Effects of an 8-Week App-Based Mindfulness Intervention on Mental Health in Working Women: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Journal of medical Internet research February 2, 2026 Riko Uwagawa, Koichiro Adachi, Mariko Shimoda et al.
An 8-week mindfulness-based self-help intervention delivered via a smartphone app improved life satisfaction and reduced perceived stress, depressive and anxiety symptoms, and trait anger among working women. In a randomized trial with 106 women in the intervention group and 107 in a waitlist control, the app group showed significantly greater life satisfaction and lower depressive and anxiety symptoms after the program. The intervention did not significantly improve work-related, family-related, or work-to-family conflict indicators, suggesting that higher-intensity interventions may be needed for those outcomes.