title: Mindfulness-based stress reduction as a stress management intervention for healthy individuals: a systematic review.
abstract: Stress is a global public health problem with several negative health consequences, including anxiety, depression, cardiovascular disease, and suicide. Mindfulness-based stress reduction offers an effective way of reducing stress by combining mindfulness meditation and yoga in an 8-week training program. The purpose of this study was to look at studies from January 2009 to January 2014 and examine whether mindfulness-based stress reduction is a potentially viable method for managing stress. A systematic search from Medline, CINAHL, and Alt HealthWatch databases was conducted for all types of quantitative articles involving mindfulness-based stress reduction. A total of 17 articles met the inclusion criteria. Of the 17 studies, 16 demonstrated positive changes in psychological or physiological outcomes related to anxiety and/or stress. Despite the limitations of not all studies using randomized controlled design, having smaller sample sizes, and having different outcomes, mindfulness-based stress reduction appears to be a promising modality for stress management.
authors: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA manoj.sharma@uc.edu.
authors: Manoj
authors: M
authors: Sharma
authors: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
authors: Sarah E
authors: SE
authors: Rush
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D026441:Mind-Body Therapies; D064866:Mindfulness; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: anxiety; mindfulness-based stress reduction; mind–body interventions; stress