Abstract

MOUZINHO, Leandro et al. Mindfulness contributions on medical conditions: a literature review. Psic., Saúde & Doenças [online]. 2018, vol.19, n.2, pp.182-196. ISSN 1645-0086.  https://doi.org/10.15309/18psd190202.

Mindfulness can be defined as the awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, and without judgement, to what happens in the present, from moment to moment. This study aimed to carry out a survey of the empirical production on Mindfulness used specifically in medical conditions. For this, we performed a study of articles in Google Scholar, MEDLINE and SciELO, using the keyword "Mindfulness". As inclusion criteria, journal articles with qualis A1 to B3, researches with control group, medical condition present in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), publishing date between 2010-2014, complete and available for reading the free internet were set up. Altogether 22 articles were analyzed and were found 14 medical conditions. Cancer was the most common, followed by diabetes, fibromyalgia, HIV, hypertension, burnout and chronic pain. From the 22 articles, 21 have shown positive results regarding the use of programs based on Mindfulness for such problems. The positive results presented are mostly related to stress, pain and comorbid depressive symptoms to the ones presented in each medical condition. Furthermore, most of the studies using follow-up shown maintenance of gains using the Mindfulness over time. We conclude that Mindfulness-based programs can act as allies to traditional treatments already applied to various medical conditions.

Keywords : mindfulness; medical conditions; MBSR; MBCT.

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