Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Health-Related Quality of Life: Findings from a Bilingual Inner-City Patient Population

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-123

  Roth, Beth ^a,c   Robbins, Diane ^b  

^a Mindfulness Meditation Consultant   (United States)

^b HIV Prevention Section   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual inner city population; General health status; Health related quality of life; Meditation; Mindfulness; Stress reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TRAINING; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY RELATIONS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); MULTILINGUALISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAN FRANCISCO; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0742270555     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSY.0000097337.00754.09     Document Type: Article

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