Tseng Ampere A
Manufacturing Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
Int J Yoga. 2023 May-Aug;16(2):72-78. doi: 10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_112_23. Epub 2023 Nov 21.
This article provides a quantitative review of the potential applications of meditation-based interventions (MBIs) in addressing the major health issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The review assesses the effectiveness of MBIs on five prevalent disorders during the pandemic, namely depression, anxiety, stress, insomnia, and long COVID. This is achieved by selecting and scrutinizing seven studies that involve various types of online randomized controlled trials and utilize control group outcomes for effectiveness evaluation. The findings reveal a significant impact of MBIs on overall distress disorder, encompassing symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress, with effectiveness ranging from 20.5% to 68.8%. The interventions also show moderate effectiveness on insomnia disorder with improvements between 5.2% and 38.5%. However, the effectiveness on long COVID disorder presents a mixed picture, with improvements varying from 0.0% to 71.2% across 13 related symptoms or qualities examined. This review offers compelling evidence supporting the effectiveness of MBIs in alleviating these five prevalent disorders resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
本文对基于冥想的干预措施(MBIs)在解决新冠疫情引发的主要健康问题方面的潜在应用进行了定量综述。该综述评估了MBIs对疫情期间五种常见疾病的有效性,即抑郁症、焦虑症、压力、失眠症和新冠后遗症。这是通过选择和审查七项研究来实现的,这些研究涉及各种类型的在线随机对照试验,并利用对照组结果进行有效性评估。研究结果显示,MBIs对包括抑郁、焦虑和压力症状在内的整体困扰障碍有显著影响,有效性在20.5%至68.8%之间。这些干预措施对失眠症也显示出中等效果,改善幅度在5.2%至38.5%之间。然而,对新冠后遗症的有效性呈现出复杂的情况,在检查的13种相关症状或特质中,改善幅度从0.0%到71.2%不等。本综述提供了有力证据,支持MBIs在缓解由新冠疫情导致的这五种常见疾病方面的有效性。