Mindfulness Meditation: An Interventional Tool to Attenuate Cardiovascular Reactivity to Mental Stress in Undergraduate Medical Students

Key Result

Mindfulness meditation attenuates cardiovascular reactivity to mental stress even as a one-time intervention in undergraduate medical students.

Key Points

• The research aims to evaluate the effect of mindfulness meditation on cardiovascular reactivity to mental stress in medical students.
• One-time mindfulness meditation intervention was administered to participants.
• Cardiovascular reactivity was measured in response to mental stress.
• Participants included undergraduate medical students.
• Mindfulness meditation significantly reduced cardiovascular reactivity to mental stress.
• The intervention showed benefits even after a single session.