ArticleMindfulness2022
Overall and Differential Attrition in Mindfulness-Based Interventions: A Meta-Analysis.
Article in Mindfulness, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- The effect of a mindfulness intervention (MI) on sleep disturbance (SD) among nurses.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Real-World Meditation App Engagement: Longitudinal Study of the Medito Meditation App.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Article
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- A Multi-Site Observational Evaluation of the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association Model of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy for Veteran Trauma Survivors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Observational
- Psychoneuroimmunology of Mindfulness: What works, how it works, and for whom?Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2025Article
- Longitudinal associations between psychedelic use and meditation practices in the United States and the United Kingdom.Psychological medicine · 2024Observational
- Who Sticks with Meditation? Rates and Predictors of Persistence in a Population-based Sample in the USA.Mindfulness · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objectives: Attrition is very common in longitudinal research, including randomized controlled trials (RCTs) testing psychological interventions. Establishing rates and predictors of attrition in mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) can assist clinical trialists and intervention developers. Differential attrition in RCTs that compared MBIs with structure and intensity matched active control conditions also provides an objective metric of relative treatment acceptability. Methods: We aimed to evaluate rates and predictors of overall and differential attrition in RCTs of MBIs compared with matched active control conditions. Attrition was operationalized as loss to follow-up at post-test. Six online databases were searched. Results: Across 114 studies ( Conclusions: Results support efforts to increase the acceptability of MBIs, active controls, and/or RCTs, and highlight the possibility that for some individuals, MBIs may be less acceptable than alternative interventions. Further research including individual patient data meta-analysis is warranted to identify predictors of attrition and to characterize instances where MBIs may or may not be recommended. Meta-Analysis Review Registration: Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/c3u7a/).
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