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Short-Form Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Reduces Anxiety and Improves Health-Related Quality of Life in an Inner-City Population.
- Source :
- Holistic Nursing Practice; Mar/Apr2015, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p70-77, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Mindfulness-based stress reduction is a mindfulness-based intervention that is an effective treatment modality for many conditions including stress, anxiety, and depression. Using data from 23 patients who completed a short-form mindfulness-based stress reduction course at a federally qualified health center, a quasi-experimental design was used to assess the impact of participation on self-reported anxiety, stress, mindfulness, and quality of life. Mindfulness and stress showed improvements from pre- to posttests, but neither difference achieved statistical significance. Participants showed statistically significant decreases in anxiety (7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale score: 7.8-4.4; P = .005) and improvements in health-related quality of life including the 36-item Medical Outcomes Study Short Form Health Survey Mental Component Summary (+9.1; P = .001), Physical Functioning (+6.6; P = .039), Vitality (+16.1; P = .001), Social Functioning (+16.9; P = .003), Role Physical (+16.8; P= .016), and Mental Health (+15.6; P < .001) subscales. These findings suggest that an abbreviated mindfulness-based stress reduction course can serve to reduce anxiety and improve quality of life in an underserved population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- POVERTY areas
ANXIETY
STATISTICAL correlation
CURRICULUM
ETHNIC groups
HEALTH education
HEALTH status indicators
HEALTH surveys
RESEARCH methodology
EVALUATION of medical care
MEDICALLY underserved areas
MINORITIES
NURSE administrators
PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
QUALITY of life
QUESTIONNAIRES
RELAXATION for health
RESEARCH evaluation
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
HEALTH self-care
SELF-evaluation
STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
STRESS management
T-test (Statistics)
QUALITATIVE research
STATISTICAL significance
TEACHING methods
EDUCATIONAL attainment
PRE-tests & post-tests
OUTPATIENT medical care management
RETROSPECTIVE studies
MEDICALLY underserved persons
DATA analysis software
MINDFULNESS
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08879311
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Holistic Nursing Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 101634506
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/HNP.0000000000000075