Contemporary Clinical Trials
June 2017
Cynthia R Gross, Maryanne Reilly-Spong, Taehwan Park et al.
Patients with progressive kidney disease experience increasing physiologic and psychosocial stressors and declining health-related quality of life (HRQOL). We conducted a randomized, active-controlled, open-label trial to test whether a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program delivered in a novel workshop-teleconference format would reduce symptoms and improve HRQOL in patients...
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
February 10, 2014
Amber Hubbling, Maryanne Reilly-Spong, Mary Jo Kreitzer et al.
Background: Chronic insomnia is a major public health problem affecting approximately 10% of adults. Use of meditation and yoga to develop mindful awareness ('mindfulness training') may be an effective approach to treat chronic insomnia, with sleep outcomes comparable to nightly use of prescription sedatives, but more durable and with minimal or no side effects. The purpose of this study was to...
Quality of Life Research
March 29, 2013
Taehwan Park, Maryanne Reilly-Spong, Cynthia R Gross
Purpose: Mindfulness has emerged as an important health concept based on evidence that mindfulness interventions reduce symptoms and improve health-related quality of life. The objectives of this study were to systematically assess and compare the properties of instruments to measure self-reported mindfulness. Methods: Ovid Medline(®), CINAHL(®), and PsycINFO(®) were searched through May 2012,...
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2011
Cynthia R Gross, Mary Jo Kreitzer, Maryanne Reilly-Spong et al.
The aim of this study was to investigate the potential of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) as a treatment for chronic primary insomnia. A randomized controlled trial was conducted. The study was conducted at a university health center. Thirty adults with primary chronic insomnia based on criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Text Revision, 4th Edition...
Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine
September 1, 2010
C. Gross, M. Kreitzer, William Thomas et al.
Context Patients who have received solid organ transplants continue to experience a myriad of complex symptoms related to their underlying disease and to chronic immunosuppression that reduce the quality of life. Beneficial non-pharmacologic therapies to address these symptoms have not been established in the transplant population. Objective Assess the efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Stress...
Journal of Holistic Nursing
March 2009
Mary Jo Kreitzer, Cynthia R Gross, On-anong Waleekhachonloet et al.
This article describes a factor analysis of a 22-item version of the Serenity Scale, a tool that measures spirituality and well-being. A sample of 87 participants, enrolled in a National Institutes of Health-funded clinical trial examining the impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction on symptom management post-solid organ transplantation, completed the abbreviated instrument. Exploratory...