ArticleISRN psychiatry2012
Mindfulness-based interventions for physical conditions: a narrative review evaluating levels of evidence.
Article in ISRN psychiatry, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 56 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Effectiveness of an Individual Mindfulness-based Intervention for Cancer Patients in a Advanced Stage of the Disease and Their Relatives
Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Perceived Stress, Somatic Symptoms and Inflammatory Biomarkers Among Nurses
Who cites it
56 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The impact of mindfulness intervention on negative emotions and quality of life in malignant tumor patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on fatigue in cancer survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Critical reviews in oncology/hematology · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of Yoga-Based Interventions on Cancer-Associated Cognitive Decline: a Systematic Review.Current oncology reports · 2020Pooled it
- Web-Based Mindfulness Interventions for People With Physical Health Conditions: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Spiritually Based Interventions and Psychoneuroimmunological Outcomes in Breast Cancer Survivorship.Integrative cancer therapies · 2016Pooled it
- Preliminary examination of the validity of a behavioral mindfulness measure in adults with advanced cancer and their family caregivers.Palliative & supportive care · 2026Trial
- The influence of mindfulness meditation combined with progressive muscle relaxation training on the clinical efficacy and quality of life of patients with sarcopenia receiving haemodialysis: a randomised controlled trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Trial
- Telephone-adapted mindfulness-based stress reduction (tMBSR) for patients awaiting kidney transplantation: Trial design, rationale and feasibility.Contemporary clinical trials · 2015Trial
- Interoceptive abnormalities in COPD patients: Their predictive role in anxiety and acute exacerbation of COPD.Medicine · 2025Observational
- The influence of internet information exposure on Chinese youth's intention of online psychological counseling: based on SOR theory and the mindful coping model.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Why mindfulness matters in musculoskeletal therapies: a narrative review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
- Global trends and developments in mindfulness interventions for diabetes: a bibliometric study.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2024Article
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for Chronic Pain Management in the Community Pharmacy Setting: A Cross-Sectional Survey of the General Public's Knowledge and Perceptions.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Effect of the Online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Anxiety and Depression Status of COVID-19 Patients Treated in Fangcang Hospitals: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- Perspective on salutogenic approaches to persistent pain with a focus on mindfulness interventions.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) training on serum cortisol levels, depression, stress, and anxiety in type 2 diabetic older adults during the COVID-19 outbreak.Journal of medicine and life · 2022Article
- Potential benefits of a virtual, home-based combined exercise and mindfulness training program for HSC transplant survivors: a single-arm pilot study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Kundalini Yoga for Post-Treatment Lyme Disease: A Preliminary Randomized Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Comparative Effect of Reduced Mindfulness-Based Stress on Heart Rate Variability among Patients with Breast Cancer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Research on mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for treating symptoms of a wide range of medical conditions has proliferated in recent decades. Mindfulness is the cultivation of nonjudgmental awareness in the present moment. It is both a practice and a way of being in the world. Mindfulness is purposefully cultivated in a range of structured interventions, the most popular of which is mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), followed by mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT). This paper begins with a discussion of the phenomenological experience of coping with a chronic and potentially life-threatening illness, followed by a theoretical discussion of the application of mindfulness in these situations. The literature evaluating MBIs within medical conditions is then comprehensively reviewed, applying a levels of evidence rating framework within each major condition. The bulk of the research looked at diagnoses of cancer, pain conditions (chronic pain, low back pain, fibromyalgia, and rheumatoid arthritis), cardiovascular disease, diabetes, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and irritable bowel syndrome. Most outcomes assessed are psychological in nature and show substantial benefit, although some physical and disease-related parameters have also been evaluated. The field would benefit from more adequately powered randomized controlled trials utilizing active comparison groups and assessing the moderating role of patient characteristics and program "dose" in determining outcomes.
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