ReviewPsychosomatic medicine2019
Mindfulness Training and Physical Health: Mechanisms and Outcomes.
Review in Psychosomatic medicine, 2019. 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 94 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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.
Smartphone Stress Management Training for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Evaluating the Effects of Online Mindfulness Therapy on Pandemic Fatigue and Resilience Among Nurses in COVID-19 Quarantine Wards
Who cites it
94 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 238 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Benefits of Remote-Based Mindfulness on Physical Symptom Outcomes in Cancer Survivors: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Feasibility, Acceptability, and Efficacy of Mindfulness Training in People With Upper Motor Neuron Disorders: A Systematic Review.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2022Pooled it
- Sexual violence and cardiovascular disease risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Maturitas · 2021Pooled it
- PCC-hippocampal functional connectivity associated with stress biomarker changes after meditation training for healthy adults.Neuroscience letters · 2025Trial
- Digital mindfulness-based intervention for people with COPD - a multicentre pilot and feasibility RCT.Respiratory research · 2025Trial
- Mixed-Mode Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for psychological resilience, Self Esteem and Stigma of patients with schizophrenia: a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2024Trial
- App-based mindfulness meditation reduces perceived stress and improves self-regulation in working university students: A randomised controlled trial.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2022Trial
- Mindfulness-based stress reduction increases stimulated IL-6 production among lonely older adults: A randomized controlled trial.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2022Trial
- Effects of a Mindfulness App on Employee Stress in an Australian Public Sector Workforce: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Trial
- The effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on risk and protective factors of depressive relapse - a randomized wait-list controlled trial.BMC psychology · 2020Trial
- Participant experiences of change in mindfulness-based stress reduction for anxiety disorders.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2020Trial
- Randomized Trial of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Cardiac Patients Eligible for Cardiac Rehabilitation.Scientific reports · 2019Trial
- Psychological mechanisms driving stress resilience in mindfulness training: A randomized controlled trial.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2019Trial
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Buffers Glucocorticoid Resistance Among Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Psychosomatic medicineTrial
- Neural Oscillatory and Sympathetic Arousal Dynamics During Mindfulness Meditation: Characterizing Relaxed Alertness.Psychophysiology · 2026Article
- The Combined Effect of Mindfulness and Physical Activity on Stress: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Mind-Body Therapies for Multimorbidity: A Bibliometric Analysis and Evidence Map.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Role of Emotional Well-Being in Diabetes Prevention and Management.Annual review of nutrition · 2026Review
- Mind-body exercise as epigenetic modulators: Rewiring neural circuits for stress resilience and cognitive aging.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2026Review
34 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveThere has been substantial research and public interest in mindfulness interventions, biological pathways, and health for the past two decades. This article reviews recent developments in understanding relationships between mindfulness interventions and physical health.
methodsA selective review was conducted with the goal of synthesizing conceptual and empirical relationships between mindfulness interventions and physical health outcomes.
resultsInitial randomized controlled trials in this area suggest that mindfulness interventions can improve pain management outcomes among chronic pain populations, and there is preliminary evidence for mindfulness interventions improving specific stress-related disease outcomes in some patient populations (i.e., clinical colds, psoriasis, irritable bowel syndrome, posttraumatic stress disorder, diabetes, HIV). We offer a stress-buffering framework for the observed beneficial effects of mindfulness interventions and summarize supporting biobehavioral and neuroimaging studies that provide plausible mechanistic pathways linking mindfulness interventions with positive physical health outcomes.
conclusionsWe conclude with new opportunities for research and clinical implementations to consider in the next two decades.
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