Effects of preventive online mindfulness interventions on stress and mindfulness: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

ABSTRACT: Empirical evidence suggested that mind-body interventions can be effectively delivered online. This study aimed to examine whether preventive online mindfulness interventions (POMI) for non-clinical populations improve short- and long-term outcomes for perceived-stress (primary) and mindfulness (secondary). Systematic search of four electronic databases, manuscript reference lists, and journal content lists was conducted in 2016, using 21 search-terms. Eight randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating effects of POMI in non-clinical populations with adequately reported perceived-stress and mindfulness measures pre- and post-intervention were included. Random-effects models utilized for all effect-size estimations with meta-regression performed for mean age and %females. Participants wer

SUBMITTER: Jayewardene WP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5199155 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature