Not specified | A Meta-Regression of psychosocial factors associated with sleep outcomes in mindfulness-based intervention trials.cited 1× |
| Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - can effectively reduce | stress | Human | people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) | Not specified | Implementation considerations of key knowledge users for building online mindfulness-based interventions for people with multiple sclerosis. |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) | Decreases - mediate | stress and depression | Human | — | Not specified | Potential benefits of mindfulness-based interventions in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: an interdisciplinary perspective.cited 46× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | No effect - examining the effectiveness | stress-associated dimensions | 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 | Decreases - have demonstrated their efficacy | stress reactivity | 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 (MBIs) | Decreases - limited support for reducing | stress in the family unit | Human | families affected by childhood physical illnesses | 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 (MBIs) | Decreases - strongest evidence for effectiveness in reducing | stress in the workplace | Human | — | 8-session MBCT-L course (frequency not specified). | Evaluation of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for life and a cognitive behavioural therapy stress-management workshop to improve healthcare staff stress: study protocol for two randomised controlled trials.cited 10× |
| an 8-session Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Life (MBCT-L) course | Decreases - examining whether ... are effective at reducing | healthcare staff stress | Human | staff working in the National Health Service in the UK | 8-session MBCT-L course (frequency not specified). | Evaluation of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for life and a cognitive behavioural therapy stress-management workshop to improve healthcare staff stress: study protocol for two randomised controlled trials.cited 10× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - associated with reduction of | stress levels | Human | — | Not specified | Psychological mechanisms of mindfulness-based interventions: what do we know?cited 64× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - have shown some efficacy in decreasing | stress levels | Human | — | Four internet-based therapy modules blended with four face-to-face support sessions. | The effect of a mindfulness-based therapy on different biomarkers among patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a randomised controlled trial.cited 34× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - significantly better | stress measurement scores | Human | medical students | Not specified | Mindfulness-based interventions reducing and preventing stress and burnout in medical students: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 30× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - significantly better | stress measurement scores | Human | medical students | Not specified | Mindfulness-based interventions reducing and preventing stress and burnout in medical students: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 30× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - significantly better | stress measurement scores | Human | medical students | Not specified | Mindfulness-based interventions reducing and preventing stress and burnout in medical students: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 30× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - effective in reducing | subjective stress | Human | medical students | Not specified | Mindfulness-based interventions reducing and preventing stress and burnout in medical students: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 30× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Increases - foster | stress resilience | Human | — | Not specified | Strengthened Hippocampal Circuits Underlie Enhanced Retrieval of Extinguished Fear Memories Following Mindfulness Training.cited 37× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Increases - most frequently improved | stress response | Human | mTBI | Not specified | "Hidden gains"? Measuring the impact of mindfulness-based interventions for people with mild traumatic brain injury: a scoping review.cited 12× |
| mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - statistically significantly fewer | symptoms of stress and distress | Human | medical students | 4- to 10-week courses (original Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction or Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy or modifications) | The effects of mindfulness-based interventions in medical students: a systematic review.cited 9× |
| mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) | Decreases - have been related with reduced | workplace stress | Human | employees | Not specified | Do workplace-based mindfulness meditation programs improve physiological indices of stress? A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 67× |
| 5-week mindfulness-based stress management (MBSM/Mindful-Gym) program | Decreases - significant improvements | perceived stress | Human | medical students | Not specified (5-week program, frequency not detailed). | Effects of a brief mindfulness-based intervention program for stress management among medical students: the Mindful-Gym randomized controlled study.cited 61× |
| number of mindfulness sessions | No effect - No such associations were found | change in stress | Human | participants within the PCMT group | Not specified (mindfulness sessions were part of a multifaceted intervention). | Effect of Individually Tailored Biopsychosocial Workplace Interventions on Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Stress Among Laboratory Technicians: Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 30× |
| physical, cognitive, and mindfulness group-based training (PCMT group) | No effect - No significant effect | stress assessed by Cohen´s perceived stress questionnaire | Human | laboratory technicians with chronic musculoskeletal pain | Not specified (mindfulness sessions were part of a multifaceted intervention). | Effect of Individually Tailored Biopsychosocial Workplace Interventions on Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Stress Among Laboratory Technicians: Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 30× |
| 8-week adapted mindfulness-based stress management program | Decreases - effectively affected | perceived stress | Human | midwives | 8-week adapted mindfulness-based stress management program (derived from Kabat-Zinn's MBSR program). | The effectiveness of adapted group mindfulness-based stress management program on perceived stress and emotion regulation in midwives: a randomized clinical trial.cited 12× |
| 8-week adapted mindfulness-based stress management program | No effect - not effective | perceived stress | Human | midwives | 8-week adapted mindfulness-based stress management program (derived from Kabat-Zinn's MBSR program). | The effectiveness of adapted group mindfulness-based stress management program on perceived stress and emotion regulation in midwives: a randomized clinical trial.cited 12× |
| mindfulness practice | Decreases - decreasing acute physiological stress | acute physiological stress | Human | formerly naïve subjects | 10 daily mindfulness sessions (duration not specified). | Heart rate variability is enhanced during mindfulness practice: A randomized controlled trial involving a 10-day online-based mindfulness intervention.cited 40× |
| mindfulness practice | Decreases - reduced | stress | 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 significant reductions in scores | Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) | 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 stress reduction (MBSR) training programs | Decreases - have been shown to decrease | stress | Human | — | Not specified (program duration provided instead). | Effectiveness of a Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Standard Training Program versus an Abbreviated Training Program on Stress in Tutors and Resident Intern Specialists of Family and Community Medicine and Nursing in Spain.cited 3× |
| brief 6-week instructor-led mindfulness- and compassion-based program (MCBP for University Life) | Decreases - Significant improvements | perceived stress | Human | undergraduate psychology students | Instructor-led sessions (at least 5 attended) and formal at-home practice (4-6 days per week). | Feasibility, Effectiveness, and Mechanisms of a Brief Mindfulness- and Compassion-Based Program to Reduce Stress in University Students: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 13× |
| online synchronous Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR) group program | Decreases - significant improvements and moderate Cohen d effect sizes | stress symptoms | Human | underserved distressed cancer survivors | Not specified | A randomized wait-list controlled trial of feasibility and efficacy of an online mindfulness-based cancer recovery program: the eTherapy for cancer applying mindfulness trial.cited 128× |
| a single-session mindfulness intervention | Decreases - effective and feasible for reducing | caregiver stress | Human | family caregivers of people with dementia | 90-minute group-based mindfulness session plus 8 weeks of self-practice with a toolkit. | Effect of a single-session mindfulness-based intervention for reducing stress in family caregivers of people with dementia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 2× |
| a blended mindfulness-based intervention consisting of a single session and app-based follow-up | Decreases - reducing | caregiver stress | Human | family caregivers of people with dementia | 90-minute group-based mindfulness session plus 8 weeks of self-practice with a toolkit. | Effect of a single-session mindfulness-based intervention for reducing stress in family caregivers of people with dementia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 2× |
| abbreviated mindfulness training course | Decreases - was associated with reductions | stress | 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 | perceived stress | 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 | Stress | 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× |
| live mindfulness programs with recorded or on-demand programs used to supplement live practices | Decreases - confer the strongest likelihood of achieving a significant decrease | stress levels | Human | — | Participants were encouraged to spend 14 minutes (1% of their day) practicing mindfulness meditation daily. | The Relative Contributions of Live and Recorded Online Mindfulness Training Programs to Lower Stress in the Workplace: Longitudinal Observational Study.cited 1× |
| prenatal mindfulness program | Decreases - reduced | postnatal stress | 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× |
| prenatal mindfulness program | Decreases - reduced | prenatal stress | 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 practices such as meditation | Decreases - led to significant reductions | stress | 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 intervention | No effect - There were no other significant effects | itch catastrophizing, social anxiety, stress | Human | patients with psoriasis | Not specified | Effects of a Brief Mindfulness-based Intervention in Patients with Psoriasis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - more effective in reducing | occupational stress | Human | intensive and critical care unit nurses | Not specified | Stress management interventions for intensive and critical care nurses: A systematic review.cited 32× |
| mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - significantly lower | perceived stress | Human | employees with poor mental health | Not specified | The Potential for Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Workplace Mental Health Promotion: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 30× |
| mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - steeper decrease | perceived stress | Human | employees with poor mental health | Not specified | The Potential for Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Workplace Mental Health Promotion: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 30× |
| mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - greater improvement | perceived stress | Human | pregnant women | Not specified | Prenatal stress self-help mindfulness intervention via social media: a randomized controlled trial.cited 17× |
| self-help mindfulness intervention | Decreases - decreased | prenatal stress | Human | pregnant women | Not specified | Prenatal stress self-help mindfulness intervention via social media: a randomized controlled trial.cited 17× |
| mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - showed significant decreases | perceived stress | 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 (MBI) | Increases - trends of an increase in | perceived stress | Human | bariatric patients 1-5 years post-surgery | 10-week MBI program (specific frequency not detailed). | A mindfulness-based intervention to control weight after bariatric surgery: Preliminary results from a randomized controlled pilot trial.cited 32× |
| mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - reduced | stress reactivity | Human | bariatric patients 1-5 years post-surgery | 10-week MBI program (specific frequency not detailed). | A mindfulness-based intervention to control weight after bariatric surgery: Preliminary results from a randomized controlled pilot trial.cited 32× |
| mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - effectively relieve | perceived stress | Human | female infertility patients | Not specified | The effects of mindfulness therapy on infertile female patients: A meta-analysis.cited 2× |
| mindfulness therapy | Decreases - reduce | level of stress | Human | infertile women | Not specified | The effects of mindfulness therapy on infertile female patients: A meta-analysis.cited 2× |
| mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - significant improvement | Perceived Stress Scale | 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 | Decreases - significantly less | stress | 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) | No effect - no significant improvements | stress | 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 | stress | Human | first-year college students | Not specified | Daily change patterns in mindfulness and psychological health: A pilot intervention.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - helped to contain stress | stress | Human | medical students | Six two-hour mindfulness courses. | Mindfulness-based intervention helps preclinical medical students to contain stress, maintain mindfulness and improve academic success.cited 19× |
| mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - showed significantly lower levels | stress | Human | patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) | 30-minute MBI sessions, three times a week. | Mindfulness-based intervention as a symptom management strategy in patients with end-stage renal disease: A controlled clinical trial. |
| mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - contribute to a moderate effect size in reducing | stress | 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) | Decreases - appears to have benefits on | stress | Human | people with 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) | Decreases - had moderate effects | stress | 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 | 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× |
| Mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - may prevent worsening | stress-eating | Human | adolescents at-risk for excess weight gain | Not specified | Mindfulness-based intervention in adolescents at risk for excess weight gain: 1.5-year follow-up of pilot randomized controlled trial.cited 8× |
| Mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - decreasing | stress-eating | Human | adolescents | Not specified | Mindfulness-based intervention in adolescents at risk for excess weight gain: 1.5-year follow-up of pilot randomized controlled trial.cited 8× |
| Mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - had | stress-eating | Human | 12-17y girls and boys at-risk for excess weight gain | Not specified | Mindfulness-based intervention in adolescents at risk for excess weight gain: 1.5-year follow-up of pilot randomized controlled trial.cited 8× |
| Mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - may prevent worsening | stress-eating | Human | adolescents at-risk for excess weight gain | Not specified | Mindfulness-based intervention in adolescents at risk for excess weight gain: 1.5-year follow-up of pilot randomized controlled trial.cited 8× |
| Mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | No effect - potential for | stress-eating | Human | adolescents at-risk for excess weight gain | Not specified | Mindfulness-based intervention in adolescents at risk for excess weight gain: 1.5-year follow-up of pilot randomized controlled trial.cited 8× |
| mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - significantly decreased | stress overload | Human | nurses | Not specified | The effect of a mindfulness-based intervention on stress overload, depression, and mindfulness among nurses: A randomized controlled trial.cited 3× |
| Mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Increases - potential to improve | stress-related behavior/physiology underpinning insulin resistance | Human | adolescents at risk for T2D | Not specified | Mindfulness-based intervention for depression and insulin resistance in adolescents: Protocol for BREATHE, a multisite, pilot and feasibility randomized controlled trial.cited 2× |
| mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - decreased | stress 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× |
