Key result
Mindfulness-based interventions may successfully improve cardiovascular risk factors, including blood pressure, depression, and stress levels, in patients with cardiovascular disease.
Why the study?
Poor mental health is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but the physical and clinical effects of mindfulness-based interventions remain unclear due to contradictory and limited evidence.
Do mindfulness-based interventions improve psychological outcomes and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with cardiovascular disease?
Population
Patients with cardiovascular diseases or at risk of vascular disease
Comparison
Mindfulness-based interventions vs usual care or control
Design
Review
Authors
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May support adjunctive psychological benefits in CVD; leaves open physical effects and requires RCTs before practice change.
Do mindfulness-based interventions improve psychological outcomes and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with cardiovascular disease?
Mindfulness-based interventions show promise as an adjunctive therapy to improve psychological well-being and mitigate cardiovascular risk factors in patients with cardiovascular disease.
Ricci et al. (2024) conducted a review in Cardiovascular Disease. Mindfulness-based interventions was evaluated. Mindfulness-based interventions may successfully improve cardiovascular risk factors, including blood pressure, depression, and stress levels, in patients with cardiovascular disease.
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