Astrid Meesters

The effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on wound healing: a preliminary study.

Journal of Behavioral Medicine June 2018 Astrid Meesters, Yvo M C In Den Bosch-Meevissen, Chantal A H Weijzen et al.

Psychological factors have been shown to influence the process of wound healing. This study examined the effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on the speed of wound healing. The local production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and growth factors was studied as potential underlying mechanism. Forty-nine adults were randomly allocated to a waiting-list control group (n = 26) or an...