Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine
February 1, 2022
Susan Telke, Brent D. Leininger, Linda Hanson et al.
Objectives: CaringBridge (CB) is an online health community for people undergoing challenging health journeys. Loving Kindness Meditation (LKM) is a systemized mind-body approach developed to increase loving acceptance and has previously been reported to increase resilience in the face of adversity. Materials and Methods: Results of a randomized controlled trial of immediate compared with...
Scientific Reports
March 25, 2021
Haiteng Jiang, James Stieger, Mary Jo Kreitzer et al.
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are capable of translating human intentions into signals controlling an external device to assist patients with severe neuromuscular disorders. Prior work has demonstrated that participants with mindfulness meditation experience evince improved BCI performance, but the underlying neural mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we conducted a large-scale longitudinal...
Social Work in Health Care
January 2018
Robin R Whitebird, Mary Jo Kreitzer, Gabriela Vazquez-Benitez et al.
Stress associated with diabetes makes managing diabetes harder. We investigated whether mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) could reduce diabetes distress and improve management. We recruited 38 participants to complete an MBSR program. Surveys and lab values were completed at baseline and post-intervention. Participants showed significant improvement in diabetes-related distress (Cohen's...
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...
Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health
April 1, 2013
Dawn Bazarko, Rebecca A. Cate, Francisca Azocar et al.
272 citations
This study implemented an innovative new model of delivering a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program that replaces six of the eight traditional in-person sessions with group telephonic sessions (tMBSR) and measured the program's impact on the health and well-being of nurses employed within a large health care organization. As part of a nonrandomized pre-post intervention study, 36...
Contemporary Clinical Trials
September 2011
Robin R Whitebird, Mary Jo Kreitzer, Beth A Lewis et al.
Caregivers for a family member with dementia experience chronic long-term stress that may benefit from new complementary therapies such as mindfulness-based stress reduction. Little is known however, about the challenges of recruiting and retaining family caregivers to research on mind-body based complementary therapies. Our pilot study is the first of its kind to successfully recruit...
Explore
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...
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...
Diabetes Spectrum
2009
Robin R Whitebird, Mary Jo Kreitzer, Patrick J. O'Connor
In Brief Diabetes poses a major life stress that requires considerable physical, emotional, and psychological accommodation and coping. Mind-body therapies have drawn significant interest for their potential to assist in managing stress and adaptation to chronic illness. This review highlights the literature and research on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction to improve the health and well-being...
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2007
Nicole Y Winbush, Cynthia R Gross, Mary Jo Kreitzer
Sleep disturbance is common and associated with compromised health status. Cognitive processes characterized by stress and worry can cause, or contribute to, sleep complaints. This study systematically evaluated the evidence that sleep can be improved by mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), a formalized psychoeducational intervention that helps individuals self-manage and reframe...
Progress in transplantation
June 2005
Mary Jo Kreitzer, Cynthia R Gross, Xin Ye et al.
In 2001, more than 24000 solid-organ transplant surgeries were performed in the United States. Although survival rates have steadily risen over the past 2 decades, transplant recipients commonly experience a myriad of symptoms after transplantation that compromise quality of life. Anxiety, depression, and insomnia frequently occur despite excellent function of the transplanted organ. Use of...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
2004
Sharon I McDonough-Means, Mary Jo Kreitzer, Iris R. Bell
The purpose of this paper is the exploration and explication of the complex phenomena of "healing presence" and of appropriately supportive theoretical approaches to integrate emerging models for research design. Healing presence is described as an interpersonal, intrapersonal, and transpersonal to transcendent phenomenon that leads to a beneficial, therapeutic, and/or positive spiritual change...