| Neurofeedback-Assisted Mindfulness Training Program (NAMTP) | No effect - analyzed | signs of stress | 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 TC (MBTC) intervention | No effect - showed no differences | feeling and thinking word-use in written stories of stress | Human | TC residents | Not specified | Linguistic analysis to assess the effect of a mindfulness intervention on self-change for adults in substance use recovery.cited 13× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention | Decreases - exhibited smaller stress-related changes from pre- to postintervention | DBP stress-related changes | Human | healthy community-dwelling individuals reporting elevated stress levels | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction and physiological activity during acute stress: a randomized controlled trial.cited 104× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention | Decreases - exhibited smaller stress-related changes from pre- to postintervention | SBP stress-related changes | Human | healthy community-dwelling individuals reporting elevated stress levels | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction and physiological activity during acute stress: a randomized controlled trial.cited 104× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention | Decreases - associated with a reduction | psychiatric symptoms associated with stress and AD risk | Human | 81 older adults with psychiatric risk factors for AD | Not specified | Plasma REST: a novel candidate biomarker of Alzheimer's disease is modified by psychological intervention in an at-risk population.cited 36× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention | Decreases - higher stress reduction | stress | Human | patients with type 2 diabetes and microalbuminuria | Not specified | Sustained effects of a mindfulness-based stress-reduction intervention in type 2 diabetic patients: design and first results of a randomized controlled trial (the Heidelberger Diabetes and Stress-study).cited 95× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention | Decreases - will report less | stress | Human | primary school teachers | Not specified (8-week MBSR program). | Mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention for elementary school teachers: a mixed method study.cited 2× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention | Decreases - reduce | stress | Human | primary school teachers | Not specified (8-week MBSR program). | Mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention for elementary school teachers: a mixed method study.cited 2× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention | No effect - no statistically significant effects | stress levels | Human | graduate nursing students | 20 weekly, 1.5-hour sessions | Mindfulness in a Graduate Nursing Curriculum: A Randomized Controlled Study.cited 7× |
| a 5-minute mindfulness session | No effect - There was no significant difference | perceived stress | Human | ENT residents | 5-minute mindfulness session | Mindfulness Improves Otolaryngology Residents' Performance in a Simulated Bad-News Consultation: A Pilot Study.cited 7× |
| a short mindfulness meditation session performed just before a simulated breaking bad-news consultation | Decreases - may help | stress | Human | ear, nose and throat (ENT) residents | 5-minute mindfulness session | Mindfulness Improves Otolaryngology Residents' Performance in a Simulated Bad-News Consultation: A Pilot Study.cited 7× |
| group mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - had significantly better scores | posttraumatic stress disorder | Human | veterans with moderate to severe chronic pain | 8-week intervention with group MBI involving videoconference sessions and prerecorded videos, or self-paced MBI with asynchronous content and 3 facilitator calls. | Telehealth Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Chronic Pain: The LAMP Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 10× |
| self-paced mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - had significantly better scores | posttraumatic stress disorder | Human | veterans with moderate to severe chronic pain | 8-week intervention with group MBI involving videoconference sessions and prerecorded videos, or self-paced MBI with asynchronous content and 3 facilitator calls. | Telehealth Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Chronic Pain: The LAMP Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 10× |
| mindfulness-based meditation and yoga | Decreases - significant reductions | perceived stress | Human | women undergoing modified radical mastectomy | Approximately 90-minute face-to-face mindfulness-based meditation and yoga sessions. | The Impact of Mindfulness-Based Meditation and Yoga on Stress, Body Image, Self-esteem, and Sexual Adjustment in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Modified Radical Mastectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| unguided mindfulness-based self-help (MBSH) | Decreases - demonstrated small, statistically significant effects | stress | 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) | Decreases - significant effects were retained | stress | 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× |
| virtual music mindfulness sessions | Decreases - acutely reduced | stress | Human | participants with moderate symptoms of anxiety and depression | Not specified | Music mindfulness acutely modulates autonomic activity and improves psychological state in anxiety and depression. |
| live music mindfulness sessions | Decreases - acutely reduced | stress | Human | participants with moderate symptoms of anxiety and depression | Not specified | Music mindfulness acutely modulates autonomic activity and improves psychological state in anxiety and depression. |
| mindfulness meditation training interventions | Decreases - reduce | stress | Human | — | 3-day intensive mindfulness meditation training (specific frequency not detailed). | Mindfulness meditation training alters stress-related amygdala resting state functional connectivity: a randomized controlled trial.cited 100× |
| mindfulness meditation training interventions | Increases - improve | stress-related health outcomes | Human | — | 3-day intensive mindfulness meditation training (specific frequency not detailed). | Mindfulness meditation training alters stress-related amygdala resting state functional connectivity: a randomized controlled trial.cited 100× |
| mindfulness meditation training | Decreases - suggesting | stress reduction effects | Human | — | 3-day intensive mindfulness meditation training (specific frequency not detailed). | Mindfulness meditation training alters stress-related amygdala resting state functional connectivity: a randomized controlled trial.cited 100× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction counseling | Decreases - is effective in reducing | perceived stress | Human | women with gestational diabetes treated with diet | 8 sessions of 90 minutes each, conducted twice a week. | The Effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Counseling on Blood Glucose and Perceived Stress in Women with Gestational Diabetes.cited 2× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction counseling | Decreases - significant mean difference between the perceived stress score | perceived stress score | Human | women with gestational diabetes | 8 sessions of 90 minutes each, conducted twice a week. | The Effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Counseling on Blood Glucose and Perceived Stress in Women with Gestational Diabetes.cited 2× |
| 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× |
| mindfulness programs | Decreases - reduce | stress | Human | — | Not specified | Evaluation of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Examination Anxiety and Stress.cited 5× |
| mindfulness programs | Decreases - reducing | stress-related complaints | Human | some patients with a cancer diagnosis | Not specified (8-week mindfulness-training course). | Experiences of a mindfulness-based stress-reduction intervention among patients with cancer.cited 42× |
| mindfulness stress-reduction training | Decreases - decrease | stress | Human | patients with cancer | Not specified (8-week mindfulness-training course). | Experiences of a mindfulness-based stress-reduction intervention among patients with cancer.cited 42× |
| mindfulness-based programme (MBP) | Decreases - were superior to 'Relaxation' in improving | stress | Human | university students | Not specified | Efficacy of a mindfulness-based programme with and without virtual reality support to reduce stress in university students: A randomized controlled trial.cited 18× |
| mindfulness-based programme (MBP) + virtual reality (VR) | Decreases - were superior to 'Relaxation' in improving | stress | Human | university students | Not specified | Efficacy of a mindfulness-based programme with and without virtual reality support to reduce stress in university students: A randomized controlled trial.cited 18× |
| smartphone-based worry-reduction training with mindfulness exercises | No effect - was ineffective for improving | psychological stress | Human | individuals reporting work stress | Not specified | Effectiveness of a smartphone-based worry-reduction training for stress reduction: A randomized-controlled trial.cited 11× |
| mindfulness-based music therapy intervention | Decreases - significantly improved | perceived stress | 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 treatments | Decreases - significant small-to-large effects in reducing | severity of stress | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness treatment for substance misuse: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 188× |
| online mindfulness and gratitude intervention | Decreases - demonstrated significant reductions | prenatal stress | Human | pregnant women | Online mindfulness and gratitude intervention 4 times a week | Effects of a novel positive psychological intervention on prenatal stress and well-being: A pilot randomised controlled trial.cited 60× |
| 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× |
| a modified mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - reduced | symptoms of stress | Human | male wrestlers | 16 group sessions (90 min each) | The Effect of a Modified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program on Symptoms of Stress and Depression and on Saliva Cortisol and Serum Creatine Kinase among Male Wrestlers.cited 4× |
| Enhancing focus on developing self-compassion using MBSR and other mindfulness interventions | Decreases - holds promise for reducing | perceived stress | Human | health care workers | Not specified | Mindfulness, self-compassion, and empathy among health care professionals: a review of the literature.cited 171× |
| mindfulness-based and ACT-based interventions | Decreases - were effective in decreasing | parental stress | 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 | Decreases - reduce | stress | Human | — | Not specified | A mindful model of sexual health: A review and implications of the model for the treatment of individuals with compulsive sexual behavior disorder.cited 23× |
| parent-focused mindfulness and psychosocial support mobile app intervention | Decreases - significant decreases | perceived stress | Human | parents of children with chronic pain | Not specified (mindfulness curriculum, peer support videos, and psychoeducational content delivered via mobile app). | Feasibility and Acceptance Testing of a Mobile Application Providing Psychosocial Support for Parents of Children and Adolescents With Chronic Pain: Results of a Nonrandomized Trial.cited 12× |
| mindfulness and self-compassion 4-session programme | Decreases - reduce | work stress and burnout | Human | Family and Community Medicine and Nursing tutors and residents | EG8: 8 weekly sessions of 2.5 hours each with 30 minutes/day home practice; EG4: 4 sessions of 2.5 hours each with 15 minutes/day home practice. | Controlled clinical trial comparing the effectiveness of a mindfulness and self-compassion 4-session programme versus an 8-session programme to reduce work stress and burnout in family and community medicine physicians and nurses: MINDUUDD study protocol.cited 26× |
| mindfulness and self-compassion 8-session programme | Decreases - reduce | work stress and burnout | Human | Family and Community Medicine and Nursing tutors and residents | EG8: 8 weekly sessions of 2.5 hours each with 30 minutes/day home practice; EG4: 4 sessions of 2.5 hours each with 15 minutes/day home practice. | Controlled clinical trial comparing the effectiveness of a mindfulness and self-compassion 4-session programme versus an 8-session programme to reduce work stress and burnout in family and community medicine physicians and nurses: MINDUUDD study protocol.cited 26× |
| short-term mindfulness meditation training | Decreases - reduce | perioperative psychological and physiological stress responses | 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. |
| mobile audio-guided mindfulness meditation program | Decreases - significantly decreased | perceived stress | Human | medical students | 10-20 minutes daily | Happier Healers: Randomized Controlled Trial of Mobile Mindfulness for Stress Management.cited 109× |
| 10-20 min of daily mindfulness meditation for 30 days, using a mobile phone application | Decreases - could decrease | perceived stress | Human | medical students | 10-20 minutes daily | Happier Healers: Randomized Controlled Trial of Mobile Mindfulness for Stress Management.cited 109× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programme | Decreases - significant reduction | MSNA reactivity to mental stress | Human | patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages III-IV | 8-week MBSR programme (specific session frequency not detailed in abstract). | Autonomic modulation with mindfulness-based stress reduction in chronic kidney disease: a randomized controlled trial.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme | Decreases - significant differences between groups | parental stress | Human | parents of children with ADHD | Not specified | The effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme for parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a pilot randomized controlled trial. |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme | Decreases - effective in reducing | parental stress | Human | parents of children with ADHD | Not specified | The effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme for parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a pilot randomized controlled trial. |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme | Decreases - stress level decreased | parental stress level | Human | intervention group | Not specified | The effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme for parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a pilot randomized controlled trial. |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme | Decreases - stress level further decreased | parental stress level | Human | intervention group | Not specified | The effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme for parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a pilot randomized controlled trial. |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme | Decreases - statistically significant improvements | parental stress reduction | Human | intervention group | Not specified | The effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme for parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a pilot randomized controlled trial. |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme | Decreases - significant difference in self-perceived stress reduction | self-perceived stress | Human | parents of children aged 3-12 years with a diagnosis of ADHD | Not specified | The effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme for parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a pilot randomized controlled trial. |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme | Decreases - mean score decreased | self-perceived stress score | Human | intervention group | Not specified | The effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme for parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a pilot randomized controlled trial. |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme | Decreases - mean score further decreased | self-perceived stress score | Human | intervention group | Not specified | The effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme for parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a pilot randomized controlled trial. |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme | Decreases - statistically significant improvements | stress reduction | Human | intervention group | Not specified | The effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme for parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a pilot randomized controlled trial. |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme | Decreases - observed to have a greater impact | symptoms of depression, anxiety, paranoia and perceived stress | Human | adolescent outpatients in mental health facilities | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction in adolescents with mental disorders: A randomised clinical trial.cited 12× |
| modified mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - positive within-group effects | perceived stress | Human | family caregivers of people with dementia (PWD) | Seven face-to-face intervention sessions. | The Use of Modified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Program for Family Caregivers of People Living with Dementia: A Feasibility Study.cited 20× |
| modified mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - preliminary effects were improvements | stress | Human | family caregivers of PWD | Seven face-to-face intervention sessions. | The Use of Modified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Program for Family Caregivers of People Living with Dementia: A Feasibility Study.cited 20× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) program | Decreases - positive within-group effects | perceived stress | Human | family caregivers of people with dementia (PWD) | Seven face-to-face intervention sessions. | The Use of Modified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Program for Family Caregivers of People Living with Dementia: A Feasibility Study.cited 20× |
| modified mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) program | Decreases - had a larger effect on stress reduction | stress | Human | family caregivers of people with dementia (PWD) | Seven face-to-face intervention sessions. | The Use of Modified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Program for Family Caregivers of People Living with Dementia: A Feasibility Study.cited 20× |
| modified mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) program | Decreases - preliminary effects were improvements | stress | Human | family caregivers of PWD | Seven face-to-face intervention sessions. | The Use of Modified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Program for Family Caregivers of People Living with Dementia: A Feasibility Study.cited 20× |
