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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Veterans: A Randomized Clinical Trial
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IMPORTANCE: Mindfulness-based interventions may be acceptable to veterans who have poor adherence to existing evidence-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). OBJECTIVE: To compare mindfulness-based stress reduction with present-centered group therapy for treatment of PTSD. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Randomized clinical trial of 116 veterans with PTSD recruited at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center from March 2012 to December 2013. Outcomes were assessed before, during, and after treatment and at 2-month follow-up. Data collection was completed on April 22, 2014. INTERVENTIONS: Participants were randomly assigned to receive mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy (n = 58), consisting of 9 sessions (8 weekly 2.5-hour group sessions and a daylong retreat) focused on teaching patients to attend to the present moment in a nonjudgmental, accepting manner; or present-centered group therapy (n = 58), an active-control condition consisting of 9 weekly 1.5-hour group sessions focused on current life problems. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The primary outcome, change in PTSD symptom severity over time, was assessed using the PTSD Checklist (range, 17-85; higher scores indicate greater severity; reduction of 10 or more considered a minimal clinically important difference) at baseline and weeks 3, 6, 9, and 17. Secondary outcomes included PTSD diagnosis and symptom severity assessed by independent evaluators using the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale along with improvements in depressive symptoms, quality of life, and mindfulness. RESULTS: Participants in the mindfulness-based stress reduction group demonstrated greater improvement in self-reported PTSD symptom severity during treatment (change in mean PTSD Checklist scores from 63.6 to 55.7 vs 58.8 to 55.8 with present-centered group therapy; between-group difference, 4.95; 95% CI, 1.92-7.99; P=.002) and at 2-month follow-up (change in mean scores from 63.6 to 54.4 vs 58.8 to 56.0, respectively; difference, 6.44; 95% CI, 3.34-9.53, P < .001). Although participants in the mindfulness-based stress reduction group were more likely to show clinically significant improvement in self-reported PTSD symptom severity (48.9% vs 28.1% with present-centered group therapy; difference, 20.9%; 95% CI, 2.2%-39.5%; P = .03) at 2-month follow-up, they were no more likely to have loss of PTSD diagnosis (53.3% vs 47.3%, respectively; difference, 6.0%; 95% CI, -14.1% to 26.2%; P = .55). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Among veterans with PTSD, mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy, compared with present-centered group therapy, resulted in a greater decrease in PTSD symptom severity. However, the magnitude of the average improvement suggests a modest effect. TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01548742.
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“A previous study conducted on USA veterans with PTSD determined a between-group effect size of 0.59, comparing mindfulness-based intervention and present-centred therapy [48].”
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“Mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches have shown promise as alternative interventions to trauma-focused therapies for PTSD.”
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“A randomised control trial among veterans with a larger sample size (n = 116) found that MBSR could significantly improve PTSD symptoms, compared to a group of present-centered focused therapy [48].”
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“Still, there is evidence that mindfulness training studies that either control for these factors or lack these intervention elements (e.g., group support) have been linked with affective and physical health outcomes (e.g., Kabat-Zinn et al., 1998; Polusny et al., 2015; Rosenkranz et al., 2013; Taren et al., 2015), suggesting a mindfulness-specific impact on a broad array of outcomes.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Polusny, M. A., Erbes, C. R., Thuras, P., Moran, A., Lamberty, G. J., Collins, R. C., Rodman, J. L., & Lim, K. O.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Minneapolis VA Health Care System (US)
- Corresponding author
- Polusny, Melissa A.
- Venue
- JAMA
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2015-08-04
- Volume
- 314
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 456
- ISSN
- 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
- 0098-7484
- OpenAlex
- W2105141573
- Cited by
- 315
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 36 · 2017: 38 · 2016: 33 · 2015: 3
- FWCI
- 45.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- JAMA (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- post-traumatic stress disorder, veterans, mindfulness-based stress reduction, PTSD symptom severity, medication adherence, depressive symptoms, quality of life, mindfulness, active control, group therapy, PTSD diagnosis, treatment acceptability, treatment discontinuation
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychotherapy, Group, Quality of Life, Severity of Illness Index, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Stress, Psychological, Veterans, Treatment Outcome, Mindfulness
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