A randomized controlled trial of the effects of brief mindfulness meditation on anxiety symptoms and systolic blood pressure in Chinese nursing students

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1166-1172

  Chen, Yu ^a   Yang, Xueling ^a   Wang, Liyuan ^b   Zhang, Xiaoyuan ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Dongsheng Hospital of Guangzhou   (China)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Chinese nursing students; Intervention; Mental health; Mindfulness meditation

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ANXIETY; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDITATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884152551     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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