Mindfulness-based stress reduction for long-term physical conditions: a systematic review.
Abstract
Objective: To identify whether mindfulness-based stress reduction is effective in improving physical health outcomes for long-term physical conditions. Method: A systematic review of the literature (retrieved from MEDLINE, PubMed and PsycINFO). Results: Fifteen studies were included in the review. None of the studies assessed as having a low risk of bias demonstrated significant improvements in physical health status although there was some emerging evidence that mindfulness-based stress reduction may be useful in pain conditions. There was some preliminary evidence that it may also be effective in improving primary insomnia and irritable bowel syndrome. Small to moderate effect sizes were also found for asthma, pain, tinnitus, fibromyalgia and somatization disorders. Conclusion: Although there is some preliminary support for the use of mindfulness-based stress reduction in physical health conditions, further research is required before it could be considered an effective intervention for improving physical health outcomes.
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Mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to be effective in patients with several diseases, including chronic pain, cancer and fibromyalgia.
“They have been shown to be effective in patients with several diseases, including chronic pain, cancer and fibromyalgia (Hofmann et al., 2010; Crowe et al., 2016).”
From The effectiveness of a body-affective mindfulness intervention for multiple sclerosis patients with depressive symptoms: A randomized controlled clinical trial (2017) · cites this paper as Crowe et al., 2016
Mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to produce a moderate reduction in depressive symptoms associated with medical conditions.
“Furthermore, MBIs have been shown to produce a moderate reduction in depressive symptoms associated with medical conditions (Hofmann et al., 2010; Crowe et al., 2016).”
From The effectiveness of a body-affective mindfulness intervention for multiple sclerosis patients with depressive symptoms: A randomized controlled clinical trial (2017) · cites this paper as Crowe et al., 2016
Mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to enhance quality of life in many different chronic conditions.
“Mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to enhance quality of life in many different chronic conditions (Demarzo et al., 2015; Crowe et al., 2016; Veehof et al., 2016; Haller et al., 2017) and we confirmed this with respect to MS in our study.”
From The effectiveness of a body-affective mindfulness intervention for multiple sclerosis patients with depressive symptoms: A randomized controlled clinical trial (2017) · cites this paper as Crowe et al., 2016
Mindfulness-based interventions are relatively brief and cost-effective psychological treatments that reduce depressive symptoms and improve quality of life in patients with several chronic diseases.
“Mindfulness-based interventions are a relatively brief and cost-effective psychological treatment that have been shown to reduce depressive symptoms and improve quality of life in patients with several chronic diseases (Hofmann et al., 2010; Crowe et al., 2016; Veehof et al., 2016; Haller et al., 2017).”
From The effectiveness of a body-affective mindfulness intervention for multiple sclerosis patients with depressive symptoms: A randomized controlled clinical trial (2017) · cites this paper as Crowe et al., 2016
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- Authors
- Crowe, M., Jordan, J., Burrell, B., Jones, V., Gillon, D., & Harris, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Otago (NZ)
- Corresponding author
- Crowe, Marie
- Venue
- Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2015-09-29
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 21-32
- ISSN
- 0004-8674 (ISSN-L)
- 1440-1614
- OpenAlex
- W2286718854
- Cited by
- 85
- References
- 59
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 5
- FWCI
- 1.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, psychology, and well-being
- Keywords
- mindfulness-based stress reduction, physical health outcomes, pain conditions, insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome, asthma, tinnitus, fibromyalgia, somatization disorder, mindfulness-based interventions
- MeSH terms
- Asthma, Chronic Disease, Fibromyalgia, Health Status, Humans, Somatoform Disorders, Stress, Psychological, Tinnitus, Chronic Pain, Mindfulness
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