Trial reportContemporary clinical trials2017
Telephone-adapted Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (tMBSR) for patients awaiting kidney transplantation.
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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.
Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Trait Mindfulness, Perceived Stress, Emotion Regulation, and Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The Effect of Mindfulness-based Nursing Interventions Applied to Hemodialysis Patients on Psychosocial Adaptation
Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Do psycho-behavioural interventions improve mental and physical health in chronic kidney disease? A systematic review of randomised controlled trials.Journal of nephrology · 2025Pooled it
- eHealth Solutions for Symptom Assessment and Monitoring in Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions for fatigue in people with kidney failure requiring dialysis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Addressing Cognitive Function and Psychological Well-Being in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review on the Use of Technology-Based Interventions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Systematic Review for the Medical Applications of Meditation in Randomized Controlled Trials.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Self-reported poor quality of sleep in solid organ transplant: A systematic review.Transplantation reviews (Orlando, Fla.) · 2021Pooled it
- eHealth interventions for people with chronic kidney disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions for improving sleep quality in people with chronic kidney disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Impacts of mindfulness-based interventions in people undergoing hemodialysis: a systematic review.Jornal brasileiro de nefrologiaPooled it
- A phase II pilot randomized controlled trial of an integrated stepped collaborative care intervention for patients awaiting kidney transplantation (CARES-transplant).Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Trial
- Waiting for a kidney transplant, a source of unavoidable but reversible anxiety: a prospective pilot study investigating a psychological intervention.Journal of nephrology · 2023Trial
- Factors influencing the development and implementation of a prehabilitation program for kidney transplant candidates: A mixed-methods contextual analysis.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Article
- Digital symptom management interventions for people with chronic kidney disease: a scoping review based on the UK Medical Research Council Framework.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Review
- Examining the acceptability and feasibility of the Compassionate Mindful Resilience (CMR) programme in adults living with chronic kidney disease: the COSMIC study findings.BMC nephrology · 2024Article
- Complementary Therapy Learning in the Setting of Lung Transplantation: A Single-Center Observational Study of Appropriation and Efficacy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Telehealth strategies in the care of people with chronic kidney disease: integrative review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2023Review
- European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Consensus Statement on Prehabilitation for Solid Organ Transplantation Candidates.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2023Review
- The Effect of Meditation-Based Interventions on Patients with Fatigue Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Psychologica Belgica · 2023Article
- Easing the burden of dementia caregiving: Protocol development for a telephone-delivered mindfulness intervention for rural, African American families.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatients with progressive kidney disease experience increasing physiologic and psychosocial stressors and declining health-related quality of life (HRQOL).
methodsWe conducted a randomized, active-controlled, open-label trial to test whether a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program delivered in a novel workshop-teleconference format would reduce symptoms and improve HRQOL in patients awaiting kidney transplantation. Sixty-three transplant candidates were randomized to one of two arms: i) telephone-adapted MBSR (tMBSR, an 8-week program of meditation and yoga); or ii) a telephone-based support group (tSupport). Participants completed self-report questionnaires at baseline, post-intervention, and after 6-months. Anxiety, measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) post-intervention served as the primary outcome. Secondary outcomes included: depression, sleep quality, pain, fatigue, and HRQOL assessed by SF-12 Physical and Mental Component Summaries (PCS, MCS).
results55 patients (age 54±12yrs) attended their assigned program (tMBSR, n=27; tSupport, n=28). 49% of patients had elevated anxiety at baseline. Changes in anxiety were small and did not differ by treatment group post-intervention or at follow-up. However, tMBSR significantly improved mental HRQOL at follow-up: +6.2 points on the MCS - twice the minimum clinically important difference (95% CI: 1.66 to 10.8, P=0.01). A large percentage of tMBSR participants (≥90%) practiced mindfulness and reported it helpful for stress management.
conclusionsNeither mindfulness training nor a support group resulted in clinically meaningful reductions in anxiety. In contrast, finding that tMBSR was more effective than tSupport for bolstering mental HRQOL during the wait for a kidney transplant is encouraging and warrants further investigation. ClinicalTrials.govNCT01254214.
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