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Mindfulness-based interventions in the workplace: An inclusive systematic review and meta-analysis of their impact upon wellbeing

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Lomas, Tim, Medina, Juan Carlos, Ivtzan, Itai, Rupprecht, Silke, Eiroa-Orosa, Francisco José·2019·The Journal of Positive Psychology
DOI 10.1080/17439760.2018.1519588
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Abstract

Given the demanding nature of many professions, efforts are ongoing to develop initiatives to improve occupational wellbeing, including mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs). To assess the efficacy of MBIs, meta-analytic procedures were conducted on 35 randomized controlled trials derived from an earlier inclusive systematic literature search (covering all occupations, MBIs, and wellbeing-related outcomes). Mindfulness had moderate effects on deficit-based outcomes such as stress (SMD = −0.57), anxiety (SMD = −0.57), distress (SMD = −0.56), depression (SMD = −0.48), and burnout (SMD = −0.36), and moderate to small effects on asset-based outcomes like health (SMD = 0.63), job performance (SMD = 0.43), compassion and empathy (SMD = 0.42), mindfulness (SMD = 0.39), and positive wellbeing (SMD = 0.36), while no effects were observed for emotional regulation. However, the quality of the studies was inconsistent, suggesting more high-quality randomised controlled trials are needed.

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    The efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions with respect to current depression is less well-established.

    “its efficacy with respect to current depression less well-established (and in fact MBIs are often contraindicated in such contexts; van Dam et al., 2018).”
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    Mindfulness-based interventions are often contraindicated in contexts of current depression.

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    Tan et al.'s (2014) meta-analysis of nine RCTs of interventions aimed at ameliorating depression in the workplace, including but not limited to MBIs, observed a small positive effect.

    “our review augments the findings of Tan et al. (2014), whose meta-analysis of nine RCTs of interventions aimed at ameliorating depression in the workplaceincluding but not limited to MBIsobserved a small positive effect.”
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    Mindfulness-based interventions had a statistically significant effect on job performance (SMD = 0.43).

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    Mindfulness-based interventions had a statistically significant effect on compassion and empathy (SMD = 0.42).

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    The Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire involves five dimensions: describing, acting with awareness, non-judging of inner experience, and non-reactivity to inner experience.

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    The two most popular mindfulness tools used in occupational settings are the Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale and the Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire.

    “with mindfulness, the two most popular tools used in occupational settings (and indeed more generally) are Brown and Ryan's (2003) 15-item Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale (MAAS), and Baer, Smith, Hopkins, Krietemeyer, and Toney's (2006) 39item Five Facets of Mindfulness Scale FFMQ).”
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    Mindfulness-based interventions had a statistically significant moderate effect on anxiety (SMD = -0.57).

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    Mindfulness-based interventions had a statistically significant moderate effect on distress (SMD = -0.56).

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    Mindfulness-based interventions had a statistically significant moderate effect on burnout (SMD = -0.36).

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    Mindfulness-based interventions had a statistically significant effect on health (SMD = 0.63).

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    The strongest outcomes were with respect to health, stress, anxiety, and distress.

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    In Wolever et al. (2012), a change in the expected direction (decrease in depression and increase in emotional regulation) occurred for both the control and the experimental groups.

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    Funnel plots showed a minor tendency to report effect sizes favouring MBIs both for negative and positive outcomes, which indicates a bias towards not publishing negative results.

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    The majority of studies focused on MBSR (or idiosyncratic adaptations of this); there is little research into other MBIs, particularly MBIs developed specifically for the workplace.

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    There was considerable heterogeneity and variation in the strength of the effect across outcomes.

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    Studies are of variable quality; using the QATQS scoring method, few studies scored highly in all respects.

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    Research predominantly assesses negative deficit-based mental health outcomes, with little attention to other outcomes relevant to the work arena, such as work engagement or creativity.

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    Some studies, such as Klatt et al. (2009) and Wolever et al. (2012), provided conflicting scores that could be considered outliers, namely mindfulness in the former and depression and emotional regulation in the latter.

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    A fairly large evidence-base regarding the use of mindfulness in workplace settings is gradually accumulating.

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    The Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies was used to assess the quality of the studies.

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    Twelve authors did not reply to queries, and their studies were excluded from meta-analytic procedures.

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    Among the general UK adult population, around 2.3% are estimated to experience a depressive episode at any one time, with 9% experiencing mixed anxiety and depressive disorder.

    “among the general UK adult population, around 2.3% are estimated to experience a depressive episode at any one time, with 9% experiencing mixed anxiety and depressive disorder (The Health and Social Care Information Centre, 2009).”
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    Due to heterogeneity in some outcomes, random effects models were used to calculate effect sizes.

