Two-Week Web-Based Mindfulness Training Reduces Stress, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms in Individuals with Self-reported Stress: A Randomized Control Trial
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The study examined the effects of a short-term web-based mindfulness program. Participants describing themselves as stressed were recruited and a total of 70 participants were randomly assigned to a treatment group (n=35) and a control group (n=35). The mindfulness program included two, 10-minute exercises per day, six days a week, for two weeks. Twenty participants in the treatment group and 34 participants in the control group completed the training. The mean pretest scores indicated that the group was above the cutoff for severe stress on a wellestablished measure (the Perceived Stress Questionnaire). Measures of stress, anxiety and depression symptoms, and a mindfulness questionnaire were administered before, during (after 1 week), and at the end of the treatment (after 2 weeks). The results showed that mindfulness training increased mindfulness skills and reduced levels of perceived stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms (Cohen’s ds>1). No significant changes from pre- to posttest were observed in the wait-list control group. Additionally, increments from pre- to post-test in mindfulness skills were associated with reductions in symptom scores, indicating treatment-specific effects. Together, the results suggest that the brief webbased mindfulness program may serve as an effective means to treat individuals suffering from stress, and motivate further research involving active control groups, alternative forms of web-based treatments as a control, and long-term follow-up of the effects.
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Some studies in patients with psoriasis revealed positive effects of MBI on psychological outcome parameters (e.g. anxiety, depression or quality of life), while others did not.
“Some studies also revealed positive effects on psychological outcome parameters (e.g. anxiety, depression or quality of life) (18, 19), while others did not (21, 22).”
From Effects of a Brief Mindfulness-based Intervention in Patients with Psoriasis: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2024) · cites this paper as [21]
Extensive mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to have positive effects in patients with psoriasis.
“Extensive mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to have positive effects in patients with psoriasis.”
From Effects of a Brief Mindfulness-based Intervention in Patients with Psoriasis: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2024) · cites this paper as [20]
Extensive mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to have positive effects in patients with psoriasis.
“Extensive mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to have positive effects in patients with psoriasis.”
From Effects of a Brief Mindfulness-based Intervention in Patients with Psoriasis: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2024) · cites this paper as [21]
Studies solely including patients with psoriasis showed positive effects of a MBI on skin-related parameters, such as severity of psoriasis and rate of skin clearing during phototherapy.
“studies solely including patients with psoriasis showed positive effects of a MBI on skin-related parameters, such as the severity of psoriasis (18–20) and the rate of skin clearing during phototherapy (21).”
From Effects of a Brief Mindfulness-based Intervention in Patients with Psoriasis: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2024) · cites this paper as [20]
Studies solely including patients with psoriasis showed positive effects of a MBI on skin-related parameters, such as severity of psoriasis and rate of skin clearing during phototherapy.
“studies solely including patients with psoriasis showed positive effects of a MBI on skin-related parameters, such as the severity of psoriasis (18–20) and the rate of skin clearing during phototherapy (21).”
From Effects of a Brief Mindfulness-based Intervention in Patients with Psoriasis: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2024) · cites this paper as [21]
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- Vesa, N., & Liedberg, L.
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- International Journal of Neurorehabilitation
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- OMICS Publishing Group
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- 2016
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Keywords
- mindfulness training, online intervention, perceived stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms, mindfulness skills, stress reduction, digital mental health interventions
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