SynthesisBMJ supportive & palliative care2016
A systematic review and meta-analysis of meditative interventions for informal caregivers and health professionals.
Synthesis in BMJ supportive & palliative care, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04019301 (Caring for Caregivers With Mind-body Exercise), which is not on this map. Cited by 38 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Caring for Caregivers With Mind-body Exercise
Who cites it
38 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 108 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- The effect of mental health interventions on psychological distress for informal caregivers of people with mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Meditation: Evidence Map of Systematic Reviews.Frontiers in public health · 2021Pooled it
- Mindfulness meditation for workplace wellness: An evidence map.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2019Pooled it
- Mindfulness-based stress reduction for family carers of people with dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- [Risk factors and burnout levels in Primary Care nurses: A systematic review].Atencion primaria · 2017Pooled it
- Mindfulness training for psychological stress in family caregivers of persons with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Clinical interventions in aging · 2017Pooled it
- Meditation and vacation effects have an impact on disease-associated molecular phenotypes.Translational psychiatry · 2016Trial
- The Challenges of Caregiving-Isn't It Time We Stopped Just Admiring the Problem?Journal of palliative medicine · 2026Article
- Caring for the caregivers: a scoping review of spiritual and religious interventions for family caregivers in home care.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Mental health outcomes in dementia caregivers: a systematic review of yoga-based interventions.Dementia & neuropsychologia · 2025Review
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- A Model of Burnout Among Healthcare Professionals.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of Workplace Interventions to Improve Health and Well-Being of Health and Social Service Workers: A Narrative Review of Randomised Controlled Trials.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- How effective are interventions in optimizing workplace mental health and well-being? A scoping review of reviews and evidence map.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2023Article
- Design and rationale of a pilot randomized clinical trial investigating the use of a mHealth app for sarcoidosis-associated fatigue.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2023Article
- Repressive and vigilant coping styles in stress and relaxation: evidence for physiological and subjective differences at baseline, but not for differential stress or relaxation responses.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Perceptions of the Fatigue Experience and a Breathing Awareness Meditation-Integrated mHealth App for Fatigue and Stress in Patients with Sarcoidosis.Fatigue : biomedicine, health & behavior · 2023Article
- Effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on the Well-Being, Burnout and Stress of Italian Healthcare Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundBurnout, stress and anxiety have been identified as areas of concern for informal caregivers and health professionals, particularly in the palliative setting. Meditative interventions are gaining acceptance as tools to improve well-being in a variety of clinical contexts, however, their effectiveness as an intervention for caregivers remains unknown.
aimTo explore the effect of meditative interventions on physical and emotional markers of well-being as well as job satisfaction and burnout among informal caregivers and health professionals.
designSystematic review of randomised clinical trials and pre-post intervention studies with meditative interventions for caregivers. DATA SOURCES: PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL and PsycINFO were searched up to November 2013. Of 1561 abstracts returned, 68 studies were examined in full text with 27 eligible for systematic review.
resultsControlled trials of informal caregivers showed statistically significant improvement in depression (effect size 0.49 (95% CI 0.24 to 0.75)), anxiety (effect size 0.53 (95% CI 0.06 to 0.99)), stress (effect size 0.49 (95% CI 0.21 to 0.77)) and self-efficacy (effect size 0.86 (95% CI 0.5 to 1.23)), at an average of 8 weeks following intervention initiation. Controlled trials of health professionals showed improved emotional exhaustion (effect size 0.37 (95% CI 0.04 to 0.70)), personal accomplishment (effect size 1.18 (95% CI 0.10 to 2.25)) and life satisfaction (effect size 0.48 (95% CI 0.15 to 0.81)) at an average of 8 weeks following intervention initiation.
conclusionsMeditation provides a small to moderate benefit for informal caregivers and health professionals for stress reduction, but more research is required to establish effects on burnout and caregiver burden.
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