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    Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Change in Health-Related Behaviors

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    Salmoirago-Blotcher, Elena
    Hunsinger, Matthew
    Morgan, Lucas
    Fischer, Daniel
    Carmody, James F.
    UMass Chan Affiliations
    Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
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    Publication Date
    2013-01-01
    Keywords
    Health Behavior
    Stress, Psychological
    Mind-Body Therapies
    Meditation
    Relaxation Therapy
    mindfulness
    mindfulness-based stress reduction
    health behaviors
    Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
    Community Health and Preventive Medicine
    Movement and Mind-Body Therapies
    Preventive Medicine
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    How best to support change in health-related behaviors is an important public health challenge. The role of mindfulness training in this process has received limited attention. We sought to explore whether mindfulness training is associated with changes in health-related behaviors. The Health Behaviors Questionnaire was used to obtain self-reported dietary behaviors, drinking, smoking, physical activity and sleep quality before and after attendance at an eight-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program. T-test for paired data and chi-square were used to compare pre-post intervention means and proportions of relevant variables with p = .05 as level of significance. Participants (n = 174; mean age 47 years, range: 19-68; 61 % female) reported significant improvements in dietary behaviors and sleep quality. Partial changes were seen in drinking and physical activity, and no change in smoking. In conclusion, mindfulness training promotes favorable changes in selected health-related behaviors deserving further study through randomized controlled trials.
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    Salmoirago-Blotcher E, Hunsinger M, Morgan L, Fischer D, Carmody J. Mindfulness-based stress reduction and change in health-related behaviors. Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2013 Oct;18(4):243-7. doi:10.1177/2156587213488600. Link to final published version of article on publisher's website
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    10.1177/2156587213488600
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    Copyright The Author(s). This is the authors' initial version of the paper before peer review as submitted to: Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
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