Mindfulness-based stress reduction group training improves of sleep quality in postmenopausal women.
Samaneh Darehzereshki, Fahimeh Dehghani, Behnaz Enjezab
BMC Psychiatry April 11, 2022 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-022-03869-4 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental parallel study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 66 |
| Population | Postmenopausal women aged 45-60 years |
| Intervention | Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) group training |
| Duration | 8 weekly sessions of 120 minutes each over two months, with follow-up one month after the intervention |
| Measures | Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Counseling Group training Pittsburgh questionnaire Postmenopausal women Sleep quality |
| Key findings | In postmenopausal women, eight weekly group MBSR sessions were followed by a drop in mean Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index scores from 10.21 before the intervention to 4.7 after and 4.69 one month later, while the control group showed no significant change. The authors conclude MBSR group training is an effective strategy for improving sleep quality in this population. |
Abstract
Sleep disorder is one of the most common problems during menopause, which affects different areas of people's lives. Today, mindfulness is one of the concepts that have attracted a lot of attention due to its desirable effects and low side effects. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) group training on sleep quality of postmenopausal women. This is a quasi-experimental parallel study. The study involved 66 eligible postmenopausal women 45-60 years' old (n = 33 in each group) during 2019-2020. The minimum score of women was 5 from Pittsburgh questionnaire. Eight sessions weekly (120-min/session) MBSR group training was conducted in the intervention group and menopausal health in the control group for two months. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. Descriptive statistics and nonparametric tests were utilized to analyze the data using SPSS software (version 25). The significance level < 0.05 was considered. Socio-demographic characteristics of participants were no statistically significant difference between the study groups before the intervention. The results showed that mean of overall quality of sleep score was before the intervention 10.21 ± 3.03, after the intervention 4.7 ± 2.45, and one month after the intervention 4.69 ± 2.4 respectively in intervention group (P < 0.001). While there was no significant change in the mean overall quality of sleep quality in the control group. According to the results, MBSR group training is an effective strategy for improving the sleep quality of postmenopausal women. Therefore, could be used to improve the sleep quality of postmenopausal women by midwifery consultants in health centers.
Comparable studies
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| The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Cancer patients (clinical intervention study) | 2003 | Mixed methods: scale development, correlational, quasi-experimental, laboratory, experience-sampling, and clinical intervention study | |
| Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness. | 2008 | Controlled laboratory experiment | |
| Mindfulness and mind-wandering: Finding convergence through opposing constructs. | 2012 | Two studies: correlational study and experimental study | |
| Mental Training Enhances Attentional Stability: Neural and Behavioral Evidence | 2009 | Experimental study | |
| Mindfulness meditation and substance use in an incarcerated population. Incarcerated population | 2006 | Quasi-experimental with treatment-as-usual control condition |
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