Standardised mindfulness-based interventions in healthcare: an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of RCTs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mindfulness-based therapies are being used in a wide range of common chronic conditions in both treatment and prevention despite lack of consensus about their effectiveness in different patient categories.

Objective

To systematically review the evidence of effectiveness MBSR and MBCT in different patient categories.

Methods

A systematic review and meta-analysis of systematic reviews of RCTs, using the standardized MBSR or MBCT programs. We used PRISMA guidelines to assess the quality of the included reviews and performed a random effects meta-analysis with main outcome measure Cohen's d. All types of participants were considered.

Results

The search produced 187 reviews: 23 were included, covering 115 unique RCTs and 8,683 unique individuals with vari

SUBMITTER: Gotink RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4400080 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature