Sustained effects of a mindfulness-based stress-reduction intervention in type 2 diabetic patients: design and first results of a randomized controlled trial (the Heidelberger Diabetes and Stress-study).

  • Mechthild Hartmann
  • Stefan Kopf
  • Claudia Kircher
  • Verena Faude-Lang
  • Zdenka Djuric
  • Florian Augstein
  • Hans-Christoph Friederich
  • Meinhard Kieser
  • Angelika Bierhaus
  • Per M Humpert
  • Wolfgang Herzog
  • Peter P Nawroth

Abstract

To determine whether a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention is effective for reducing psychosocial distress (i.e., depression, psychosocial stress) and the progression of nephropathy (i.e., albuminuria) and for improving the subjective health status of patients with type 2 diabetes.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number5
ISSN0149-5992
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22338101