Trial reportScientific reports2018
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) or Psychoeducation for the Reduction of Menopausal Symptoms: A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions on physiological symptoms of menopause: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC women's health · 2026Pooled it
- Mind-body therapies for sleep disturbances, depression, and anxiety in menopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of mindfulness-based interventions on anxiety, depression, stress, and mindfulness in menopausal women: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Mindfulness-based programmes for mental health promotion in adults in nonclinical settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Variation in menopausal vasomotor symptoms outcomes in clinical trials: a systematic review.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2020Pooled it
- The Effect of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program on Quality of Life, Life Satisfaction, Sleep Quality, and Mental Well-Being in Menopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · 2026Trial
- Evaluating a Mobile Digital Therapeutic for Vasomotor and Behavioral Health Symptoms Among Women in Midlife: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Trial
- The Effects of Mindfulness for Youth (MYmind) versus Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Improving Attention and Reducing Behavioral Problems among Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Their Parents: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2023Trial
- Immediate impact of yogic breathing on pulsatile cerebrospinal fluid dynamics.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions on mental health in natural menopause: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Review
- The effect of ginseng on sexual function in postmenopausal women with major depression: a triple-blind randomized controlled trial.Journal of pharmaceutical health care and sciences · 2025Article
- I'm still quite young: women's lived experience of precocious or premature menopause: a qualitative study among Egyptian women.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Impact of psychological stress on ovarian function: Insights, mechanisms and intervention strategies (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2025Review
- Effects of Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Sexual Health in Menopause: A Systematic Review.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025Article
- Comprehensive Review of Chronic Stress Pathways and the Efficacy of Behavioral Stress Reduction Programs (BSRPs) in Managing Diseases.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Review
- The effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy combined with medication therapy in preventing recurrence of major depressive disorder in convalescent patients.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Do Menopausal Symptoms Affect the Relationship between Job Demands, Work Ability, and Exhaustion? Testing a Moderated Mediation Model in a Sample of Italian Administrative EmployeesInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Susceptibility of Women to Cardiovascular Disease and the Prevention Potential of Mind-Body Intervention by Changes in Neural Circuits and Cardiovascular Physiology.Biomolecules · 2021Review
- Current ecology, not ancestral dispersal patterns, influences menopause symptom severity.Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
- The Effect of Mindfulness on Quality of Life among Women with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of mid-life healthArticle
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13 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Psychological and behavioural interventions may be effective in reducing menopause-related symptoms. This randomized controlled trial aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in reducing menopause-related symptoms by comparing with an active control group, the menopause education control (MEC). Symptomatic peri-menopausal and post-menopausal women with mild to moderate symptoms were recruited. The primary outcome was overall menopausal symptoms measured by modified Greene Climacteric Scale (GCS). Secondary outcomes include subscales of the GCS perceived stress, mindfulness and health related Quality of Life. All outcome measures were collected at baseline, 2 months (immediately post intervention), 5 and 8 months (3 and 6 months post intervention respectively). Both MBSR (n = 98) and MEC (n = 99) groups reported a reduction in total GCS score at 8 months. Between group analysis show significant symptom score reduction in MBSR group on Anxiety and Depression subscales of GCS. No differences were found between groups on other GCS subscales and majority of the secondary outcome measures. The findings show that menopausal symptoms in both MBSR and MEC significantly reduced over the study period. MBSR show a greater reduction of psychological symptoms of depression and anxiety above active controls but do not reduce other somatic, urogenital and vasomotor symptoms.
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