Mindfulness-based intervention to promote psychological wellbeing in people with epilepsy: A randomized controlled trial.
Epilepsy Behav
; 118: 107916, 2021 05.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
We investigated the efficacy of mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) in promoting psychological wellbeing in people with epilepsy (PWE) using an assessor-blinded randomized controlled design.METHODS:
A total of 28 PWE were randomly assigned to either intervention (nâ¯=â¯14 cases) or control group (nâ¯=â¯14 controls). The intervention group received a six 2.5-hour weekly MBI, while the control group did not receive any intervention. They were assessed at three timepoints (T0 before intervention, T1 immediately after intervention, and T2 6 weeks after intervention). Repeated measures of analyses of variance (RM-ANOVAs) were used for inter-group comparisons to determine intervention effect from baseline -to T1 and -to T2 for all outcome measures. The individual changes were calculated using the reliable change index (RCI). Key outcomes included depression (BDI-II), anxiety (BAI), epilepsy-related quality of life (QOLIE-31), satisfaction with life (SWLS), and level of mindfulness (MAAS).RESULTS:
Participants who participated in the MBI showed significant reduction in BDI-II (pâ¯=â¯0.001), significant increases in MAAS (pâ¯=â¯0.027) and QOLIE-31 (pâ¯=â¯0.001) at T1 when compared with the control group. However, BAI and SWLS were not significant. The trend was similar at 6-week follow-up, all outcome measures of MBI remained significant (pâ¯<â¯0.05) except for BAI and SWLS. Beyond the 6-week intervention, RCI analysis showed a significant improvement in levels of mindfulness (45.45% vs. 21.43%, pâ¯=â¯0.009), depression (45.45% vs. 0.00%, pâ¯=â¯0.016), quality of life (45.45% vs. 14.29%, pâ¯=â¯0.017) with MBI, as compared to the no-intervention phase.CONCLUSION:
Mindfulness-based intervention is effective in reducing psychological distress and improving the quality of life in PWE.Palabras clave
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Terapias_mente_y_cuerpo
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Meditacion
Asunto principal:
Epilepsia
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Atención Plena
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Distrés Psicológico
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Epilepsy Behav
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Malasia