[Experience in an urban outpatient clinic with a mindfulness based intervention].

J Garzón de la Iglesia; M Caparrós de la Jara; J Fernández Horcajuelo

doi:10.1016/j.semerg.2018.04.005

[Experience in an urban outpatient clinic with a mindfulness based intervention].

J Garzón de la Iglesia, M Caparrós de la Jara, J Fernández Horcajuelo

Semergen October 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.semerg.2018.04.005 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics	Observational study Peer reviewed
Sample size	35
Population	Outpatients with mild anxiety, stress, mild depression, chronic pain, or problems coping with a chronic disease condition
Intervention	Mindfulness program
Duration	10 weekly 2-hour sessions; measures at baseline, week 5, and week 10
Measures	Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire
Topics	Meditation
Keywords	Acceptability Aceptabilidad Atención primaria Efectividad Effectiveness Primary care
Key findings	Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire scores increased significantly at week 5 (10.52, p=.015) and week 10 (13.64, p=.039). Forty-seven percent of patients attended eight or more sessions, with no organizational or program-related conflicts recorded. The authors conclude the program is effective and accepted in primary care but recommend future analysis of clinical changes and health care system impact.

Abstract

In this study an evaluation is made of the effectiveness and acceptability of a mindfulness program oriented towards individuals in an outpatient clinic. The program attended to people had mild anxiety, stress, mild depression, chronic pain, or those with problems coping with their chronic disease condition. The structured intervention was in 10 weekly 2 hour sessions. The study included 35 patients divided in two different groups. The variables associated with the different care qualities were measured using the five facet mindfulness questionnaire before the intervention and at two different times during the intervention: in the 5th week and at the end, in the 10th week. Statistically significant results were found with five facet mindfulness questionnaire questionnaire in the 5th week (10.52, p=.015) as well as in the 10th week (13.64, p=.039). According to acceptability, 47% of the patients came to 8 or more sessions, and no conflicts or disturbances were registered in relation to the organisation or the development of the program. Although these kinds of programs are effective and accepted in a Primary Care context, in future studies the clinical changes, and the impact on the health care system itself, should be analysed and measured.

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