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    In the UK, 27% of GPs were on the limit or likely to be depressed, and 16.8% were above the threshold on the depression scale of the Symptom Checklist 90.

    “In relation to GPs in the UK, for instance, Caplan (1994) reported that 27% were on the limit or likely to be depressed, while Firth-Cozens (1998) found that 16.8% were above the threshold on the depression scale of the Symptom Checklist 90.”
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    The review protocol was registered with PROSPERO on 5th January 2016 (registration number: CRD42016032899).

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    The review was conducted according to PRISMA guidelines.

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    The Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale focuses on a single, core characteristic of mindfulness, namely open and receptive awareness.

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    There are many hypothesised reasons for liability to depression among professions such as healthcare, including personality traits such as self-criticism and perfectionism, burdens of clinical responsibility, and workload.

    “There are many hypothesised reasons for this liability to depression among those in professions such as healthcare, including personality traits such as self-criticism and perfectionism, burdens of clinical responsibility, and workload (Bright & Krahn, 2011).”
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    Publication bias was assessed using contour-enhanced funnel plots and Begg and Mazumdar tests by outcome valence.

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    Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy can help prevent relapse of depression.

    “while MBIs such as MBCT can help prevent relapse of depression (Ma & Teasdale, 2004)”
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    Mindfulness can potentially reduce mental health issues (e.g., stress), enhance wellbeing-related outcomes (e.g., emotional regulation), and improve aspects of job performance.

    “Together, these studies suggest that mindfulness can potentially reduce mental health issues (e.g., stress), enhance wellbeing-related outcomes (e.g., emotional regulation), and improve aspects of job performance.”
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    Active control arms were not considered for the weighted parameters to preserve the statistical independence of assumptions and control the risk of bias due to inflation of the overall effect size's variance.

    “Active control arms(John, Kumar, & Lal, 2012; Malarkey, Jarjoura, & Klatt, 2013; Shonin, Van Gordon, Dunn, Singh, & Griffiths, 2014), were not considered for the weighted parameters.We consider this necessary to preserve the statistical independence of assumptions, controlling therefore the risk of bias due to the inflation of the overall effect size's variance.”
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    The dominant measure of burnout is the Maslach Burnout Inventory, which has three dimensions.

    “with burnout, the dominant measure is the Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach, Jackson, & Leiter, 1986), which has three dimensions:”
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    The review only looked at peer-reviewed journal articles published in English that were in the MEDLINE and Scopus databases, which excludes any articles not meeting those criteria.

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    The Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale has been critiqued for omitting the non-judgmental/acceptance part of mindfulness, which many regard as an essential component of mindfulness.

    “although the scale has been critiqued for omitting the non-judgmental/acceptance part of mindfulness, which many regard as an essential component of mindfulness; van Dam, Sheppard, Forsyth, & Earleywine, 2011”
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    Heterogeneity was assessed for each sub-outcome using both the Q and the I2 statistics.

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    For each outcome, moderator analyses were calculated including MBSR (versus other interventions), use of retreatments, region, type of sample, year of study, length of intervention, mean age, percentage of women, and QATQS score as covariates.

    “For each outcome we calculated moderator analyses including MBSR (versus other interventions), the use of retreatments, region (North America versus the rest of the world), type of sample (students versus professionals), year of study, length of intervention, mean age of participants receiving the intervention, percentage of women receiving the intervention, and QATQS score as covariates.”
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  • Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of mindfulness studies in the work context have demonstrated that both deficit-oriented parameters, such as burnout and depression, and resource-oriented parameters, such as job satisfaction and work performance, can be improved through mindfulness-based programs.

    “Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of mindfulness studies in the work context have demonstrated that both deficit-oriented parameters, such as burnout and depression, as well as resource-oriented parameters, such as job satisfaction and work performance, can be improved through mindfulness-based programs (Bartlett et al., 2019; Lomas et al., 2019; Richardson & Rothstein, 2008; Vonderlin et al.,”

    From Mindfulness-Based and Mindfulness-Informed Interventions at the Workplace: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis of RCTs (2023) · cites this paper as Lomas et al., 2019

    The Discussion (page unavailable) reports favorable findings for burnout and job performance, but says the effect on depression did not reach statistical significance. The paper does not report an improvement in job satisfaction; its outcomes include life satisfaction, which is different. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Mindfulness training anticipates burnout with less emotional exhaustion and more job satisfaction.

    “It further anticipates burnout [18,21] with less emotional exhaustion and more job satisfaction [22].”

