Trial reportPsychotherapy and psychosomatics2012
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy improves polysomnographic and subjective sleep profiles in antidepressant users with sleep complaints.
Trial report in Psychotherapy and psychosomatics, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03949296 (A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of Mindfulness Meditation in Treating Insomnia in Multiple Sclerosis), which is not on this map. Cited by 37 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of Mindfulness Meditation in Treating Insomnia in Multiple Sclerosis
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.
- Residual insomnia in major depressive disorder: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Systematic Review for the Medical Applications of Meditation in Randomized Controlled Trials.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Psychological therapies for treatment-resistant depression in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Adolescent Cognitive-Behavioral Sleep Interventions.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2017Pooled 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
- A pilot, randomized, placebo-controlled study of mindfulness meditation in treating insomnia in multiple sclerosis.BMC neurology · 2023Trial
- Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle through Mindfulness in University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Effect of traditional yoga, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy, on health related quality of life: a randomized controlled trial on patients on sick leave because of burnout.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2018Trial
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- Randomized controlled trial of mindfulness meditation for generalized anxiety disorder: effects on anxiety and stress reactivity.The Journal of clinical psychiatry · 2013Trial
- Mindfulness-based therapy for chronic tinnitus: a narrative review.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on sleep quality and academic stress of Chinese adolescents: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Mindfulness Meditation for Sleep Disturbances Among Individuals with Cognitive Impairment: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Remotely delivered mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for spontaneous coronary artery dissection survivors.Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Effects of mindfulness meditation combined with progressive muscle relaxation on sleep disorders, anxiety, and depression in patients with sarcopenia undergoing hemodialysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The Search for Consistency in Residual Symptoms in Major Depressive Disorder: A Narrative Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- The role of objective sleep in implicit and explicit affect regulation: A comprehensive review.Neurobiology of stress · 2024Article
- The Effects of Mindfulness Interventions on Fibromyalgia in Adults aged 65 and Older: A Window to Effective Therapy.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2023Review
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy improves insomnia symptoms in individuals with recurrent depression: secondary analyses from a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Mindfulness-Based Strategies for Improving Sleep in People with Psychiatric Disorders.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundMany antidepressant medications (ADM) are associated with disruptions in sleep continuity that can compromise medication adherence and impede successful treatment. The present study investigated whether mindfulness meditation (MM) training could improve self-reported and objectively measured polysomnographic (PSG) sleep profiles in depressed individuals who had achieved at least partial remission with ADM, but still had residual sleep complaints.
methodsTwenty-three ADM users with sleep complaints were randomized into an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) course or a waitlist control condition. Pre-post measurements included PSG sleep studies and subjectively reported sleep, residual depression symptoms.
resultsCompared to controls, the MBCT participants improved on both PSG and subjective measures of sleep. They showed a pattern of decreased wake time and increased sleep efficiency. Sleep depth, as measured by stage 1 and slow-wave sleep, did not change as a result of mindfulness training.
conclusionsMM is associated with increases in both objectively and subjectively measured sleep continuity in ADM users. MM training may serve as more desirable and cost-effective alternative to discontinuation or supplementation with hypnotics, and may contribute to a more sustainable recovery from depression.
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