The Impact of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Objective Physiological Measures of Autonomic Function for Individuals With Medical Conditions: A Review of the Evidence.
Psychosomatic medicine January 1, 2024 Rachel Churchill, Brenda Swartz, Anneka Johnston-Dumerauf et al. 4 citations
A systematic review of ten studies examined whether mindfulness-based interventions improve autonomic nervous system function in people with medical conditions. Only oncology met the criteria for “possibly effective” based on clinical practice guidelines. Cardiac and chronic pain conditions showed some evidence of benefit in individual studies, but the overall level of evidence was insufficient to recommend MBIs for those groups. The review followed PRISMA protocols and used objective pre/post measures of autonomic function.