Short-form mindfulness-based stress reduction reduces anxiety and improves health-related quality of life in an inner-city population

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 70-77

  Smith, Brad ^a   Metzker, Kathleen ^a   Waite, Roberta ^a   Gerrity, Patricia ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; complementary therapies; psychological; quality of life; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THERAPY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84922692075     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HNP.0000000000000075     Document Type: Article

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