The effects of a short-term meditation-based mindfulness protocol in patients receiving hemodialysis
| Autor: | Nadja S Igarashi, Elisa Harumi Kozasa, Rui Ferreira Afonso, Shirley Silva Lacerda, C.H. Karam, Erika B Rangel, Fabiana D Carneiro, Bento Fc Santos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Mindfulness medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject Health Promotion 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life (healthcare) Renal Dialysis medicine Humans In patient 030212 general & internal medicine Meditation Applied Psychology Aged media_common Protocol (science) business.industry 030227 psychiatry Term (time) Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Quality of Life Physical therapy Hemodialysis business Stress Psychological |
| Zdroj: | Psychology, Health & Medicine. 27:1286-1295 |
| ISSN: | 1465-3966 1354-8506 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13548506.2021.1871769 |
| Popis: | Mindfulness-based approaches that promote health, improve quality of life, and reduce the impact of comorbidities are key aspects in chronic diseases management. We aimed to verify the impact of a short-term meditation protocol on psychosocial and physiological parameters in chronic hemodialysis patients. We enrolled twenty-two patients, median age of 69.5 years old, into a 12-week meditation protocol that occurred during each hemodialysis session for 10-20 minutes, 3x/week, in a private tertiary hospital. We then evaluated clinical, psychological, and laboratorial parameters pre- and post-meditation. Patients exhibited a better control of serum phosphorus (-0.72 mg/dL |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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