| modified mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - reduction of work‑distaste‑related burnout, client‑related burnout, anxiety, and stress scores was significantly more than in the control group | work‑distaste‑related burnout, client‑related burnout, anxiety, and stress scores | Human | nonmedical staff in a Shiraz-Iran hospital | Not specified (modified MBSR program). | Investigating the impact of modified mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program on occupational burnout and other mental health status among nonmedical staff in a hospital: a randomized controlled trial.cited 5× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - can be used as an effective way to improve occupational burnout, anxiety, and stress | occupational burnout, anxiety, and stress | Human | occupations other than health professionals | Not specified (modified MBSR program). | Investigating the impact of modified mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program on occupational burnout and other mental health status among nonmedical staff in a hospital: a randomized controlled trial.cited 5× |
| group mindfulness targeting women with low sexual desire | Decreases - leads to improvements | physiological stress | Human | women with low sexual desire | Not specified | Impact of mindfulness versus supportive sex education on stress in women with sexual interest/arousal disorder. |
| group mindfulness targeting women with low sexual desire | Decreases - leads to improvements | self-reported stress | Human | women with low sexual desire | Not specified | Impact of mindfulness versus supportive sex education on stress in women with sexual interest/arousal disorder. |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) group treatment | Decreases - decreased | perceived stress | Human | women with a diagnosis of sexual interest/arousal disorder (SIAD) | Not specified | Impact of mindfulness versus supportive sex education on stress in women with sexual interest/arousal disorder. |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) group treatment | Decreases - decreased significantly more | perceived stress | Human | women with a diagnosis of sexual interest/arousal disorder (SIAD) | Not specified | Impact of mindfulness versus supportive sex education on stress in women with sexual interest/arousal disorder. |
| nondrug interventions, such as mindfulness and yoga | Decreases - effectively reduce | perceived stress | 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 | perceived stress | Human | breast cancer patients | Not available | A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions to reduce perceived stress in breast cancer patients.cited 4× |
| the brief mindfulness exercise | Decreases - was associated with | lower stress composite scores | Human | students | Not specified | A multicenter feasibility study on implementing a brief mindful breathing exercise into regular university courses.cited 2× |
| practicing mindfulness | Decreases - is associated with | stress reduction | Human | — | Not specified | A multicenter feasibility study on implementing a brief mindful breathing exercise into regular university courses.cited 2× |
| tailored mindfulness-based program (MBP) | Decreases - showed greater improvements | perceived stress at t1 | Human | resident physicians | 8-week tailored MBP with a coursebook, followed by a 4-month maintenance phase | The impact of a tailored mindfulness-based program for resident physicians on distress and the quality of care: A randomised controlled trial.cited 19× |
| 8-week mindfulness stress management program | Decreases - statistically significant reductions | stress | 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 | stress | 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. |
| mindfulness-based psychoeducation program | Decreases - showed a significant decrease | perceived stress scores | Human | students in the intervention group | Twice a week for 4 weeks (specific session duration not mentioned). | The effect of a distance-delivered mindfulness-based psychoeducation program on the psychological well-being, emotional intelligence and stress levels of nursing students in Turkey: a randomized controlled study.cited 2× |
| mindfulness-based psychoeducation program | Decreases - statistically significant differences | perceived stress scores | Human | intervention and control groups | Twice a week for 4 weeks (specific session duration not mentioned). | The effect of a distance-delivered mindfulness-based psychoeducation program on the psychological well-being, emotional intelligence and stress levels of nursing students in Turkey: a randomized controlled study.cited 2× |
| Online mindfulness psychoeducation via video conferencing | Decreases - can be a useful intervention to reduce | stress | Human | nursing students | Twice a week for 4 weeks (specific session duration not mentioned). | The effect of a distance-delivered mindfulness-based psychoeducation program on the psychological well-being, emotional intelligence and stress levels of nursing students in Turkey: a randomized controlled study.cited 2× |
| mindfulness trait | Decreases - negatively associated with | workload stress appraisal | Human | primary, middle, and secondary school teachers | Not specified | Can mindfulness mitigate the energy-depleting process and increase job resources to prevent burnout? A study on the mindfulness trait in the school context.cited 26× |
| Mind-body interventions to reduce stress, including mindfulness-based stress reduction and support groups | Decreases - may be useful adjunctive therapies | stress | Human | men with prostate cancer | Not specified | An Integrative Approach to Prostate Cancer.cited 11× |
| mindfulness practices including meditation | Decreases - reduce | stress | Human | during pregnancy | Not specified. | Meditation and Mindfulness in Pregnancy and Postpartum: A Review of the Evidence.cited 20× |
| online mindfulness interventions | Decreases - suggests benefits in | perceived stress | Human | medical students | Not specified | Effectiveness of online mindfulness interventions on medical students' mental health: a systematic review.cited 29× |
| online mindfulness interventions | Decreases - significantly improved | stress | 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 significant differences | stress 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. |
| mindfulness and/or relaxation-based interventions | Decreases - show limited potential benefits on | parental stress | 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× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction program combined with music therapy | Decreases - reduced the levels of | stress | Human | cancer patients | 10-day mindfulness-based stress reduction program combined with music therapy (specific frequency not detailed). | Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program on Stress, Depression, and Psychological Well-being in Patients With Cancer: A Single-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 8× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction program combined with music therapy | Decreases - showed significantly lower | stress scores | Human | adult patients with cancer | 10-day mindfulness-based stress reduction program combined with music therapy (specific frequency not detailed). | Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program on Stress, Depression, and Psychological Well-being in Patients With Cancer: A Single-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 8× |
| Mindfulness-Based Childbirth Education (MBCE) | Decreases - aimed to reduce | stress | 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 - improvements in | stress | 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 Art Therapy (MBAT) | Decreases - experienced significant reductions | perceived stress | 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) | Increases - showed overall significant improvements | psychosocial stress and quality of life | Human | participants | 8-week intervention (frequency not specified). | Psychosocial benefits of a novel mindfulness intervention versus standard support in distressed women with breast cancer.cited 45× |
| mindfulness-based art therapy (MBAT) | Decreases - reducing | stress | Human | pregnant women | Not specified | Examining the effect of mindfulness-based art therapy (MBAT) on stress and lifestyle of Iranian pregnant women.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based art therapy (MBAT) | Decreases - decreased | the stress | Human | pregnant women | Not specified | Examining the effect of mindfulness-based art therapy (MBAT) on stress and lifestyle of Iranian pregnant women.cited 5× |
| mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions (MABIs) | Decreases - large effects of MABIs on reducing | stress | 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 | stress | 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× |
| eHealth mindfulness-based programs (eMBPs) | Decreases - have the potential to reduce | levels of stress | 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 - 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. |
| 7-week daily at-home meditation and mindfulness programme combined with group sessions | Decreases - reduced significantly more | perceived stress | Human | women with RPL | 7-week daily at-home meditation and mindfulness program combined with group sessions. | Meditation and mindfulness reduce perceived stress in women with recurrent pregnancy loss: a randomized controlled trial.cited 12× |
| 7-week meditation and mindfulness programme with additional standard supportive care | Decreases - decreased significantly | perceived stress | Human | women with recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) | 7-week daily at-home meditation and mindfulness program combined with group sessions. | Meditation and mindfulness reduce perceived stress in women with recurrent pregnancy loss: a randomized controlled trial.cited 12× |
| 7-week meditation and mindfulness programme with additional standard supportive care | Decreases - decrease was significantly larger | perceived stress | Human | women with recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) | 7-week daily at-home meditation and mindfulness program combined with group sessions. | Meditation and mindfulness reduce perceived stress in women with recurrent pregnancy loss: a randomized controlled trial.cited 12× |
| 7-week meditation and mindfulness programme with additional standard supportive care | Decreases - was still significantly decreased | perceived stress | Human | women with recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) | 7-week daily at-home meditation and mindfulness program combined with group sessions. | Meditation and mindfulness reduce perceived stress in women with recurrent pregnancy loss: a randomized controlled trial.cited 12× |
| individual mindfulness techniques | No effect - exploring participants' experience in using | stress and symptom management | Human | PD patients | 90-minute weekly sessions of meditation or yoga for 8 weeks. | A randomized controlled trial on the effects and acceptability of individual mindfulness techniques - meditation and yoga - on anxiety and depression in people with Parkinson's disease: a study protocol.cited 3× |
| mindfulness program | Decreases - decreased significantly | stress | Human | parents of children with chronic conditions | Not specified | Cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness for stress and burnout: a waiting list controlled pilot study comparing treatments for parents of children with chronic conditions.cited 18× |
| a brief, standardised mindfulness intervention | Decreases - significantly stronger reductions | self-rated stress | Human | patients in very advanced stages of a disease | Single mindfulness intervention (specific duration not detailed in abstract). | Stress-reducing effects of a brief mindfulness intervention in palliative care: Results from a randomised, crossover study.cited 9× |
| abridged mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention | Decreases - improves | perceived stress | Human | 1st-year medical students | 75 minutes of weekly class time, suggested home meditation, and a half-day retreat in the last week. | Abridged mindfulness intervention to support wellness in first-year medical students.cited 89× |
| abridged mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention | Decreases - significant reduction | Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) scores | Human | 1st-year medical students | 75 minutes of weekly class time, suggested home meditation, and a half-day retreat in the last week. | Abridged mindfulness intervention to support wellness in first-year medical students.cited 89× |
| mindfulness-based training programs | Decreases - improved | stress | 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 intervention | Decreases - were beneficial to | antenatal stress | Human | pregnant women | Not specified (varied by study). | Mind-body interventions on stress management in pregnant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 16× |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - beneficial | perceived stress | Human | low-income ethnic minority youth | Not specified | A Randomized Trial Evaluating School-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Ethnic Minority Youth: Exploring Mediators and Moderators of Intervention Effects.cited 51× |
| school-based mindfulness intervention | Decreases - significant treatment effects | perceived stress | Human | predominantly ethnic minority (Asian and Latino) 9th grade students with elevated mood symptoms | Not specified | A Randomized Trial Evaluating School-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Ethnic Minority Youth: Exploring Mediators and Moderators of Intervention Effects.cited 51× |
| school-based mindfulness intervention | Decreases - large effect size | perceived stress | Human | predominantly ethnic minority (Asian and Latino) 9th grade students with elevated mood symptoms | Not specified | A Randomized Trial Evaluating School-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Ethnic Minority Youth: Exploring Mediators and Moderators of Intervention Effects.cited 51× |
| school-based mindfulness intervention | Decreases - mediated by reductions | perceived stress | Human | predominantly ethnic minority (Asian and Latino) 9th grade students with elevated mood symptoms | Not specified | A Randomized Trial Evaluating School-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Ethnic Minority Youth: Exploring Mediators and Moderators of Intervention Effects.cited 51× |
| school-based mindfulness intervention | Decreases - larger treatment effects | perceived stress | Human | youth with more severe problems at baseline | Not specified | A Randomized Trial Evaluating School-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Ethnic Minority Youth: Exploring Mediators and Moderators of Intervention Effects.cited 51× |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - decreased | perceived stress | Human | patients with inactive UC | Not specified | Mindfulness Intervention Decreases Frequency and Severity of Flares in Inactive Ulcerative Colitis Patients: Results of a Phase II, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.cited 8× |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - decreased | stress response | Human | patients with inactive UC | Not specified | Mindfulness Intervention Decreases Frequency and Severity of Flares in Inactive Ulcerative Colitis Patients: Results of a Phase II, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.cited 8× |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - showed promise | secondary trauma stress | Human | service providers working with traumatized clients | Not specified | A Scoping Review of Vicarious Trauma Interventions for Service Providers Working With People Who Have Experienced Traumatic Events.cited 28× |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - decreased | self-rated caregiver stress | Human | community-dwelling caregivers aged 45-85 years of close relatives with dementia | One 90-minute session per week for 7 weeks, plus at-home implementation. | Pilot controlled trial of mindfulness meditation and education for dementia caregivers.cited 122× |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - improved | stress | Human | Sixty-five women aged 18-46 years | Four times a week for 3 weeks (mindfulness diary and Body Scan meditation). | The effects of two novel gratitude and mindfulness interventions on well-being.cited 39× |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - significant decrease | stress | Human | patients with acute pain | 10-minute mindfulness intervention (single session). | A Brief Mindfulness Intervention for Medically Hospitalized Patients with Acute Pain: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 11× |
| mindfulness intervention | No effect - no significant differences | stress | Human | patients with acute pain | 10-minute mindfulness intervention (single session). | A Brief Mindfulness Intervention for Medically Hospitalized Patients with Acute Pain: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 11× |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - may decrease | stress | Human | medically hospitalized patients with acute pain | 10-minute mindfulness intervention (single session). | A Brief Mindfulness Intervention for Medically Hospitalized Patients with Acute Pain: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 11× |
| mindfulness intervention | Decreases - decreased significantly | stress 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-Based Childbirth and Parenting Program (MBCP) | Decreases - significantly reduced | perceived stress | Human | first time pregnant women at risk of perinatal depression | Not specified | Effects of a mindfulness based childbirth and parenting program on pregnant women's perceived stress and risk of perinatal depression-Results from a randomized controlled trial.cited 54× |
| Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting Program (MBCP) | Decreases - more effective in decreasing | perceived stress | Human | pregnant women | Not specified | Effects of a mindfulness based childbirth and parenting program on pregnant women's perceived stress and risk of perinatal depression-Results from a randomized controlled trial.cited 54× |
| mindfulness-based childbirth and parenting program | Decreases - effectively reduced | postpartum self-perceived stress | Human | women during pregnancy and the postpartum period | Eight weekly 3-hour classes and one 7-hour silent meditation session. | Assessing the effectiveness of mindfulness-based programs on mental health during pregnancy and early motherhood - a randomized control trial.cited 47× |
| mindfulness-based childbirth and parenting program | Decreases - were significantly better | stress scores | Human | women between 13 and 28-weeks gestation | Eight weekly 3-hour classes and one 7-hour silent meditation session. | Assessing the effectiveness of mindfulness-based programs on mental health during pregnancy and early motherhood - a randomized control trial.cited 47× |
