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Effects of Mindfulness with Gayatri Mantra on Decreasing Anxiety in the Elderly

Holistic Nursing and Health Science July 10, 2018 Sang Ayu Ketut Candrawati, Meidiana Dwidiyanti, Rita Hadi Widyastuti 33 citations

Background: Anxiety is one of the psychological problems which can develop in the elderly. If left untreated, it can decrease the productivity and quality of life. Mindfulness with Gayatri mantra is such a complementary therapy which is effective to reduce anxiety in the elderly. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of mindfulness with Gayatri mantra on decreasing...

Effectiveness of Mindfulness on Decreasing Stress in Health Professional Students: A Systematic Review

Holistic Nursing and Health Science July 10, 2018 Akhmad Yanuar Fahmi, Meidiana Dwidiyanti, Diyan Yuli Wijayanti 5 citations

Background: Stress in health professional students is increasing every year. Therefore it is necessary to implement stress management for the students. Mindfulness is an alternative which can be used to deal with stress. Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review is to describe the effectiveness of mindfulness on decreasing stress in health professional students. Methods: This systematic...

The Influence of Mindfulness on the Decreasing Anxiety in Nursing Students to Support Academic Learning: A Literature Review

Holistic Nursing and Health Science July 10, 2018 Reza Indra Wiguna, Meidiana Dwidiyanti, Sri Padma Sari 9 citations

Background: Anxiety and stress in nursing students has been shown to result in a lack of concentration, reduced learning productivity, and unfavorable physiological effects. This can cause a bad risk to the academic process of nursing students. A positive coping mechanism to reduce anxiety can be performed through various mindfulness training to support the academic success of nursing...

Impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction for people with multiple sclerosis at 8 weeks and 12 months: A randomized clinical trial

Multiple Sclerosis Journal July 9, 2018 Angela Senders, Douglas Allen Hanes, Dennis N. Bourdette et al. 42 citations

Background: Mindfulness training is often used as a therapeutic intervention to manage stress and enhance emotional well-being, yet trials for multiple sclerosis (MS) are limited and few have used an active control. Objective: Assess the feasibility of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for people with MS and evaluate the efficacy of MBSR compared to an education control. Methods: We...

Experimental effects of brief, single bouts of walking and meditation on mood profile in young adults

Health Promotion Perspectives July 7, 2018 Meghan K. Edwards, Paul D Loprinzi

Background: To examine the effects of an acute bout of aerobic exercise and meditation on mood state among young adults. Methods: Participants (N= 66, mean age = 21.3 years) were randomly assigned to walk,meditate, or sit (control) for 10 minutes. Participants’ mood state was monitored before and after the intervention using the Profile of Mood States (POMS) questionnaire. Results: Significant...

Impact of short- and long-term mindfulness meditation training on amygdala reactivity to emotional stimuli.

Neuroimage July 7, 2018 Tammi R. A. Kral, Brianna S. Schuyler, Jeanette A. Mumford et al.

ABSTRACT Meditation training can improve mood and emotion regulation, yet the neural mechanisms of these affective changes have yet to be fully elucidated. We evaluated the impact of long‐ and short‐term mindfulness meditation training on the amygdala response to emotional pictures in a healthy, non‐clinical population of adults using blood‐oxygen level dependent functional magnetic resonance...

Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction training on negative emotions in elderly patients with chronic heart failure

Zhonghua xiandai huli zazhi July 6, 2018 Hongxia Zhao, Yuan Yuan, Changying Chen 6 citations

Objective To study the effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) training on the negative emotions in elderly patients with chronic heart failure. Methods A total of 148 cases of elderly patients with chronic heart failure undergoing standard medication therapy for heart failure from February 2015 to February 2016 in the Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Department of the First...

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Bipolar Disorder: A Systematic Review

Journal of Affective Disorders July 6, 2018 David Lovas, Zev Schuman-Olivier

Background: Persisting high levels of relapse, morbidity and mortality in bipolar disorder (BD) in spite of first-line, evidence-based psychopharmacology has spurred development and research on adjunctive psychotherapies. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is an emerging psychotherapy that has shown benefit in related and comorbid conditions such as major depressive, anxiety, and...