Supportive Care in Cancer
May 4, 2018
Mallory J Koula, Jennifer M Knight
Objective: The purpose of the current study was to (1) assess healthcare providers' beliefs about and referral patterns to yoga and meditation services, and (2) evaluate the effectiveness of a brief yoga/meditation educational presentation to increase providers' intent to recommend these programs. Method: A brief 5-min presentation regarding the benefits of yoga and meditation for cancer...
Frontiers in Psychology
May 3, 2018
Satish Jaiswal, Shao-Yang Tsai, Chi-Hung Juan et al.
There are several ways in which cognitive and neurophysiological parameters have been consistently used to explain the variability in cognitive ability between people. However, little has been done to explore how such cognitive abilities are influenced by differences in personality traits. Dispositional mindfulness and anxiety are two inversely linked traits that have been independently...
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
May 3, 2018
Sophie Bostock, Alexandra D Crosswell, Aric A Prather et al.
467 citations
We investigated whether a mindfulness meditation program delivered via a smartphone application could improve psychological well-being, reduce job strain, and reduce ambulatory blood pressure during the workday. Participants were 238 healthy employees from two large United Kingdom companies that were randomized to a mindfulness meditation practice app or a wait-list control condition. The app...
British Journal of Healthcare Management
May 2, 2018
Suraj Mehan, Julia Morris
3 citations
Objective: To review and discuss the literature concerning mindfulness interventions and the Breathworks Mindfulness for Health Programme. Methods: Electronic databases used consisted of MEDLINE, PubMed, PsychINFO and Google Scholar. Search terms used consisted of ‘Breathworks Mindfulness’, ‘Mindfulness for Health’ and ‘Mindfulness for Pain’. Breathworks endorsed literature was also considered....
Mindfulness
May 2, 2018
Dawn Querstret, Mark Cropley, Chris Fife-Schaw
Mindfulness interventions have been shown to be effective for health and wellbeing, and delivering mindfulness programmes online may increase accessibility and reduce waiting times and associated costs; however, research assessing the effectiveness of online interventions is lacking. We sought to: (1) assess the effects of an online mindfulness intervention on perceived stress, depression and...
Electronic Physician
May 1, 2018
M. Dehghani, Azadeh Delbar Saf, Asghar Vosoughi et al.
Background Improving sports performance and reducing anxiety is one of the most important goals of athletes. Recurrence of symptoms and treatment cessation are common problems with common interventions. Approaches based on mindfulness-acceptance-commitment (MAC) can be a response to these limitations Objective The main purpose of the present study was to determine effectiveness of the...
International Journal of Yoga
May 1, 2018
Shashank Shekhar Sinha, Ajay Kumar Jain, Sanjay Tyagi et al.
Background and objectives: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It has been recognized that stress, diabetes, and hypertension are important in etiology and progression of CAD. This study is to evaluate the role of meditation in improving biochemical parameters such as blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin, and serum insulin levels in known...
Psicothema
May 2018
Mª C Díaz-González, Carolina Pérez Dueñas, Araceli Sánchez-Raya et al.
Currently, there is a strong movement to implement mindfulness interventions with young people. The objective of this randomised clinical trial was to assess the potential effects of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme for adolescent outpatients in mental health facilities in Cordoba, Spain. A total of 101 adolescents aged 13-16 years old, receiving psychological or...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
May 2018
Elaine Yang, Elizabeth Schamber, Rika M L Meyer et al.
Medical students have higher rates of depression and psychologic distress than the general population, which may negatively impact academic performance and professional conduct. This study assessed whether 10-20 min of daily mindfulness meditation for 30 days, using a mobile phone application, could decrease perceived stress and improve well-being for medical students. Eighty-eight medical...
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
May 2018
Pedro Henrique Ribeiro Santiago, Cláudia Flemming Colussi
A critical issue in the contemporary field of public health is the organizational stress experienced by healthcare professionals. An integrative and complementary therapy that research has shown as efficacious in helping healthcare professionals to cope with stress is mindfulness meditation. An intervention, however, can't merely be efficacious, it also needs to be feasible to be implemented in...