Mindfulness: a new tool for the person with diabetes and for the chronic health worker. Literature Review
Valentina Turra
The Journal of AMD September 1, 2018 DOI: 10.36171/jamd18.21.2.04 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Intervention | Mindfulness |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | The authors argue that mindfulness-based programs are useful and effective for both people with diabetes and health care professionals, with positive implications for psycho-emotional factors, stress, chronic disease management, and the helping relationship. |
Abstract
The management of diabetes as a chronic disease requires constant care, adjustments of therapy and strong engagement of both the person with diabetes and the whole care team.However despite the educational and pedagogical efforts, the patient's adherence to the continuity of care, learning and conscious self-management of the illness, may remain open critical issues.The psycho-emotional component and its management can be an obstacle for good compensation and management of the disease.In this context training and engagement of health professionals is included in the management.Psycho-emotional difficulties such as depression, anxiety, alexithymia, emotional detachment and burnout may occur both patient and health professional and affect the relationship between figures involved in the treatment and consequently disease menagement.Mindfulness is an educational program based on awareness for the management of stress linked to chronic diseases and it was born in the '80s in the United States.During this program, strategies for the recognition and management of thoughts and emotions are explored through lay meditation practices and awareness strategies.This review of the literature shows the use and effectiveness of mindfulness both for the person with diabetes and for the health worker with positive implications for the psycho-emotional component, stress and management of the chronic pathology and the help relationship.
Comparable studies
Other narrative reviews on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical populations | 2003 | Review | |
| Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundations and Evidence for its Salutary Effects | 2007 | Review | |
| Mindfulness Interventions | 2016 | Review | |
| Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation | 2017 | Review | |
| Mindfulness and acceptance: expanding the cognitive-behavioral tradition | 2005 | Review |
Citations in the library
Cites 5
- A systematic review of neurobiological and clinical features of mindfulness meditations Psychological Medicine November 27, 2009
- Mindful Eating With Diabetes Diabetes Spectrum May 1, 2017
- Does mindfulness meditation improve chronic pain? A systematic review Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology December 1, 2017
- A randomized controlled trial of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) versus treatment-as-usual (TAU) for chronic, treatment-resistant depression: study protocol BMC Psychiatry November 9, 2015
- A mindfulness course decreases burnout and improves well-being among healthcare providers. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine 2012