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Author: khemarato

_content/articles/meditation-programs-for-psychological-stress_goyal-madhav-et-al.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ authors:
   - "Anastasia Rowland-Seymour and others"
 external_url: "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4142584"
 source_url: "https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.13018"
+alternate_doi: "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dza.2014.07.007"
 drive_links:
   - "https://drive.google.com/file/d/19Wq21oQ3nmDifWV67Qx4mPdRWZH4VUnV/view?usp=drivesdk"
 course: academic
@@ -24,7 +25,11 @@ publisher: "American Medical Association"
 openalexid: W2084605964
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-> After reviewing 18,753 citations, we included 47 trials with 3515 participants.
-> Mindfulness meditation programs had moderate evidence of improved anxiety (effect size, 0.38 [95% CI, 0.12-0.64] at 8 weeks and 0.22 [0.02-0.43] at 3-6 months), depression (0.30 [0.00-0.59] at 8 weeks and 0.23 [0.05-0.42] at 3-6 months), and pain (0.33 [0.03- 0.62]) and low evidence of improved stress/distress and mental health-related quality of life.
+> After reviewing 17,801 citations, we included 47 trials with 3,320 participants.
+Mindfulness meditation programs had moderate evidence to improve anxiety at 8 weeks; depression at 8
+weeks and 3–6 months and pain, and low evidence
+to improve stress/distress and mental health-related quality of life.
+
+A large (15-author!) review of the literature on meditation effects shows where meditation is effective and what kinds of evidence the Western academy likes to see.
 
 > Stronger study designs are needed to determine the effects of meditation programs in improving the positive dimensions of mental health and stress-related behavior.