| Mindfulness in Schools Programme | Decreases - reported lower | stress | Human | young people aged 12-16 in secondary schools | Not specified | Effectiveness of the Mindfulness in Schools Programme: non-randomised controlled feasibility study.cited 111× |
| mindfulness skills practice | Decreases - was associated with less | stress | Human | students in the intervention group | Not specified | Effectiveness of the Mindfulness in Schools Programme: non-randomised controlled feasibility study.cited 111× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction plus treatment as usual | Decreases - significantly greater reductions | symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder | Human | veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder at baseline | 8 weekly 2.5-hour sessions plus a single 7-hour weekend session. | Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction in Addition to Usual Care Is Associated with Improvements in Pain, Fatigue, and Cognitive Failures Among Veterans with Gulf War Illness.cited 51× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction plus treatment as usual | No effect - not | symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder | Human | veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder at baseline | 8 weekly 2.5-hour sessions plus a single 7-hour weekend session. | Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction in Addition to Usual Care Is Associated with Improvements in Pain, Fatigue, and Cognitive Failures Among Veterans with Gulf War Illness.cited 51× |
| computerized mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (Mindfulness in Action [MIA]) | Increases - increases | ability to manage stress | Human | adult participants with non-cancer pain of at least 6 months duration | Not specified | Comparison of an Online Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy Intervention With Online Pain Management Psychoeducation: A Randomized Controlled Study.cited 84× |
| guided self-help mindfulness-based interventions (GSH-MBIs) | Decreases - reduced | perceived stress | Human | patients with hepatocellular carcinoma | Not specified. | A randomized clinical trial of guided self-help intervention based on mindfulness for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: effects and mechanisms.cited 13× |
| 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 | Decreases - may help to counteract | effects of aging and psychosocial stress on infection risk and recovery from injury | Human | — | 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program (specific session frequency/duration not detailed in abstract). | Mindfulness-based stress reduction increases stimulated IL-6 production among lonely older adults: A randomized controlled trial.cited 12× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - Differences favoring the mindfulness condition were found | perceived stress | Human | 175 low socioeconomic status smokers | Not specified | Randomized trial comparing mindfulness training for smokers to a matched control.cited 53× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - showed significant effects of improvement | perceived stress | 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 (MT) | Decreases - reduced | perceived stress | 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 - mediated the decrease | perceived stress | Human | — | Not specified | Brief mindfulness-based training and mindfulness trait attenuate psychological stress in university students: a randomized controlled trial.cited 32× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - can decrease | psychological and physiological stress responses | Human | — | Not specified (interventions: 2-week smartphone-based and 8-week MBSR). | Mindfulness training and systemic low-grade inflammation in stressed community adults: Evidence from two randomized controlled trials.cited 39× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - may address | reward-driven eating and psychological stress | Human | individuals with obesity | Not specified. | Reduced reward-driven eating accounts for the impact of a mindfulness-based diet and exercise intervention on weight loss: Data from the SHINE randomized controlled trial.cited 78× |
| mindfulness training (Integrative Body-Mind Training, IBMT) | Increases - improved | self-control abilities in stress reduction | Human | smokers and nonsmokers | Not specified. | Mindfulness meditation improves emotion regulation and reduces drug abuse.cited 116× |
| Mindfulness training | Decreases - has been shown to be effective for | stress | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness in informal caregivers of palliative patients.cited 13× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - has been shown to reduce | stress | Human | students | 8-week mindfulness course (specific frequency not detailed). | Protocol for the Mindful Student Study: a randomised controlled trial of the provision of a mindfulness intervention to support university students' well-being and resilience to stress.cited 19× |
| preventative mindfulness intervention | Increases - improve | resilience to stress | Human | University of Cambridge students | 8-week mindfulness course (specific frequency not detailed). | Protocol for the Mindful Student Study: a randomised controlled trial of the provision of a mindfulness intervention to support university students' well-being and resilience to stress.cited 19× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - significantly reduced | stress | Human | alcohol-dependent adults | Not specified | Mindfulness training modifies cognitive, affective, and physiological mechanisms implicated in alcohol dependence: results of a randomized controlled pilot trial.cited 158× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - test the efficacy of | stress | Human | adult smokers in Australia with low weekly household income or receiving welfare benefits | Not specified | Efficacy of mindfulness and goal setting interventions for increasing resilience and reducing smoking in lower socio-economic groups: randomised controlled trial protocol. |
| mindfulness-integrated cognitive behavioural therapy | Decreases - test the efficacy of | stress | Human | adult smokers in Australia with low weekly household income or receiving welfare benefits | Not specified | Efficacy of mindfulness and goal setting interventions for increasing resilience and reducing smoking in lower socio-economic groups: randomised controlled trial protocol. |
| 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 - leads to | stress perception | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness in healthcare professionals and medical education.cited 41× |
| Mindfulness meditation | Decreases - has a beneficial effect on | stress | Human | doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers | Not specified | Mindfulness in healthcare professionals and medical education.cited 41× |
| mindfulness training | Decreases - significant relief | stress 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 (MT) | Decreases - showed relationships with | student stress reduction | Human | students | Not specified | Mindfulness for undergraduate health and social care professional students: Findings from a qualitative scoping review using the 3P model.cited 10× |
| mindfulness exercises | Decreases - lead to improvements | stress levels | Human | family members caring for patients with cancer in the palliative period | Not specified | Psychosocial interventions aimed at family members caring for patients with cancer in the palliative period: A systematic review.cited 3× |
| structured eight-week mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) program | Decreases - could make significant positive changes in | stress reduction | Human | undergraduate counseling trainees | Structured eight-week MBCT program (specific frequency not detailed). | Impact of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on counseling self-efficacy: A randomized controlled crossover trial.cited 12× |
| 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) | No effect - influences | cerebral and biochemical markers of stress | 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 - 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) | 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 (MBCT) | No effect - will be used to analyse | stress | 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) | Decreases - associated with decreased | emotional reactivity to social stress | 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) | Decreases - improved significantly | emotional reactivity to stress | Human | individuals with recurrent depressive disorder | Not specified | The effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on risk and protective factors of depressive relapse - a randomized wait-list controlled trial.cited 18× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - showed sustained reductions | perceived stress | 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 differences | perceived stress (PS) | Human | patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) | 8 group sessions (specific duration per session not mentioned). | Comparison of the Effect of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and Positive Psychotherapy on Perceived Stress and Quality of Life in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 17× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significant reductions | perceived stress | Human | Treatment completers | Not specified | Longitudinal associations between perceived stress and anhedonia during psychotherapy.cited 7× |
| Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - mediated by increases in the facet nonreactivity | perceived stress | 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 - mediated by increases in the facet of nonjudging | perceived stress | 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 | No effect - alterations in | perceived stress | Human | individuals with mood disorders | Not specified | A randomized controlled trial on the comparative effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and health qigong-based cognitive therapy among Chinese people with depression and anxiety disorders.cited 7× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - showed medium to small decreases | perceived stress and depression | Human | the high extraversion group 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 - seems to be effective to decrease | symptoms of anxiety, depression, and perceived stress | Human | patients with diabetes | 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 | Decreases - statistically significant reduction | self-rated carer stress | 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 - significantly lower | stress | Human | adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and comorbid depression | Not specified | Mindfulness based cognitive therapy for youth with inflammatory bowel disease and depression - Findings from a pilot randomised controlled trial.cited 23× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significantly lower | stress | Human | adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and comorbid depression | Not specified | Mindfulness based cognitive therapy for youth with inflammatory bowel disease and depression - Findings from a pilot randomised controlled trial.cited 23× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - beneficial in improving | stress | Human | AYAs with IBD | Not specified | Mindfulness based cognitive therapy for youth with inflammatory bowel disease and depression - Findings from a pilot randomised controlled trial.cited 23× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - has been shown to be effective at reducing | stress | Human | several populations | 10-week, seven-session group-based modified MBCT. | Effects on stress reduction of a modified mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for family caregivers of those with dementia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 9× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - was more effective in reducing | stress | 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) | No effect - assess changes | stress | Human | young people aged 18-25 years | Not specified | Group mindfulness based cognitive therapy vs group support for self-injury among young people: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.cited 8× |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significantly reduced | stress 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 stress reduction by meditation | No effect - normalizes | stress biomarkers | Human | POAG patients | Daily mindfulness meditation practice. | Mindfulness Meditation Reduces Intraocular Pressure, Lowers Stress Biomarkers and Modulates Gene Expression in Glaucoma: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 77× |
| 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention | Decreases - significantly smaller post-stress inflammatory response | post-stress inflammatory response | Human | — | 8-week intervention (specific frequency not detailed). | A comparison of mindfulness-based stress reduction and an active control in modulation of neurogenic inflammation.cited 167× |
| 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention | No effect - comparable post-training stress-evoked cortisol responses | stress-evoked cortisol responses | Human | those randomized to MBSR and HEP training | 8-week intervention (specific frequency not detailed). | A comparison of mindfulness-based stress reduction and an active control in modulation of neurogenic inflammation.cited 167× |
| mindfulness training through yoga | Increases - more likely to report greater | appraisal of stress | Human | fourth- and fifth-grade girls | 1 hour per week for 8 weeks, plus 10 minutes of daily homework. | Reducing stress in school-age girls through mindful yoga.cited 46× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction program for chronic back pain (MBSR-CBP) | Decreases - reduced | stress | Human | patients with chronic low back pain | 9 sessions (specific frequency not detailed). | The effect of mindfulness on the inflammatory, psychological and biomechanical domains of adult patients with low back pain: A randomized controlled clinical trial.cited 11× |
| Mindfulness in Motion, an 8-week evidence-based worksite mindfulness intervention | Decreases - Significant reductions | perceived stress | Human | Registered and Advanced Practice Nurses | Not specified | A highly effective mindfulness intervention for burnout prevention and resiliency building in nurses. |
| telephone-delivered mindfulness training (MT) | Decreases - reported reductions in | perceived stress | 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× |
| culturally adapted online Mindfulness Training Course (MTC) | Decreases - used to improve | stress and wellbeing | Human | Pakistani university students | Not available | Feasibility and Acceptability of an Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Stress Reduction and Psychological Wellbeing of University Students in Pakistan: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - significant post-intervention effects | stress | 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 - showed evidence of reductions | stress | 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-type interventions | Increases - positive outcome | stress management | Human | practising doctors | Not available | A literature review of interventions to reduce stress in doctors.cited 5× |
| culturally tailored mindfulness-based stress management intervention | Increases - enhancing | positive reappraisal, self-regulation, and self-efficacy as protective factors against chronic stress-inducing biobehavioral morbidity and mortality risk | Human | African American Women (AAW) | Not specified | Protocol of the HARMONY study: A culturally relevant, randomized-controlled, stress management intervention to reduce cardiometabolic risk in African American women. |
| culturally tailored mindfulness-based stress management intervention | Decreases - address | Superwoman Schema (SWS), contextualized stress, and network stress as potential barriers to adherence to healthy exercise and eating goals | Human | African American Women (AAW) | Not specified | Protocol of the HARMONY study: A culturally relevant, randomized-controlled, stress management intervention to reduce cardiometabolic risk in African American women. |
| social media-based mindfulness psycho-behavioral intervention (MCARE) | Decreases - Significantly greater improvements were also observed in | psychological stress | 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 - generated favorable effects on | psychological stress | 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× |
| brief informal mindfulness (IM) practice | Decreases - expected to report greater improvements | state stress | Human | university students with a history of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) | 10-minute single-session practices (FM, IM, or active control). | The effectiveness and acceptability of formal versus informal mindfulness among university students with and without recent nonsuicidal self-injury: Protocol for an online, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial.cited 2× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training | Decreases - displayed statistically significant differences | all occupational stress subscales | Human | emergency medical center nurses | Eight-session MBSR program including group sessions (meditation, yoga, discussions) with educational materials and CDs for home practice. | Does mindfulness-based stress reduction training have an impact on the occupational burnout and stress experienced by nurses? A randomized controlled trial.cited 1× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programs | Decreases - combat | stress | Human | nursing staff | Eight-session MBSR program including group sessions (meditation, yoga, discussions) with educational materials and CDs for home practice. | Does mindfulness-based stress reduction training have an impact on the occupational burnout and stress experienced by nurses? A randomized controlled trial.cited 1× |
| seven-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programme | Decreases - significant positive improvements in | study stress | Human | female medical and psychology students | Not specified (seven-week MBSR programme). | Mindfulness training for stress management: a randomised controlled study of medical and psychology students.cited 184× |
