Meditation programs for psychological stress and well-being: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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47 trials with active controls, 3,515 participants: moderate evidence that mindfulness programmes improve anxiety (ES 0.38 at 8 weeks), depression (0.30) and pain (0.33); low evidence for stress/distress; low or insufficient evidence for positive mood, attention, sleep and weight. Not better than active treatments. The trials tested structured multi-week programmes, not a daily number of minutes.

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