Home practice in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: A systematic review and meta-analysis of participants' mindfulness practice and its association with outcomes
Behaviour Research and Therapy May 10, 2017 Christine E. Parsons, Catherine Crane, Liam J. Parsons et al. 553 citations
Participants in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) complete about 64% of their assigned home mindfulness practice, which amounts to roughly 30 minutes per day, six days per week over eight weeks. Across 43 studies involving 1,427 participants, this estimate varied widely. In 28 studies with 898 participants, there was a small but significant positive association between the amount of self-reported home practice and better intervention outcomes. The findings suggest that while participants do not fully complete assigned practice, the practice they do complete is linked to benefits.