BMC complementary medicine and therapies
May 17, 2024
Yong-Yao Wu, Yi-Yi Gao, Jing-Qiao Wang et al.
14 citations
Adding mindfulness meditation and progressive muscle relaxation to standard dialysis care improved exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with sarcopenia on maintenance haemodialysis. After 12 weeks, the intervention group showed significant gains in sit-to-stand test, handgrip strength, and time to 10 sit-ups compared with controls. Scores on multiple dimensions of the KDQOL, including physical function, role-physical, general health, energy, and emotional well-being, also improved. Inflammatory markers interleukin-6 and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein decreased, while albumin and prealbumin levels increased. The combined training can improve motor ability and quality of life within a short period.
Frontiers in psychiatry
January 1, 2025
Yongyao Wu, Haojie Zhang, Lei Jiang et al.
8 citations
A 12-week program of daily home-based mindfulness meditation combined with progressive muscle relaxation, practiced for at least half an hour, significantly improved sleep quality, reduced anxiety and depression, and enhanced quality of life in hemodialysis patients with sarcopenia and sleep disorders. Twenty-five patients in the intervention group showed better scores on sleep, anxiety, and depression measures compared to 24 controls receiving standard care. The approach is simple and unrestricted, but the study had a small sample and short follow-up.
Complementary therapies in medicine
November 1, 2025
Yongyao Wu, Qiaojing Xia, Yiyi Gao et al.
2 citations
A 12-week mindfulness meditation program lowered blood pressure and improved quality of life in patients with intradialytic hypertension during haemodialysis. In a randomized trial of 69 patients, those who practiced meditation had significantly lower systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial pressures and a lower pulse rate than those receiving standard care. Quality-of-life measures, including physical function, pain, energy, and emotional well-being, improved, but social function did not. Blood levels of homocysteine also decreased. Adverse reactions occurred in 11.76% of the meditation group versus 45.71% of the control group. Mindfulness meditation appears to be a safe, effective non-pharmacological option for managing intradialytic hypertension.