Estrés asociado a la diabetes tipo 1, mindfulness y diferencias según sexo
Daniela Mejía Orozco, María Alejandra Morán Lagos
Vitela December 23, 2025 DOI: 10.71618/p55z-3d08 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Pre-post intervention study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 18 |
| Population | Adults diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and elevated diabetes-related stress (nine women and nine men) |
| Intervention | Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) |
| Duration | 8 sessions |
| Measures | Problem Areas in Diabetes (Spanish version), Five Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire (abbreviated version) |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key points | Both men and women reduced their diabetes-related stress after eight sessions of MBSR, with similar reductions in both sexes. Men improved in the non-judging facet of mindfulness while women improved in observing, suggesting men and women adopt the program's techniques differently while achieving comparable stress reduction. |
Abstract
Objetivo. Estudios recientes han evidenciado la efectividad de técnicas de mindfulness para la reducción del estrés en pacientes con diabetes, sin aclarar si este efecto es similar para ambos sexos. Por ello, la presente investigación buscó comparar los niveles de estrés asociado a la diabetes según el sexo, después de aplicado el programa Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) en personas diagnosticadas con diabetes tipo 1 y con estrés elevado asociado a la diabetes. Método. Nueve mujeres y nueve hombres participaron en 8 sesiones de MBSR y respondieron a la versión española de la escala de Problem Areas in Diabetes y la versión abreviada de la escala Five Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire, antes y después de la intervención. Resultados. Tanto hombres como mujeres redujeron sus niveles de estrés asociado a la diabetes después de participar en el programa MBSR. Los hombres mejoraron su capacidad de no juzgar mientras que las mujeres de observar. Conclusión. Hombres y mujeres se apropian de manera diferencial de las técnicas del programa MBSR, para reducir en niveles similares sus niveles de estrés asociado a la diabetes. Este estudio ratifica hallazgos reportados por otras investigaciones en términos de efectividad de la técnica en hombres y mujeres.
Comparable studies
Other non-randomized and open-label trials on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Relation to Quality of Life, Mood, Symptoms of Stress, and Immune Parameters in Breast and Prostate Cancer Outpatients Early-stage breast and prostate cancer patients | 2003 | Pre-post intervention study | n = 59 |
| Exploring self‐compassion and empathy in the context of mindfulness‐based stress reduction (MBSR) Community sample | 2010 | Pre-post intervention study | |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Lowers Psychological Distress In Medical Students Second-year medical students | 2003 | Prospective nonrandomized cohort-controlled study | n = 302 |
| Intensive meditation training, immune cell telomerase activity, and psychological mediators. Retreat participants and matched controls | 2011 | Controlled trial with wait-list control group | n = 60 |
| The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Training for Children with ADHD and Mindful Parenting for their Parents Children aged 8-12 with ADHD and their parents | 2011 | Within-group waitlist controlled trial | n = 22 |