| seven-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programme | Decreases - reduced | study stress | Human | female medical and psychology students | Not specified (seven-week MBSR programme). | Mindfulness training for stress management: a randomised controlled study of medical and psychology students.cited 184× |
| mindfulness stress reduction training | Decreases - significantly decreased | perceived stress | Human | women and one man with a previous cancer diagnosis | Not specified (8-week mindfulness training course). | Self-report mindfulness as a mediator of psychological well-being in a stress reduction intervention for cancer patients--a randomized study.cited 143× |
| mindfulness practices | Decreases - hold much promise for effective stress reduction | parental stress | Human | parents of children with disabilities | Not specified | Family adjustment and interventions in neurodevelopmental disorders.cited 24× |
| mindfulness practices | Decreases - reducing | psychological stress | Human | head and neck cancer patients | Not specified | Surviving and thriving: Assessing quality of life and psychosocial interventions in mental health of head and neck cancer patients. |
| Headspace mindfulness meditation app | Decreases - revealing significant effects | subjective stress | Human | Non-faculty employees from a university in California's Central Valley | 10 minutes of meditation daily. | App-based mindfulness meditation reduces stress in novice meditators: a randomized controlled trial of headspace using ecological momentary assessment. |
| brief Mindfulness interventions | Decreases - was associated with reduced levels | perceived stress | Human | patients undergoing imaging-guided breast biopsies | Not specified (mindfulness techniques administered one week before, in the waiting room, and during the biopsy procedure). | Extremely brief mindfulness interventions for women undergoing breast biopsies: a randomized controlled trial.cited 10× |
| brief mindfulness (breath counting) interventions | Decreases - may be effective at attenuating | stress-induced alcohol-related cravings | Human | — | Not specified | Interoceptive attention or merely distraction? An examination of the effects of brief breath counting training on stress-induced alcohol-seeking behavior.cited 1× |
| brief mindfulness meditation training | Decreases - reduced | self-reported psychological stress reactivity | Human | young adult volunteers | 25 minutes per day | Brief mindfulness meditation training alters psychological and neuroendocrine responses to social evaluative stress.cited 169× |
| mindfulness-based (MB) yoga practice | Decreases - Significant improvements | stress | Human | nurses and health care professionals (HCPs) | Not specified. | Holistic Nursing in Practice: Mindfulness-Based Yoga as an Intervention to Manage Stress and Burnout.cited 38× |
| mindfulness training program (mindfulness-based stress reduction, [MBSR]) | Decreases - made clinically significant improvements | perceived stress | 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-based intervention programs | Decreases - can effectively reduce | perceived stress | Human | — | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness-based intervention for women with infertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 6× |
| 10-week mindfulness training intervention | Decreases - greater improvements | stress and burnout | Human | 44 intern doctors completing an emergency department rotation in a major Australian hospital | 10-week mindfulness training program (specific frequency not detailed). | A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness to reduce stress and burnout among intern medical practitioners.cited 81× |
| 10-week mindfulness training intervention | Decreases - Significant reduction | stress and burnout | Human | participants in the mindfulness condition | 10-week mindfulness training program (specific frequency not detailed). | A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness to reduce stress and burnout among intern medical practitioners.cited 81× |
| low dose Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI-ld) | No effect - No significant changes were noted | self-reported measures of perceived stress | Human | university faculty and staff with elevated CRP level,>3.0 mg/ml, and who either had, or were at risk for cardiovascular disease | Not specified (low-dose, reduced time commitment). | Workplace based mindfulness practice and inflammation: a randomized trial.cited 107× |
| brief smartphone mindfulness training | Decreases - can impact | stress biology | Human | 153 stressed adults | 15 smartphone-based lessons (specific dosage not detailed). | Acceptance lowers stress reactivity: Dismantling mindfulness training in a randomized controlled trial.cited 113× |
| mindfulness and compassion program (MAC-P) | Decreases - significant reductions | stress | 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× |
| combined aerobic exercise with guided-mindfulness relaxation | Decreases - significantly reduced | perceived stress | Human | breast cancer survivors | Three 90-minute sessions over 7 days. | Acute effects of aerobic exercise and relaxation training on fatigue in breast cancer survivors: A feasibility trial.cited 11× |
| mindfulness-based Alzheimer's stimulation | Decreases - reduction | perceived stress | Human | people with dementia or dementia-related memory conditions | Not specified | Mindfulness and meditation: treating cognitive impairment and reducing stress in dementia.cited 47× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction | Decreases - reduction | perceived stress | Human | people with dementia or dementia-related memory conditions | Not specified | Mindfulness and meditation: treating cognitive impairment and reducing stress in dementia.cited 47× |
| mindfulness for psychosis group | Decreases - decreased | general stress | Human | users of a secondary mental health service who experienced enduring psychotic symptoms | Mindfulness meditations were limited to 10 minutes per session. | Mindfulness for Psychosis Groups; Within-Session Effects on Stress and Symptom-Related Distress in Routine Community Care.cited 4× |
| mindfulness for psychosis group | No effect - no increase | general stress | Human | users of a secondary mental health service who experienced enduring psychotic symptoms | Mindfulness meditations were limited to 10 minutes per session. | Mindfulness for Psychosis Groups; Within-Session Effects on Stress and Symptom-Related Distress in Routine Community Care.cited 4× |
| in-person mindfulness-based resilience training (MBRT) program | Decreases - showed improvements | stress | Human | employees at a major tertiary health care institution | Not specified (6-week program). | Resilience Training for Work-Related Stress Among Health Care Workers: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing In-Person and Smartphone-Delivered Interventions.cited 66× |
| mindfulness self-compassion skills | Increases - help nurses be more consciously aware | personal impact of work stress | Human | nurses | Not specified | [The New Era of Mindfulness and Compassion-Based Therapy in Developing Nurses' Self-Care]. |
| mindfulness interventions | Decreases - reduce | parental stress | Human | parents | Not available | Intellectual Disability and Developmental Risk: Promoting Intervention to Improve Child and Family Well-Being.cited 36× |
| mindfulness interventions | Decreases - beneficial effects on | psychobiological stress measures | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Couple Interventions: A Systematic Literature Review.cited 14× |
| mindfulness interventions | Increases - improving | specific stress-related disease outcomes | Human | some patient populations (i.e., clinical colds, psoriasis, irritable bowel syndrome, posttraumatic stress disorder, diabetes, HIV) | Not specified | Mindfulness Training and Physical Health: Mechanisms and Outcomes.cited 111× |
| mindfulness interventions | Decreases - being used to reduce | stress | Human | health professionals | Not specified | Mindfulness therapies on health professionals.cited 37× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Therapy (MBSR) | Decreases - a common finding is a reduction of | stress | Human | health professionals | Not specified | Mindfulness therapies on health professionals.cited 37× |
| mindfulness interventions | Decreases - reduce | stress | 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 | No effect - Less consistent findings were observed for | stress | Human | pregnant groups | Not specified | The effects of mindfulness interventions on prenatal well-being: A systematic review.cited 48× |
| Mindfulness interventions | Decreases - showed a statistically significant effect | stress | 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 | Decreases - showed a statistically significant effect | stress | 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 | Decreases - beneficial for | stress | Human | pregnant women | Not specified | Mindfulness interventions during pregnancy: A narrative review.cited 23× |
| mindfulness interventions | Decreases - ameliorate | stress | Human | support staff working with people with intellectual disabilities | Not specified | The impact of mindfulness interventions for staff on the care, treatment, and experiences of people with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review. |
| mindfulness interventions | Decreases - significantly improved | stress | Human | medical students | Not specified (varied interventions included). | The effect of mindfulness interventions on stress in medical students: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 10× |
| mindfulness interventions | Decreases - significantly improved | stress | Human | medical students | Not specified (varied interventions included). | The effect of mindfulness interventions on stress in medical students: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 10× |
| mindfulness interventions | Decreases - produce an overall small-to-moderate effect | stress | Human | medical students | Not specified (varied interventions included). | The effect of mindfulness interventions on stress in medical students: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 10× |
| brief mindfulness inductions | Decreases - proposed as a buffer against | acute stress | Human | — | Not specified | The Effectiveness of a Mindfulness Induction as a Buffer Against Stress Among University Students With and Without a History of Self-Injury.cited 1× |
| online mindfulness induction | No effect - impact on | state stress | Human | university students with versus without a history of NSSI | Not specified | The Effectiveness of a Mindfulness Induction as a Buffer Against Stress Among University Students With and Without a History of Self-Injury.cited 1× |
| 8-week mindfulness meditation mobile app-Calm | Decreases - significant differences | stress | Human | college students with elevated stress | At least 10 minutes of meditation per day using the Calm app. | Efficacy of the Mindfulness Meditation Mobile App "Calm" to Reduce Stress Among College Students: Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 198× |
| 8-week mindfulness meditation mobile app-Calm | Decreases - effects persisted | stress | Human | college students with elevated stress | At least 10 minutes of meditation per day using the Calm app. | Efficacy of the Mindfulness Meditation Mobile App "Calm" to Reduce Stress Among College Students: Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 198× |
| 8-week mindfulness meditation mobile app-Calm | Decreases - helpful to reduce stress | stress | Human | students in the intervention group | At least 10 minutes of meditation per day using the Calm app. | Efficacy of the Mindfulness Meditation Mobile App "Calm" to Reduce Stress Among College Students: Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 198× |
| Mindfulness training (MT) for parents of adolescents | Increases - has been shown to improve | mental health and stress-related outcomes | Human | individuals and their families | Not specified (seven-session intervention). | Does a mindfulness-augmented version of the German Strengthening Families Program reduce substance use in adolescents? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 9× |
| nurse-led mindfulness-based Tai Chi Chuan (MTCC) programme | Decreases - decreasing | perceived stress | 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× |
| Cognitive, behavioral, and mindfulness interventions | Decreases - are effective in reducing | stress | Human | university students | Not specified | Interventions to reduce stress in university students: a review and meta-analysis.cited 362× |
| mindfulness-based empowerment program | No effect - assess the impact | coping with stress | Human | women who have experienced violence | Not available | The Effect of Mindfulness-Based Empowerment Program on Self-Compassion, Self-Esteem and Ways of Coping With Stress of Women Experienced Violence: A Randomised Controlled Study. |
| workplace mindfulness training | Decreases - beneficial effects | stress | Human | workforce | Not specified | A systematic review and meta-analysis of workplace mindfulness training randomized controlled trials.cited 97× |
| mindfulness app plus four 1-hour classes (app+classes) | No effect - no significant change | perceived stress | Human | Tasmanian State Service employees | Recommended 10-20 minutes, 5 days a week (actual usage was lower: app+classes ~120/343 minutes, app-only ~45/343 minutes) | Effects of a Mindfulness App on Employee Stress in an Australian Public Sector Workforce: Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 6× |
| mindfulness app (self-guided app use) | No effect - no significant change | perceived stress | Human | Tasmanian State Service employees | Recommended 10-20 minutes, 5 days a week (actual usage was lower: app+classes ~120/343 minutes, app-only ~45/343 minutes) | Effects of a Mindfulness App on Employee Stress in an Australian Public Sector Workforce: Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 6× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy | Decreases - significantly reduce | perceived stress | 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× |
| a school-based mindfulness and yoga intervention | Decreases - would reduce | involuntary stress responses | Human | chronically stressed and disadvantaged youth | Not specified | Feasibility and preliminary outcomes of a school-based mindfulness intervention for urban youth.cited 157× |
| a school-based mindfulness and yoga intervention | Decreases - had a positive impact on | problematic responses to stress | Human | students, teachers, and school administrators | Not specified | Feasibility and preliminary outcomes of a school-based mindfulness intervention for urban youth.cited 157× |
| mindfulness meditation | No effect - impact on | anxiety, stress and depression levels | Human | Mediterranean population with high-normal BP or grade I hypertension | 2 hours per week for 8 weeks | Benefits of mindfulness meditation in reducing blood pressure and stress in patients with arterial hypertension.cited 43× |
| mindfulness meditation | Increases - results in observable changes | brain structure related to memory, sense of self, empathy, and stress | Human | older adults | Not specified | Meditation for older adults: a new look at an ancient intervention for mental health.cited 10× |
| Mindfulness meditation (single 5-minute session) | Decreases - effectiveness in improving | perceived stress | Human | adult cancer patients in palliative care | Eight weeks (one session/week, daily individual practice) and a single 5-minute session. | Mindfulness for palliative care patients. Systematic review.cited 12× |
| Mindfulness meditation (single 5-minute session) | Decreases - benefit in favour of mindfulness | stress | Human | palliative care patients | Eight weeks (one session/week, daily individual practice) and a single 5-minute session. | Mindfulness for palliative care patients. Systematic review.cited 12× |
| mindfulness meditation (MM) | Decreases - decreased | Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) score | Human | patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (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 (MM) | Decreases - a decreased | Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) score | Human | patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (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 (MM) | Decreases - relieves | stress | 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 (MM) | Decreases - reduced | stress | 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 (MM) | No effect - no significant between-intervention effect | stress reduction | 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 | No effect - no statistically significant between-group differences | stress | Human | adolescents | Not specified | A Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Working Memory Capacity in Adolescents.cited 68× |
| mindfulness meditation | Increases - improved | stress | Human | intervention group | Not specified (prescribed mobile meditation app for 30 days). | Mindfulness Effects in Obstetric and Gynecology Patients During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 25× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - has been demonstrated to reduce | stress | Human | — | Not specified (web-based mindfulness meditation training). | Mindfulness meditation modulates stress-eating and its neural correlates.cited 2× |
| mindfulness meditation training | Decreases - reducing | stress-eating tendencies | Human | meditation-naïve individuals with a tendency to stress-eat | Not specified (web-based mindfulness meditation training). | Mindfulness meditation modulates stress-eating and its neural correlates.cited 2× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - significantly lowering | stress levels | Human | — | Not specified | Stress and Anxiety Management in Nursing Students: Biofeedback and Mindfulness Meditation.cited 65× |
| mindfulness meditation | No effect - Common reasons for use included | stress management | Human | respondents who practiced mindfulness meditation | Not specified | Prevalence and patterns of use of mantra, mindfulness and spiritual meditation among adults in the United States.cited 48× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - decreased | stress reactivity | Human | participants | Not specified (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program). | Can Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment Build Cognitive Reserve and Learn Mindfulness Meditation? Qualitative Theme Analyses from a Small Pilot Study.cited 24× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - emerging efforts | traumatic stress | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness Meditation and Psychopathology.cited 169× |
