Happier Healers: Randomized Controlled Trial of Mobile Mindfulness for Stress Management

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 505-513

  Yang, Elaine ^a   Schamber, Elizabeth ^b   Meyer, Rika M L ^c   Gold, Jeffrey I ^d,e  

^a HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SUTTER HEALTH   (United States)

^c BELLEVUE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

medical students; meditation; mindfulness; mobile phone application

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FIVE FACET MINDFULNESS QUESTIONNAIRE; GENERAL WELL BEING SCHEDULE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; MOBILE APPLICATION; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TIME; WELLBEING; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85047493423     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2015.0301     Document Type: Article

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