RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sustained Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Stress-Reduction Intervention in Type 2 Diabetic Patients
JF Diabetes Care
JO Diabetes Care
FD American Diabetes Association
SP 945
OP 947
DO 10.2337/dc11-1343
VO 35
IS 5
A1 Hartmann, Mechthild
A1 Kopf, Stefan
A1 Kircher, Claudia
A1 Faude-Lang, Verena
A1 Djuric, Zdenka
A1 Augstein, Florian
A1 Friederich, Hans-Christoph
A1 Kieser, Meinhard
A1 Bierhaus, Angelika
A1 Humpert, Per M.
A1 Herzog, Wolfgang
A1 Nawroth, Peter P.
YR 2012
UL http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/35/5/945.abstract
AB OBJECTIVE To determine whether a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention is effective for reducing psychosocial distress (i.e., depression, psychosocial stress) and the progression of nephropathy (i.e., albuminuria) and for improving the subjective health status of patients with type 2 diabetes.RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Patients with type 2 diabetes and microalbuminuria were randomized to a mindfulness-based intervention (n = 53) or a treatment-as-usual control (n = 57) group. The study is designed to investigate long-term outcomes over a period of 5 years. We present data up to the first year of follow-up (FU).RESULTS At FU, the MBSR group showed lower levels of depression (d = 0.71) and improved health status (d = 0.54) compared with the control group. No significant differences in albuminuria were found. Per-protocol analysis also showed higher stress reduction in the intervention group (d = 0.64).CONCLUSIONS MBSR intervention achieved a prolonged reduction in psychosocial distress. The effects on albuminuria will be followed up further.