    From The Effectiveness of a Four-Week Online Mindfulness Training Course on Individual Mindfulness Skills and Personal Perception of Stress in Company Employees Working from Home (2022) · cites this paper as [18]

    The Discussion reports a modest reduction in burnout (SMD = -0.36) and says several studies found stronger benefits for emotional exhaustion than for other burnout components. It does not establish that mindfulness training prevents the onset of burnout. Job satisfaction is attached to a separate citation [22] in the citing sentence, so it is not judged against this source. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • Mindfulness training has been demonstrated to positively affect depression.

    “It has been demonstrated to positively affect stress, anxiety, psychological distress [17], and depression [18].”

    From The Effectiveness of a Four-Week Online Mindfulness Training Course on Individual Mindfulness Skills and Personal Perception of Stress in Company Employees Working from Home (2022) · cites this paper as [18]

    The Discussion reports a reduction in depression associated with workplace mindfulness-based interventions (SMD = -0.48), but says it did not reach statistical significance. It also describes evidence for preventing depression relapse, while noting that efficacy for current depression is less established. Thus, saying mindfulness training has been demonstrated to positively affect depression overstates this source's findings. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Previous research has generally found a moderate to strong correlation between mindfulness training and emotional resilience and satisfaction.

    “Previous research has generally found a moderate to strong correlation between mindfulness training and emotional resilience and satisfaction [18,22,38,55,56].”

    From The Effectiveness of a Four-Week Online Mindfulness Training Course on Individual Mindfulness Skills and Personal Perception of Stress in Company Employees Working from Home (2022) · cites this paper as [18]

    The Data Extraction section (page unavailable) includes life satisfaction and resilience among the positive-wellbeing outcomes studied. The Discussion (page unavailable) reports a small-to-medium positive-wellbeing effect (SMD = 0.36), but it does not establish a moderate-to-strong correlation with either outcome individually. It also reports a small, nonsignificant effect for emotional regulation. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • When attending to whatever arises in the present, greater clarity of thought can be experienced, reducing unnecessary stress, and allowing for better decision-making.

    “When attending to whatever arises in the present, greater clarity of thought can be experienced, reducing unnecessary stress, and allowing for better decision-making [19].”

    From Pilot study of an online brief mindfulness-based intervention to improve the well-being of managers and reduce their stress at work. (2024) · cites this paper as [19]

    The Mindfulness section (page unavailable) describes present-moment awareness and a theorized shift in perspective that gives people more choice in how they respond. The Discussion (page unavailable) reports reduced stress in workplace mindfulness interventions. The paper does not establish that greater clarity of thought produces the stress reduction or leads to better decision-making. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Depression is described as both significant and nonsignificant

    Major

    The abstract lists depression among outcomes with significant effects, then says that no significant effect was observed for depression. The discussion also says its effect did not reach statistical significance.

  • The reported count of significant outcomes conflicts with the abstract

    Major

    The results section reports seven significant outcomes, whereas the abstract explicitly describes at least eight distinct outcomes as significant even if its disputed depression claim is excluded.

  • Five dimensions are claimed but only four are listed

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    The description says the FFMQ has five dimensions, but its ensuing list names only four.

  • The geographic breakdown leaves studies unaccounted for

    Minor

    For 35 studies, 57.1% corresponds to 20 in North America and a quarter is approximately nine in Europe. Adding the stated three elsewhere accounts for only about 32 studies, despite calling those three the remainder.

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Authors
Lomas, T., Medina, J. C., Ivtzan, I., Rupprecht, S., & Eiroa-Orosa, F. J.
Affiliations
  • University of East London (GB)
  • Section of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  • Leuphana University of Lüneburg (DE)
Corresponding author
Lomas, Tim
ORCID
Venue
The Journal of Positive Psychology
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2018-09-30
Volume
14
Issue
5
Pages
625-640
ISSN
  • 1743-9760 (ISSN-L)
  • 1743-9779
DOI
10.1080/17439760.2018.1519588
OpenAlex
W2895710748
Semantic Scholar
d2ab287ccc2aa69d58f5b7524db88dba1d3d36cf
Cited by
236
References
114
Citations by year
2026: 24 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 68 · 2019: 5
FWCI
4.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Journal of Positive Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • UEL Research Repository (University of East London) (acceptedVersion)
  • Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona) (submittedVersion)
  • Multilingual Matters (Channel View Publications) (submittedVersion)
  • RECERCAT (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
  • UEL Research Repository (University of East London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
European Commission (654808)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Workplace Health and Well-being
Keywords
mindfulness-based interventions, employee well-being, stress, anxiety, burnout, depression, employee performance, empathy and compassion, positive well-being, emotion regulation

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