| modified mindfulness-based stress reduction (modMBSR) | Decreases - differences at T2 and T3 | perceived stress | Human | postgraduate year 1 (PGY-1) surgery residents | Weekly 2-hour modMBSR classes and 20 minutes of daily home practice. | Efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Training in Surgery: Additional Analysis of the Mindful Surgeon Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 77× |
| mindfulness-augmented version of the modularised evidence-based "Trampoline" programme | Increases - Larger effects on | adaptive stress-coping strategies | Human | children who are from substance-involved families, aged from 8 to 12 and receiving non-substance-specific care in psychiatric or youth welfare services | Mindfulness components practiced for 30 minutes in each validated "Trampoline" module. | Evaluation of the mindfulness-augmented "Trampoline" programme - a German prevention programme for children from substance-involved families tested in a cluster-randomised trial.cited 5× |
| eight-week Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting programme | Decreases - effectively reduced | self-perceived stress | Human | pregnant women | Eight-week programme with practice-at-home using audio recordings (specific frequency not detailed). | Mindfulness-based programme on the psychological health of pregnant women.cited 45× |
| eight-week Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting programme | Decreases - scores were relatively better | stress scores | Human | pregnant women at gestation week 36 | Eight-week programme with practice-at-home using audio recordings (specific frequency not detailed). | Mindfulness-based programme on the psychological health of pregnant women.cited 45× |
| Mobile mindfulness meditation (MMM) | Decreases - more effective than the control groups in decreasing | stress | 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 | perceived stress | 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× |
| online mindfulness treatment (MT) | Increases - demonstrated significant improvements | stress | 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 stress | 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 social-emotional learning (MBSEL) | Increases - leads to an increase | students' performance regarding stress management and improving responsible behaviors | 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 training program based on audio and smartphone | Decreases - showed positive impact | negative psychological stress domains | Human | patients with chronic diseases | Not specified | The impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction on psychological health among patients with chronic diseases during COVID-19 outbreak lockdown.cited 4× |
| mindfulness exercise guided by a smartphone app | Decreases - reduced | stress | Human | 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 (MBP) | Decreases - decreased | median number of symptoms of chronic stress recorded in the past month | Human | infertile women | Not specified (8-week mindfulness-based program). | Mindfulness-based program for stress reduction in infertile women: Randomized controlled trial.cited 30× |
| Mindfulness-based program (MYmind) | Decreases - a decrease | parenting stress | Human | parents of children with ADHD | Not specified | Mindfulness Training for Children with ADHD and Their Parents: A Randomized Control Trial.cited 20× |
| mindfulness-based program | Decreases - decreased | women's self-reported stress | 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 interventions (MBIs) | Decreases - effective in improving | stress | 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 | Decreases - was effective in reducing | stress | Human | adult cancer patients | Not specified | Effectiveness of online mindfulness-based interventions for cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 8× |
| Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) | Decreases - modest yet significantly greater improvements | post-traumatic stress | Human | previously homeless men residing in a therapeutic community with co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders, as well as extensive trauma histories | Not specified | Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement versus CBT for co-occurring substance dependence, traumatic stress, and psychiatric disorders: Proximal outcomes from a pragmatic randomized trial.cited 91× |
| Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) | Decreases - greater improvements | post-traumatic stress | Human | previously homeless men residing in a therapeutic community with co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders, as well as extensive trauma histories | Not specified | Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement versus CBT for co-occurring substance dependence, traumatic stress, and psychiatric disorders: Proximal outcomes from a pragmatic randomized trial.cited 91× |
| Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) | Decreases - significant indirect effect on decreasing | post-traumatic stress | Human | previously homeless men residing in a therapeutic community with co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders, as well as extensive trauma histories | Not specified | Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement versus CBT for co-occurring substance dependence, traumatic stress, and psychiatric disorders: Proximal outcomes from a pragmatic randomized trial.cited 91× |
| Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) | Decreases - demonstrated efficacy for reducing | post-traumatic stress symptoms | Human | patients | Not specified | Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement: Implementing an evidence-based intervention for chronic pain, opioid use, and opioid addiction in clinical settings.cited 4× |
| Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) | Decreases - significantly greater improvements | stress | Human | Participants with OUD and chronic pain | Not specified | Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement reduces opioid craving among individuals with opioid use disorder and chronic pain in medication assisted treatment: Ecological momentary assessments from a stage 1 randomized controlled trial.cited 62× |
| Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) | Decreases - significantly less | stress arousal | Human | Chronic pain patients | Not specified | Mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement for chronic pain and prescription opioid misuse: results from an early-stage randomized controlled trial.cited 235× |
| mindfulness-based programs | Decreases - improve | cancer-related stress | Human | patients with cancer | Not specified | Care After Chemotherapy: Peripheral Neuropathy, Cannabis for Symptom Control, and Mindfulness.cited 8× |
| mindfulness-based programs | Decreases - showed significantly greater improvements | perceived stress | Human | employee volunteers | Not specified | Effective and viable mind-body stress reduction in the workplace: a randomized controlled trial.cited 190× |
| mHealth-based mindfulness intervention | Decreases - demonstrated significantly lower levels | stress | 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 - had significantly reduced | stress levels | 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. |
| brief web-based mindfulness training | Decreases - may improve | perceived stress | Human | regular users | Not specified | A randomized controlled pilot study of a brief web-based mindfulness training.cited 91× |
| mindfulness-based cancer recovery (MBCR) | Decreases - superior for improving | stress levels | Human | distressed survivors of breast cancer | 18 hours of professional contact (group sessions) | Randomized controlled trial of Mindfulness-based cancer recovery versus supportive expressive group therapy for distressed survivors of breast cancer.cited 187× |
| mindfulness-based cancer recovery (MBCR) | Decreases - improved more over time on | stress symptoms | Human | distressed survivors of breast cancer | 18 hours of professional contact (group sessions) | Randomized controlled trial of Mindfulness-based cancer recovery versus supportive expressive group therapy for distressed survivors of breast cancer.cited 187× |
| Mindfulness-based cancer recovery (MBCR) | Decreases - greater improvement | stress symptoms | Human | women with greater psychological morbidity at baseline | Not specified | Tailoring mind-body therapies to individual needs: patients' program preference and psychological traits as moderators of the effects of mindfulness-based cancer recovery and supportive-expressive therapy in distressed breast cancer survivors.cited 45× |
| Mindfulness-based cancer recovery (MBCR) | Decreases - greater reduction | stress symptoms | 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× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR) | Decreases - improved significantly more on | stress symptoms | Human | distressed breast cancer survivors | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR) versus Supportive Expressive Group Therapy (SET) for distressed breast cancer survivors: evaluating mindfulness and social support as mediators.cited 39× |
| Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR) | Decreases - increased social support partially mediated the impact of | stress symptoms | Human | distressed breast cancer survivors | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR) versus Supportive Expressive Group Therapy (SET) for distressed breast cancer survivors: evaluating mindfulness and social support as mediators.cited 39× |
| combination of training and mindfulness | Decreases - seems to be beneficial for decreasing | stress | Human | home care workers | Not specified | Psychosocial interventions for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: rapid review and meta-analysis.cited 4× |
| electronic mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - Most were effective | stress reduction | Human | — | Not mentioned | A Systematic Review of Electronic Mindfulness-Based Therapeutic Interventions for Weight, Weight-Related Behaviors, and Psychological Stress.cited 27× |
| electronic mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - appear to be effective | stress reduction | Human | — | Not mentioned | A Systematic Review of Electronic Mindfulness-Based Therapeutic Interventions for Weight, Weight-Related Behaviors, and Psychological Stress.cited 27× |
| Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) delivered via mobile health (mHealth) platforms | Decreases - offer potential benefits for | reducing stress | Human | — | 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 - demonstrated promise in reducing | stress | Human | during pregnancy and postpartum | Not specified | The effectiveness of mHealth mindfulness interventions on perinatal psychological health: a systematic review. |
| Stress Reduction, Meditation, and Mindfulness Program | Decreases - resulted in a significant reduction | perceived stress | Human | patients with Heart Failure | Not specified | Impact of a Stress Reduction, Meditation, and Mindfulness Program in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 2× |
| brief mindfulness-based mobile app (BM-MA) | No effect - examine the effects | stress | 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 | stress 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× |
| approaches based on mindfulness | Decreases - particularly efficient in reducing | the stress and discomfort associated with these problems | Human | — | Not available | Kind attention and non-judgment in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy applied to the treatment of insomnia: state of knowledge.cited 11× |
| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy training | Decreases - statistically significant improvements | perceived stress | 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 cognitive therapy training | Decreases - feasible and effective in decreasing stress | stress | Human | interdisciplinary cystic fibrosis care team members | 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× |
| brief Mindfulness-Based Intervention (bMBI) | Increases - significantly increased | vagally-mediated Heart Rate Variability (vmHRV) at recovery after cognitive stress | Human | women with endometriosis-related pain | Not specified. | Mindfulness-Based Intervention Effect on the Psychophysiological Marker of Self-Regulation in Women With Endometriosis-Related Chronic Pain.cited 2× |
| Mindfulness - Based Therapy and Counseling programs (MBTC) | Decreases - significantly lower | stress | Human | individuals receiving methamphetamine dependency treatment | Practicing mindfulness for 90-120 minutes weekly. | Effectiveness of Mindfulness - Based Therapy and Counseling programs (MBTC) on relapses to methamphetamine dependence at a substance dependency treatment center.cited 4× |
| Mindfulness and self-compassion programs | Decreases - are efficacious for | managing stress | Human | — | Not specified | Intervention for the Management of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms to Reduce Caregiver Stress: Protocol for the Mindful and Self-Compassion Care Intervention for Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia.cited 2× |
| Mindfulness-Based Trauma Recovery for Refugees (MBTR-R) | No effect - significantly mediated therapeutic effects | posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) outcomes | Human | traumatized and chronically stressed asylum-seekers | Not specified | Candidate mechanisms of action of mindfulness-based trauma recovery for refugees (MBTR-R): Self-compassion and self-criticism.cited 10× |
| mindfulness and compassion-oriented meditation training | Decreases - significant improvements were found | stress | 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 | Increases - increase | internal and external connectivity to work networks related to stress perception, cognition, and emotion | Human | — | Not available | The Role of Mindfulness Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Pain. |
| mindfulness therapy | Decreases - demonstrated positive effects | stress | 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 program based on brief integrated mindfulness practices (M-PBI) | Decreases - significant decrease | stress | Human | employee-volunteers (with Perceived Stress Scale [PSS-14]>22) | Not specified (brief integrated mindfulness practices). | A mindfulness training program based on brief practices (M-PBI) to reduce stress in the workplace: a randomised controlled pilot study.cited 11× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) course | Decreases - effectively reduces | self-report measures of stress | Human | employees in an academic health care setting | 8-week MBSR course (specific frequency not detailed). | Sustained impact of MBSR on stress, well-being, and daily spiritual experiences for 1 year in academic health care employees.cited 45× |
| modified mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention | Decreases - significantly reduced | perceived stress | Human | overweight participants who reported elevated levels of stress and stress-eating and were at risk for obesity | Not specified | Development of a novel mindfulness and cognitive behavioral intervention for stress-eating: a comparative pilot study.cited 29× |
| modified mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention | Decreases - significantly reduced | stress-eating | Human | overweight participants who reported elevated levels of stress and stress-eating and were at risk for obesity | Not specified | Development of a novel mindfulness and cognitive behavioral intervention for stress-eating: a comparative pilot study.cited 29× |
| video-module-based mindfulness pilot program | Decreases - decrease | stress | Human | physicians in a community hospital setting | Three 90-minute in-person trainings, weekly online video-module trainings, and weekly teleconference coaching calls. | Brief Video-Module Administered Mindfulness Program for Physicians: A Pilot Study.cited 26× |
| StudiCare Mindfulness (StudiCare-M) | No effect - assessments take place | stress | 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× |
| mindfulness-enhanced parent training programmes | Decreases - moderate reductions | parenting stress | Human | parents or caregivers of children under the age of 18 | Not specified | Mindfulness-enhanced parenting programmes for improving the psychosocial outcomes of children (0 to 18 years) and their parents.cited 2× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) interventions | Decreases - highly beneficial for reducing | depression, fatigue, and stress | Human | breast cancer survivors | Not specified in the abstract. | Short-term Effects of Randomized Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Female Breast Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 30× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) interventions | Decreases - significantly decreased | stress levels | Human | women with breast cancer | Not specified in the abstract. | Short-term Effects of Randomized Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Female Breast Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 30× |
| a 4-session mindfulness group intervention | Decreases - this effect was evident | perceived stress | 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× |
| a mindfulness and compassion-focused programme | No effect - will assess the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy | Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) | 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 retreat | Decreases - statistically significant decrease | perceived stress | 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× |
| Mindfulness retreat | Decreases - significant reduction | perceived stress | 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× |
| adapted mindfulness-based stress reduction program combined with aspects of behavioral therapies, cognitive behavioral therapy, or acceptance and commitment therapy | Decreases - included | stress reduction or burnout prevention | Human | nurses and medical doctors | Not specified | Interventions to reduce stress and prevent burnout in healthcare professionals supported by digital applications: a scoping review.cited 9× |
| 7-week online mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - statistically significant differences in pre-post changes | stress using the Calgary Symptoms of Stress Inventory | Human | Emergency medical dispatchers (EMDs) from the USA and Canada | 7-week online mindfulness-based intervention (weekly sessions). | Destress 9-1-1-an online mindfulness-based intervention in reducing stress among emergency medical dispatchers: a randomised controlled trial.cited 18× |
