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ArticleJournal of mid-life health

How Effective the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Quality of Life in Women With Menopause.

Jennifer Britto John, D Vinoth Gnana Chellaiyan, Sujata Gupta, Ramgopal Nithyanandham

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Article in Journal of mid-life health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. 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 · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jennifer Britto JohnDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
D Vinoth Gnana ChellaiyanDepartment of Community Medicine, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sujata GuptaDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Ramgopal NithyanandhamDepartment of Counselling Psychology, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Chettinad Academy of Research and Education · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: In woman's life menopause can cause psychological and somatic disturbances. Psychological and behavioural intervention is effective in reducing menopause-related symptoms. Aims: The present study was done to find effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural therapy (MBCT) on quality of life among menopausal women. Methods and Material: The present study was double-blind randomized trial conducted among menopausal women at tertiary care hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The study was conducted among 50 women who had attained menopause. They were randomly divided into intervention ( Results: The difference between the scores before and after intervention i.e after 10 weeks in all the domains and total domain was significant in intervention group compared to control group. Conclusions: Mindfulness based approaches may improve severity of vasomotor and psychological symptoms of menopause, thus enhancing quality of life.

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Cognitive behavioral therapymenopausequality of life

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PMID36276630
PMCPMC9583372
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