Meditation programs for psychological stress and well-being: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Many people meditate to reduce psychological stress and stress-related health problems. To counsel people appropriately, clinicians need to know what the evidence says about the health benefits of meditation.

Objective

To determine the efficacy of meditation programs in improving stress-related outcomes (anxiety, depression, stress/distress, positive mood, mental health-related quality of life, attention, substance use, eating habits, sleep, pain, and weight) in diverse adult clinical populations.

Evidence review

We identified randomized clinical trials with active controls for placebo effects through November 2012 from MEDLINE, PsycINFO, EMBASE, PsycArticles, Scopus, CINAHL, AMED, the Cochrane Library, and hand searches. Two independent reviewers screened

SUBMITTER: Goyal M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4142584 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature