Mindfulness meditation training to reduce symptom distress in transplant patients: Rationale, design, and experience with a recycled waitlist

Clinical Trials

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-89

  Gross, Cynthia R ^a,b   Kreitzer, Jo Mary ^b,c   Reilly Spong, Maryanne ^a   Winbush, Nicole Y ^c   Schomaker, Katherine E ^d   Thomas, William ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEPRESSION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDITATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 62149090590     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774508100982     Document Type: Article

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