Trial reportMenopause (New York, N.Y.)2011
Mindfulness training for coping with hot flashes: results of a randomized trial.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions on physiological symptoms of menopause: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC women's health · 2026Pooled it
- Mind-body therapies for sleep disturbances, depression, and anxiety in menopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on adults with sleep disturbance: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- Mindfulness-based programmes for mental health promotion in adults in nonclinical settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Variation in menopausal vasomotor symptoms outcomes in clinical trials: a systematic review.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2020Pooled it
- Mindfulness-based stress reduction for women diagnosed with breast cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Mindfulness, cognitive behavioural and behaviour-based therapy for natural and treatment-induced menopausal symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2019Pooled it
- Home practice in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: A systematic review and meta-analysis of participants' mindfulness practice and its association with outcomes.Behaviour research and therapy · 2017Pooled it
- Open-label placebos for menopausal hot flushes: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Mindfulness-based stress reduction for menopausal symptoms after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (PURSUE study): a randomised controlled trial.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2019Trial
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) or Psychoeducation for the Reduction of Menopausal Symptoms: A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial.Scientific reports · 2018Trial
- Design and methods for "Commit to Get Fit" - a pilot study of a school-based mindfulness intervention to promote healthy diet and physical activity among adolescents.Contemporary clinical trials · 2015Trial
- Impact of dose, frequency of administration, and equol production on efficacy of isoflavones for menopausal hot flashes: a pilot randomized trial.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2013Trial
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of mHealth Mindfulness Intervention for Cancer Patients and Informal Cancer Caregivers: A Feasibility Study Within an Integrated Health Care Delivery System.Integrative cancer therapiesTrial
- Effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions on mental health in natural menopause: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Review
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- Characteristics of Users of a Digital Hypnotherapy Intervention for Hot Flashes: Retrospective Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Mindfulness-based stress reduction group training improves of sleep quality in postmenopausal women.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- The effects of psychological interventions on menopausal hot flashes: A systematic review.International journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2022Review
- Development of a Framework and the Content for a Psychoeducational Internet-Delivered Intervention for Women after Treatment for Gynecological Cancer.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to analyze the effect of participation in a mindfulness training program (mindfulness-based stress reduction, [MBSR]) on the degree of bother from hot flashes and night sweats.
methodsThis study was a randomized trial of 110 late perimenopausal and early postmenopausal women experiencing an average of 5 or more moderate or severe hot flashes (including night sweats)/day. A wait-list control (WLC) was used with 3-month postintervention follow-up. The main outcome was the degree of bother from hot flashes and night sweats in the previous 24 hours. Secondary measures were hot flash intensity, quality of life, insomnia, anxiety, and perceived stress.
resultsBaseline average (SD) hot flash frequency was 7.87 (3.44) and 2.81 (1.76) night sweats/day. Mean (SD) bothersomeness score was 3.18 (0.55; "moderately bothered/extremely bothered"). All analyses were intention to treat and were controlled for baseline values. Within-woman changes in bother from hot flashes differed significantly by treatment arm (week × treatment arm interaction, P = 0.042). At completion of the intervention, bother in the MBSR arm decreased on average by 14.77% versus 6.79% for WLC. At 20 weeks, total reduction in bother for MBSR was 21.62% and 10.50% for WLC. Baseline-adjusted changes in hot flash intensity did not differ between treatment arms (week × treatment arm interaction, P = 0.692). The MBSR arm made clinically significant improvements in quality of life (P = 0.022), subjective sleep quality (P = 0.009), anxiety (P = 0.005), and perceived stress (P = 0.001). Improvements were maintained 3 months postintervention.
conclusionsOur data suggest that MBSR may be a clinically significant resource in reducing the degree of bother and distress women experience from hot flashes and night sweats.
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