| Title |
Staying Well: A Follow Up of a 5-Week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Programme for a Range of Psychological Issues
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Community Mental Health Journal, January 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10597-014-9825-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Melanie Mitchell, Gary Heads |
| Abstract |
112 women and 37 men, with an average age of 50 years were referred for MBSR training with a range of chronic psychological issues. All participants completed the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (Tennant et al. in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 5:63, 2007) before and after the mindfulness training programme. A significant overall effect of pre/post training was found and this difference was not related to a specific disorder. The results suggest that a 'brief' dose of MBSR can have a positive impact on measures of well-being in a manner that is not related to patient characteristics. A follow-up of 28 participants confirms that participation in the 5-week Living Mindfully MBSR programme significantly enhances psychological well-being immediately after training, and this benefit is maintained up to 4 years after training. Continued practice in mindfulness meditation showed an insignificant relationship to well-being scores at follow up. Qualitative data suggest that the 5 week MBSR is an effective means of developing emotion regulation and psychological well-being. |
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| United Kingdom | 4 | 40% |
| United States | 3 | 30% |
| Unknown | 3 | 30% |
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| Members of the public | 8 | 80% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 10% |
| Scientists | 1 | 10% |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 152 | 98% |
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| Student > Master | 33 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 9% |
| Other | 12 | 8% |
| Other | 36 | 23% |
| Unknown | 25 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Psychology | 78 | 50% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 16 | 10% |
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