Trial reportPloS one2023
The effectiveness of mindfulness training in improving medical students' stress, depression, and anxiety.
Trial report in PloS one, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07591935 (Artificial Intelligence and Mindfulness Meditation), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Artificial Intelligence and Mindfulness Meditation: Innovative Methods to Reduce Stress Amongst Medical School Students
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Online and traditional mindfulness-based interventions for stress in university students: a systematic review and meta-analysis versus control conditions.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Effectiveness of an Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Improving Mental Health in Undergraduate Students: A Randomized Clinical Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of Neurofeedback-Assisted and Conventional 6-Week Web-Based Mindfulness Interventions on Mental Health of Chinese Nursing Students: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Mental health and burnout among Swiss medical students living in contexts of deprivation: a longitudinal study.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Psychological Stress in Medical Students: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Awake bruxism and dispositional mindfulness: psychophysiological and behavioral correlates in a real-time ecological assessment.Odontology · 2026Article
- Sleep-anxiety symptom networks and subgroup characterization in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy: A latent profile and network analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Improvement of medical students' stress, dispositional mindfulness, well-being and flourishing during the first academic year of a medical curriculum integrating a well-being longitudinal strand.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Therapy in Improving Quality of Life Among Anesthesiology Residents.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2026Article
- Internship experience and psychological symptoms among Chinese healthcare trainees: evidence from structural equation modeling.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Mindfulness-based stress reduction for sexual psychological recovery after radical cervical cancer surgery: A retrospective study.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Five Practical Video Modules to Reduce Physician Burnout Through Mindfulness and Systematic Review of Evidence.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025Article
- Effect of resilience training interventions on salivary cortisol and perceived stress among Indian school students.Bioinformation · 2025Article
- Medical Education Challenges in the Era of Internationalization and Digitization.Journal of Korean medical science · 2024Review
- The influence of an emotion regulation intervention on challenges in emotion regulation and cognitive strategies in patients with depression.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Does social media addiction disrupt mindful attention of students in health colleges at a university in Saudi Arabia?Journal of family & community medicineArticle
- Authors' reply.Journal of family & community medicineArticle
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionThere is growing interest in Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program to combat mental distress in medical students. In Saudi Arabia, literature is insufficient about MBSR and its effectiveness. This study aims to measure the effectiveness of MBSR in improving mindful state, stress, anxiety, and depression in medical students. Also, the study explores the association between the attendance rate of MBSR sessions and its effectiveness. Lastly, the study examines gender differences in response to MBSR.
methodsThis is a stratified randomized controlled study of 84 medical students from two medical schools in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. They were recruited voluntarily from November 2018 to April 2021, and allocated to MBSR and waitlist groups using a stratified randomization method based on gender. MBSR group received eight weeks of sessions through audiovisual materials. An online survey utilizing validated questionnaires assessing stress, mindfulness, anxiety, and depression was used to evaluate both groups pre-program (time 0), post-program (time 1), and three months later (time 2).
resultsSeventy-one participants completed the post-test (time 1). There were no differences between study groups at time 0 and 1. However, in 41 subjects who completed the follow-up test (time 2), the anxiety dropped significantly in MBSR group (mean difference (MD), -3.935; 95% CI, -7.580 to -0.290). Furthermore, attending more MBSR sessions was inversely correlated with depression (r, -0.556; P, 0.002), and anxiety (r, -0.630; P, 0.000). Compared to their baseline, males in MBSR group improved in stress (MD, 3.08; 95% CI, 0.30 to 5.86), anxiety (MD, 4.91; 95% CI, 3.32 to 6.50), and mindfulness (MD, -0.58; 95% CI, -1.01 to -0.15), while females improved in stress (MD, 2.64; 95% CI, 0.02 to 5.26).
conclusionDespite the study being interrupted by the stressful COVID-19 outbreak, the findings suggest that MBSR improved psychological outcomes when participants commit to the program.
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