A mixed-methods pilot study of the acceptability and effectiveness of a brief meditation and mindfulness intervention for people with diabetes and coronary heart disease

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 53-64

  Keyworth, Chris ^a   Knopp, Jasmin ^a   Roughley, Kate ^a   Dickens, Chris ^b   Bold, Stuart ^c   Coventry, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Meditation Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Long term conditions; Meditation; Mindfulness; Thought suppression; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MINDFULNESS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT WORRY; PILOT STUDY; SLEEP; ANXIETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899806488     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2013.834865     Document Type: Article

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