Eficacia del Entrenamiento en Mindfulness para Pacientes con Fibromialgia
Quintana Miguel, Rincón Fernández María Esther
Clínica y Salud 2011 DOI: 10.5093/cl2011v22n1a4 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational cohort Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 14 |
| Population | Women with fibromyalgia |
| Intervention | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) |
| Duration | 8-week intervention, 1-month follow-up |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Citations | 19 |
| Key findings | MBSR training led to significant post-treatment improvements in quality of life, pain, and depressive symptoms, but these were not sustained at one-month follow-up; continued meditation practice helped maintain gains. |
Abstract
Patients affected by fibromyalgia usually suffer pain and depressive symptoms, which cause a significant reduction in their quality of life. In order to relieve this symptomatology, a training program in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) was applied to a group of 14 women with fibromyalgia during an eight-week period. The patients showed a significant improvement in the post-treatment assessment in terms of their quality of life, the presence and intensity of pain and depressive symptoms. Similarly, they developed more adaptive strategies to cope with pain, based on self-affirmation variables and information searching. However, these results were not maintained in the one-month follow-up, with patients thus experiencing a relapse in the majority of the variables studied. Women who continued with post-treatment mindfulness meditation broadly maintained the acquired improvements
Comparable studies
Other observational and cohort studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Using Self-Report Assessment Methods to Explore Facets of Mindfulness Undergraduate students | 2006 | Observational cohort | |
| Effectiveness of a meditation-based stress reduction program in the treatment of anxiety disorders Patients with generalized anxiety disorder or panic disorder with or without agoraphobia | 1992 | Observational cohort | n = 22 |
| Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness Participants with extensive Insight meditation experience and matched controls | 2005 | Observational cohort | n = 20 |
| Meditation experience is associated with differences in default mode network activity and connectivity Experienced meditators and matched meditation-naive controls | 2011 | Observational cohort | |
| Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice Long-term Buddhist practitioners and controls | 2004 | Observational cohort |
Citations in the library
Cited by 4
- About Distress in Chronic Pain Conditions: A Pre-Post Study on the Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Fibromyalgia and Low Back Pain Patients. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health November 13, 2024
- La Adherencia al Entrenamiento en Meditación Mindfulness con Registro en Papel y en Aplicación Móvil Clínica y Salud May 14, 2019
- Bases biológicas del mindfulness y su aplicación en la práctica clínica Universitas Médica August 12, 2022
- Using a Mindfulness-Based Intervention to Promote Subjective Well-Being, Trait Emotional Intelligence, Mental Health, and Resilience in Women With Fibromyalgia. Frontiers in Psychology November 14, 2019
Cites 16
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- The toronto mindfulness scale: Development and validation Journal of Clinical Psychology 2006
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: Replication and Exploration of Differential Relapse Prevention Effects. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 2004
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- Mental Training Affects Distribution of Limited Brain Resources PLoS Biology May 4, 2007
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