| 7-week online mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | Decreases - statistically significant differences in pre-post changes | stress using the Calgary Symptoms of Stress Inventory | Human | Emergency medical dispatchers (EMDs) from the USA and Canada | 7-week online mindfulness-based intervention (weekly sessions). | Destress 9-1-1-an online mindfulness-based intervention in reducing stress among emergency medical dispatchers: a randomised controlled trial.cited 18× |
| a brief mindfulness activity | Decreases - was differentially effective at decreasing | stress | Human | university students with versus without a history of NSSI engagement | Not specified | Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Brief Mindfulness Activity in University Students With Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Engagement.cited 3× |
| a two-week, self-guided, online, mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - was associated with significant improvements | perceived stress | Human | students | Not specified | A randomised controlled trial of a brief online mindfulness-based intervention.cited 171× |
| a brief, online, mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - can reduce | perceived stress | Human | a student population | Not specified | A randomised controlled trial of a brief online mindfulness-based intervention.cited 171× |
| eight-week application of mindfulness-based stress reduction | Decreases - significant decrease | mean scores of stress | 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 | No effect - have emerged as promising adjunctive or alternative intervention approaches | posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder: a review of the treatment literature and neurobiological evidence.cited 159× |
| usage of the mindfulness and music app | Increases - significant correlation | elevated score on both the cognitive games and the perceived stress scale | Human | healthy volunteers from Danish companies | Not specified (30-day intervention). | Mindfulness and music interventions in the workplace: assessment of sustained attention and working memory using a crowdsourcing approach.cited 10× |
| 30-day mindfulness intervention | Decreases - showed a significant improvement | perceived stress | Human | healthy volunteers from Danish companies | Not specified (30-day intervention). | Mindfulness and music interventions in the workplace: assessment of sustained attention and working memory using a crowdsourcing approach.cited 10× |
| psychosocial interventions, which include mindfulness and/or meditation components | No effect - inconsistent or minimal changes in | perceived stress | Human | patients with inflammatory bowel disease | Not available | Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.cited 34× |
| a 6-week online mindfulness-based intervention | No effect - to explore potential benefits | fear of cancer recurrence, worries, rumination, perceived stress and trait mindfulness | Human | individuals with a melanoma diagnosis | 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× |
| Adding effective on-line mindfulness delivery | Decreases - likely yielding lessening | anxiety, fear-of-failure, and stress | Human | participants | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness meditation training offered in-person and via a virtual world on self-compassion: A study with U.S. military active duty and veterans.cited 2× |
| Monitor and Accept (MA) mindfulness training | Decreases - decreased | proportion of assessments that they reported experiencing feelings of stress in daily life | Human | stressed community adults | 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention | Psychological mechanisms driving stress resilience in mindfulness training: A randomized controlled trial.cited 43× |
| Monitor and Accept (MA) mindfulness training | Decreases - decreased | stress ratings | Human | stressed community adults | 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention | Psychological mechanisms driving stress resilience in mindfulness training: A randomized controlled trial.cited 43× |
| brief mindfulness meditation programme delivered via a smartphone app | Decreases - significantly decrease | perceived stress | Human | part-time working university students | One training session of 10-15 minutes per day using the app. | App-based mindfulness meditation reduces perceived stress and improves self-regulation in working university students: A randomised controlled trial.cited 15× |
| SEL program with mindfulness | Decreases - improved more | stress physiology | Human | children in the SEL program | Not specified | Enhancing cognitive and social-emotional development through a simple-to-administer mindfulness-based school program for elementary school children: a randomized controlled trial.cited 192× |
| .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× |
| .b Foundations 8-week mindfulness course | Decreases - significant reductions | stress | 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 | stress | 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) | Increases - improved | ability to cope with emotional stress in daily life | Human | young adults with moderate to severe mental disorders | Not specified | Learning to be mindful ─ experiences of mindfulness-based stress reduction for young adults with moderate to severe mental disorders. |
| 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 - was associated with greater reductions | distress 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 - statistically significantly reduced | Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) score | Human | lower secondary school teachers | Not specified in the abstract. | The effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction for school teachers: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.cited 5× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - possible to reduce | perceived stress | Human | lower secondary school teachers | Not specified in the abstract. | The effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction for school teachers: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.cited 5× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - is particularly effective in alleviating | depression, anxiety, and stress | Human | working-aged adults | Not specified | The effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on depression, anxiety, and stress in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 69× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - significant reduction | MSNA reactivity to mental stress | Human | participants with CKD stages III-IV | 8-week MBSR program (specific frequency not detailed). | Autonomic Modulation with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 1× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - amelioration | sympathetic reactivity during mental stress | Human | patients with CKD | 8-week MBSR program (specific frequency not detailed). | Autonomic Modulation with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 1× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - reduced | occupational stress | 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 - reduced | stress | 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 - significantly less stress | parental stress | Human | parents of children with DD | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for parents of young children with developmental delays: implications for parental mental health and child behavior problems.cited 122× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction | Decreases - significantly decreased | parenting stress | Human | parents of preschool-aged autistic children | Not specified | Comparative effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction and psychoeducational support on parenting stress in families of autistic preschoolers.cited 6× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction | Decreases - reduced stress more than did psychoeducation and support | parenting stress | Human | parents of preschool-aged autistic children | Not specified | Comparative effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction and psychoeducational support on parenting stress in families of autistic preschoolers.cited 6× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction | Decreases - the strongest effect observed 1 year later | parenting stress | Human | parents of preschool-aged autistic children | Not specified | Comparative effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction and psychoeducational support on parenting stress in families of autistic preschoolers.cited 6× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - statistically significant improvements | perceived stress | Molecular | persons with HIV-1 infection | Not specified | A randomized, controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction in HIV infection.cited 27× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - had significant effects, reducing | perceived stress | 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 - significantly reduced | perceived stress | Human | female fibromyalgia patients | Not specified | Mindfulness meditation alleviates fibromyalgia symptoms in women: results of a randomized clinical trial.cited 85× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - showed greater improvements | perceived stress (PSS) | Human | FM patients | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for fibromyalgia patients: The role of pain cognitions as mechanisms of change.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - improvements remained stable | perceived stress (PSS) | Human | FM patients | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for fibromyalgia patients: The role of pain cognitions as mechanisms of change.cited 1× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - effect was mediated by | perceived stress (PSS) | Human | FM patients | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for fibromyalgia patients: The role of pain cognitions as mechanisms of change.cited 1× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - showed larger declines | perceived stress | Human | MBSR participants with higher levels of pretreatment mindfulness | Not specified | The moderation of Mindfulness-based stress reduction effects by trait mindfulness: results from a randomized controlled trial.cited 165× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - showed significantly less | perceived stress | Human | 48 young, healthy meditation novices | Not specified | Mindfulness training affects attention--or is it attentional effort?cited 132× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - showed significantly less | physiological stress | Human | 48 young, healthy meditation novices | Not specified | Mindfulness training affects attention--or is it attentional effort?cited 132× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | No effect - No statistically significant group effects | perceived stress | 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 - modest improvements | perceived stress | Human | 32 inner city, HIV-infected participants | Not specified | A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for HIV-Associated Chronic Pain.cited 21× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - reveals that MBSR is effective in reducing | perceived stress | Human | cardiac patients | Eight 2.5-hour sessions of MBSR. | The effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on cardiac patients' blood pressure, perceived stress, and anger: a single-blind randomized controlled trial.cited 32× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - significantly decreased | perceived stress | Human | women with overweight or obesity | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Women with Overweight or Obesity: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 27× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - was effective for reducing | perceived stress | Human | participants from various job branches | Not specified | Fusing character strengths and mindfulness interventions: Benefits for job satisfaction and performance.cited 24× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction | Decreases - less | perceived stress | 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 - decreased | Perceived Stress Scale of Chinese version (CPSS) 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 | 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 | Decreases - offers an effective way of reducing | 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 | Increases - appears to be a promising modality for | stress management | 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 | Decreases - found to be efficacious | reduction in levels of stress | Human | Black survivors of violence | Not specified | Integrated Multicomponent Interventions for Safety and Health Risks Among Black Female Survivors of Violence: A Systematic Review.cited 23× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - led to self-reported stress reduction | self-reported stress | Human | participants in the RCT | Not specified | Towards a mechanistic understanding of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) using an RCT neuroimaging approach: Effects on regulating own stress in social and non-social situations.cited 6× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - was found to reduce | self-reported stress | Human | high-risk, urban emerging adults with poorly controlled diabetes | Not specified | Efficacy of mindfulness-based stress reduction in emerging adults with poorly controlled, type 1 diabetes: A pilot randomized controlled trial.cited 28× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - was found to reduce | self-reported stress | Human | high-risk, urban emerging adults with poorly controlled diabetes | Not specified | Efficacy of mindfulness-based stress reduction in emerging adults with poorly controlled, type 1 diabetes: A pilot randomized controlled trial.cited 28× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction | Decreases - compared to waitlist control | self-reported symptoms of stress | 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× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - improving | stress | 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 - demonstrated significantly lower stress | stress | Human | MBSR patients who flared | Not specified | A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction to prevent flare-up in patients with inactive ulcerative colitis.cited 90× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction | Decreases - showed improvements | stress | 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 | stress | 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 - is associated with improvements | stress | 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 - statistically significant results were found | stress | 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 - reduced | stress | Human | nurses | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for psychological distress among nurses: A systematic review.cited 94× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction | Decreases - is able to decrease | stress | Human | cancer patients | Not available | Mindfulness-based stress reduction in cancer patients: impact on overall survival, quality of life and risk factor.cited 7× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - significantly greater decreases | stress | 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 - reduce stress | stress | Human | psychosocially vulnerable group of 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 (MBSR) | Decreases - reducing stress | stress | Human | pregnant women in general | 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 (MBSR) | Decreases - has an impact on | stress | Human | — | Not Assessed | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Health Insurance Coverage: If, How, and When? An Integrated Knowledge Translation (iKT) Delphi Key Informant Analysis. |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - reduced | stress | 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) | Decreases - showed by trend a decrease | stress | Human | older adults | Twice-weekly MBSR sessions. | Effects of Karate Training Versus Mindfulness Training on Emotional Well-Being and Cognitive Performance in Later Life.cited 35× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - more stress reduction | stress | Human | 49 Chinese military recruits with psychological distress | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction improves the general health and stress of Chinese military recruits: A pilot study.cited 13× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | No effect - did not predict changes | stress | 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 (MBSR) | Decreases - statistically significant difference between the mean scores | stress | 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 | stress | 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 - effect on reducing | stress | 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 - reduces | stress | Human | university students with mild to high self-reported stress | Not specified | Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial investigating the effects of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction on stress regulation and associated neurocognitive mechanisms in stressed university students: the MindRest study.cited 2× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | No effect - investigate its effects on | stress regulation | Human | susceptible student population | Not specified | Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial investigating the effects of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction on stress regulation and associated neurocognitive mechanisms in stressed university students: the MindRest study.cited 2× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | No effect - aims to establish the clinical effects on | stress regulation | Human | university students with mild to high self-reported stress | Not specified | Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial investigating the effects of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction on stress regulation and associated neurocognitive mechanisms in stressed university students: the MindRest study.cited 2× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - aims to provide valuable insights into the effectiveness in reducing | stress-related symptoms | Human | susceptible student population | Not specified | Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial investigating the effects of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction on stress regulation and associated neurocognitive mechanisms in stressed university students: the MindRest study.cited 2× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | No effect - no significant difference in improving | stress | 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× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - evaluate the short-term and long-term effectiveness | stress and burnout complaints | Human | Dutch teachers in secondary vocational schools | Not specified | A study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial on mindfulness-based stress reduction: studying effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction and an additional organisational health intervention on mental health and work-related perceptions of teachers in Dutch secondary vocational schools.