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Trial reportSleep2014

A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness meditation for chronic insomnia.

Jason C Ong, Rachel Manber, Zindel Segal, Yinglin Xia, Shauna Shapiro, James K Wyatt

3 registry-linked trialsOpen access · bronzeAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Sleep, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 124 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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124citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
25.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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.

NCT00768781 phase2completednot on this map

Augmenting Behavior Therapy for Insomnia With Mindfulness Meditation

TypeinterventionalSponsorRush University Medical CenterRan2008 to 2013Enrolled54ConditionsInsomniaArmsMindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Insomnia, Wait-List + Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
NCT05295004 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of Mindfulness Training Before Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty on Sleep Quality

TypeinterventionalSponsorColorado Joint ReplacementRan2022 to 2024Enrolled282ConditionsSleep Disturbance, ArthropathyArmsMindfulness Meditation Training
NCT07302750 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

The Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Relaxation and Breathing Training on Pain Intensity and Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women

TypeinterventionalSponsorBaskent UniversityRan2026 to 2027Enrolled48ConditionsPostmenopausal Period, Postmenopausal WomenArmsPhysiotherapist-Guided Relaxation and Breathing Training, Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Relaxation and Breathing Training, Control Group - No Structured Training Program
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

124 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 329 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Systematic Review for the Medical Applications of Meditation in Randomized Controlled Trials.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  18. Treatment of chronic primary sleep onset insomnia with Kundalini yoga: a randomized controlled trial with active sleep hygiene comparison.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021
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  19. A Closer Look at Yoga Nidra: Sleep Lab Protocol.International journal of yoga therapy · 2021
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64 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Jason C Ong
Rachel Manber
Zindel Segal
Yinglin Xia
Shauna Shapiro
James K Wyatt
Rush University Medical Center · USSanta Clara University · USStanford Medicine · USUniversity of Rochester Medical Center · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Augmenting Behavior Therapy for Insomnia with Mindfulness MeditationK23AT003678 · NCCIH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI ONG, JASON C · 2007 to 2011
$554k
NCCIH NIH HHS K23AT003678
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

STUDY

objectivesTo evaluate the efficacy of mindfulness meditation for the treatment of chronic insomnia.

designThree-arm, single-site, randomized controlled trial.

settingAcademic medical center.

participantsFifty-four adults with chronic insomnia.

interventionsParticipants were randomized to either mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia (MBTI), or an eight-week self-monitoring (SM) condition. MEASUREMENTS AND

resultsPatient-reported outcome measures were total wake time (TWT) from sleep diaries, the pre-sleep arousal scale (PSAS), measuring a prominent waking correlate of insomnia, and the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) to determine remission and response as clinical endpoints. Objective sleep measures were derived from laboratory polysomnography and wrist actigraphy. Linear mixed models showed that those receiving a meditation-based intervention (MBSR or MBTI) had significantly greater reductions on TWT minutes (43.75 vs 1.09), PSAS (7.13 vs 0.16), and ISI (4.56 vs 0.06) from baseline-to-post compared to SM. Post hoc analyses revealed that each intervention was superior to SM on each of the patient-reported measures, but no significant differences were found when comparing MBSR to MBTI from baseline-to-post. From baseline to 6-month follow-up, MBTI had greater reductions in ISI scores than MBSR (P < 0.05), with the largest difference occurring at the 3-month follow-up. Remission and response rates in MBTI and MBSR were sustained from post-treatment through follow-up, with MBTI showing the highest rates of treatment remission (50%) and response (78.6%) at the 6-month follow-up.

conclusionsMindfulness meditation appears to be a viable treatment option for adults with chronic insomnia and could provide an alternative to traditional treatments for insomnia.

trial registrationMindfulness-Based Approaches to Insomnia: clinicaltrials.gov, identifier: NCT00768781.

Indexed as

MeditationMindfulnessActigraphyAdultArousalChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSelf ReportSleepSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersStress, PsychologicalTreatment Outcomebehavior therapyclinical trialcomplementary and alternative medicineinsomniameditationmindfulnesssleep

Identifiers

PMID25142566
PMCPMC4153063
OpenAlexW2049451047

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