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - beat | work-related stress and occupational burnout | Human | — | Not specified | A study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial on mindfulness-based stress reduction: studying effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction and an additional organisational health intervention on mental health and work-related perceptions of teachers in Dutch secondary vocational schools.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction | Increases - improved | stress coping | Human | autistic adults | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for autistic adults: A feasibility study in an outpatient context.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction | Decreases - could lower | symptoms of stress | Human | autistic adults | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for autistic adults: A feasibility study in an outpatient context.cited 5× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction groups | Decreases - aim to help regulate | stress responses | Human | autistic adults, without intellectual disability | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for autistic adults: A feasibility study in an outpatient context.cited 5× |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - significant reduction | stress levels | Human | pediatric oncology nurses | Not specified (MBSR program duration: 2 months). | The Effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Pediatric Oncology Nurses' Stress Level, and Pediatric Oncology Patients' Psychosocial Symptoms and Care Satisfaction: A Prospective Non-Randomized Trial. |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - larger reductions | stress markers | Human | patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) | Not specified | The effect of mindfulness meditation training on biological acute stress responses in generalized anxiety disorder.cited 100× |
| Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - has demonstrated benefits | stress-related symptoms | Human | — | Standard 8-week MBSR program reconfigured into two in-person workshops and six weekly teleconferences. | Telephone-adapted mindfulness-based stress reduction (tMBSR) for patients awaiting kidney transplantation: Trial design, rationale and feasibility.cited 21× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | Decreases - reduction | symptoms of stress | Human | patients diagnosed with IBS using the Rome III criteria | Not specified | Mindfulness-based stress reduction for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome symptoms: a randomized wait-list controlled trial.cited 108× |
| group-based adapted mindfulness programme | No effect - no significant changes | stress | 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× |
| online mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) | No effect - no difference | perceived stress | Human | people diagnosed with melanoma | 6-week program with short videos, daily guided meditations, and automated email reminders. | A pilot randomised controlled trial of an online mindfulness-based program for people diagnosed with melanoma.cited 40× |
| online mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - self-reported stress reduction | stress | Human | Participants | Not specified | An online mindfulness-based intervention for undergraduate pharmacy students: Results of a mixed-methods feasibility study.cited 27× |
| online mindfulness-based intervention | Decreases - greater improvements | stress levels | Human | Males | Not specified | An online mindfulness-based intervention for undergraduate pharmacy students: Results of a mixed-methods feasibility study.cited 27× |
| online Mindfulness-Based Intervention (eMBI) | No effect - no significant difference | stress | 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. |
| anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the left primary motor cortex (M1) with mindfulness meditation (MM) | No effect - no significant difference | stress | Human | fibromyalgia patients trained in mindfulness | Ten daily sessions of mindfulness meditation paired with tDCS (active or sham). | No add-on therapeutic benefit of at-home anodal tDCS of the primary motor cortex to mindfulness meditation in patients with fibromyalgia. |
| modified mindfulness training program | Decreases - significantly reduced | perceived stress | Human | expectant mothers with a male child preference | Not specified | Feasibility of Modified Mindfulness Training Program for Antenatal Depression and Perceived Stress Among Expectant Mothers with Male Child Preference. |
| modified mindfulness training program | Decreases - significantly reduced | perceived stress scores | Human | expectant mothers with a male child preference | Not specified | Feasibility of Modified Mindfulness Training Program for Antenatal Depression and Perceived Stress Among Expectant Mothers with Male Child Preference. |
| modified mindfulness training program | Decreases - minor but significant decline | perceived stress scores | Human | expectant mothers with a male child preference | Not specified | Feasibility of Modified Mindfulness Training Program for Antenatal Depression and Perceived Stress Among Expectant Mothers with Male Child Preference. |
| Mindfulness-Based Health Promotion (MBHP) course | Increases - improved | stress management | Molecular | 21 participants | 8-week Mindfulness-Based Health Promotion (MBHP) course (specific session frequency/duration not detailed). | Mindfulness enhancements predict aberrant salience reductions and improve stress management. |
| online mindfulness training | No effect - No significant differences were seen | perceived stress (PSS) | Human | patients with heart disease | Not specified | Web-Based Mindfulness Intervention in Heart Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 36× |
| online mindfulness training | Decreases - effectiveness in reducing | self-reported stress | Human | 9-1-1 TCs | Not specified | Protocol: a multi-level intervention program to reduce stress in 9-1-1 telecommunicators.cited 10× |
| multi-part intervention including an online mindfulness training and a call center-level organizational stress reduction toolkit | Decreases - test the effectiveness to reduce | stress | Human | 9-1-1 call center telecommunicators (TCs) | Not specified | Protocol: a multi-level intervention program to reduce stress in 9-1-1 telecommunicators.cited 10× |
| 8-week web-based, mindfulness stress management program (WSM) | Decreases - demonstrated significant reductions | perceived stress | Human | participants in a corporate call center | 8-week program (specific frequency not detailed). | A Web-Based Mindfulness Stress Management Program in a Corporate Call Center: A Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Added Benefit of Onsite Group Support.cited 52× |
| mindfulness-based breathing and music therapy | Decreases - decreased | stress | Human | nurses who provided COVID-19 patients with care | Not specified | The Effect of Mindfulness-Based Breathing and Music Therapy Practice on Nurses' Stress, Work-Related Strain, and Psychological Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 34× |
| mindfulness-integrated cognitive behavior therapy (MICBT) | Decreases - effectiveness | stress | 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. |
| end-of-life demands card game (ELDCG) and mindfulness-based cancer recovery program (MBCR) programs | Decreases - showed significantly lower scores | stress | 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 | stress | Human | older adults | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness training on quality of life and well-being in older adults: a randomized controlled trial. |
| comprehensive Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI) comprising 10 twice-a-week Integral Meditation classes, dietary advice, and brief yoga sessions | Decreases - effective in reducing | perceived stress | Human | medical students from Italian universities | 10 twice-a-week Integral Meditation classes, dietary advice, and brief yoga sessions. | Improving stress management, anxiety, and mental well-being in medical students through an online Mindfulness-Based Intervention: a randomized study.cited 13× |
| Mindfulness-based practices | Decreases - reductions | perceived stress | 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× |
| Interventions aimed at increasing mindfulness facets and improving emotional regulation strategies | Decreases - may help to reduce | perceived psychological stress | Human | nursing students | Not specified | Predictors of psychological distress amongst nursing students: A multicenter cross-sectional study.cited 35× |
| 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) program | Decreases - stress-reducing effects | stress | Human | — | Not specified. | 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction induces brain changes similar to traditional long-term meditation practice - A systematic review.cited 162× |
| 8-week mindfulness program | Decreases - significant improvements | stress | 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-enhanced Tai Chi Chuan (MTCC) | Decreases - significantly greater improvements | stress | 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 - reductions | perceived stress | Human | mildly stressed, middle-aged to older adults | Not specified | Perceived stress mediates the relationship between mindfulness and negative affect variability: A randomized controlled trial among middle-aged to older adults.cited 17× |
| 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 Training | Decreases - significant effect over time | stress | 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 | Increases - increases were observed | stress recovery | 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 - did not show differences | subjective stress markers | Human | 140 individuals participating in the Trier Social Stress Task (TSST) | Daily 12-minute app-based mental training practice and weekly 2-hour online coaching sessions. | Reducing neuroendocrine psychosocial stress response through socio-emotional dyadic but not mindfulness online training.cited 1× |
| Mindfulness-Based Resilience Training (MBRT) | Decreases - greater reductions | organizational stress | Human | law enforcement officers | 8-week MBRT course (specific frequency not detailed). | Mindfulness-based resilience training to reduce health risk, stress reactivity, and aggression among law enforcement officers: A feasibility and preliminary efficacy trial.cited 67× |
| mindfulness-based resilience training | Decreases - reduces | perceived chronic stress | Human | university students in healthcare professions | Not specified (participants received one of 8 active mindfulness-based interventions, each lasting 8 weeks). | DEcrease STress through RESilience training for Students (DESTRESS) Study: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial nested in a longitudinal observational cohort study.cited 5× |
| HeartMath (HM) mindfulness-based interventions | Decreases - reducing stress | stress | Human | adolescents with autism spectrum disorder | Not specified (manualized protocols used). | Therapeutic Riding or Mindfulness: Comparative Effectiveness of Two Recreational Therapy Interventions for Adolescents with Autism.cited 8× |
| web-based mindfulness intervention | Decreases - showed significant improvements | levels of perceived stress | Human | families living with a person with mental illness | 8-week web-based mindfulness intervention (specific dosage not detailed). | Outcome of a web-based mindfulness intervention for families living with mental illness - A feasibility study.cited 13× |
| practising mindfulness at least twice a week | Decreases - were less stressed | stress | Human | participants who continued practising mindfulness | Not specified | Comparison of two different mindfulness interventions among health care students in Finland: a randomised controlled trial.cited 4× |
| cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based therapies | Increases - associated epigenetic signatures occurring at genes | genes involved in stress response, inflammation, neurotransmission, neuroplasticity, and aging | Human | — | Not specified | Epigenetic Regulation in Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy.cited 1× |
| standardized mindfulness | Decreases - significantly reduced | pain-related stress | Human | migraineurs, predominantly college students | Daily practice for 2 weeks (specific duration per session not specified). | Pain, mindfulness, and spirituality: A randomized controlled trial comparing effects of mindfulness and relaxation on pain-related outcomes in migraineurs.cited 31× |
| mindfulness-based self-care (MBSC) training | Decreases - had reduced levels of | stress | 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 | stress | 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 meditation (MM) app 'Headspace' | No effect - was able to protect against | perceived stress | Human | adults from the general population | 10 or 30 days of self-guided use (specific daily duration not mentioned) | The efficacy of a brief app-based mindfulness intervention on psychosocial outcomes in healthy adults: A pilot randomised controlled trial.cited 87× |
| mindfulness meditation (MM) app 'Headspace' | Decreases - positively impacted | stress | Human | adults from the general population | 10 or 30 days of self-guided use (specific daily duration not mentioned) | The efficacy of a brief app-based mindfulness intervention on psychosocial outcomes in healthy adults: A pilot randomised controlled trial.cited 87× |
| family-based mindfulness intervention (FBMI) | Decreases - reduce | stress | Human | parents of children with attention symptoms | Not specified | The effect of a family-based mindfulness intervention on children with attention deficit and hyperactivity symptoms and their parents: design and rationale for a randomized, controlled clinical trial (Study protocol).cited 8× |
| blended mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program | Decreases - showed a significant reduction | perceived stress | 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× |
| mindfulness training intervention tools | Decreases - most used interventions to overcome stress | stress | Human | teachers | Not available | Prevalence of stress and its relevance on psychological well-being of the teaching profession: A scoping review. |
| telephone-based mindfulness | Increases - increased | perceived stress | Human | at-risk older adults (≥65 years, lonely, digitally excluded, living alone, living below the poverty line) | Twice-weekly 30-minute telephone sessions for 4 weeks. | Layperson-Delivered Telephone-Based Behavioral Activation Among Low-Income Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The HEAL-HOA Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 4× |
| mindfulness-based online yoga | No effect - investigate the effects | stress-associated physiological parameters | Human | high-grade glioma patients and their 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. |
| daily use of a mindfulness mobile application (Headspace) | No effect - persisted | positive effects on stress and mindfulness | Human | student pharmacists | Daily meditation using the Headspace app | Evaluating the effects of a mindfulness mobile application on student pharmacists' stress, burnout, and mindfulness.cited 9× |
| daily use of a mindfulness mobile application (Headspace) | Decreases - significantly lower scores | stress | Human | student pharmacists | Daily meditation using the Headspace app | Evaluating the effects of a mindfulness mobile application on student pharmacists' stress, burnout, and mindfulness.cited 9× |
| modified Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - was effective to reduce | caregivers' stress | 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× |
| modified Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) | Decreases - had a statistically greater improvement | stress | 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× |
| modified mindfulness-based cognitive therapy | Decreases - decrease | stress | Human | caregivers of people with dementia | 7 sessions over 10 weeks, with an average weekly home-based mindfulness practice of 180 minutes. | Effects of a modified mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for family caregivers of people with dementia: A pilot randomized controlled trial.cited 31× |
| modified mindfulness-based cognitive therapy | Decreases - statistically significant decrease | stress levels | Human | caregivers of people with dementia | 7 sessions over 10 weeks, with an average weekly home-based mindfulness practice of 180 minutes. | Effects of a modified mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for family caregivers of people with dementia: A pilot randomized controlled trial.cited 31× |
| secular mindfulness | No effect - aims to test the effects | physiology: pain tolerance, pain intensity, stress reactivity assessed via heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) | Human | Christian and Muslim samples | Daily 20-minute guided meditation sessions. | Interpersonal and individual effects of an app-based Christian and Islamic heart meditation intervention in healthy adults: protocol of a stratified randomised controlled trial.cited 1× |
| mindfulness only group | Decreases - showed significantly reduced | stress | 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 | Increases - can be taught to improve | self-regulation, particularly in response to stress | Human | children, adolescents, and their parents | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Approaches for Children and Youth.cited 44× |