Abstract
Background and purpose: People with long-term conditions and their family caregivers can experience psychological difficulties. Mindfulness improves psychological wellbeing, but people with long-term conditions and their family caregivers rarely learn mindfulness together. This review systematically reviewed the therapeutic effects for people with long-term conditions and their family caregivers learning MBIs together in a partnership. The review asked what changes in psychological wellbeing or interpersonal factors do people with long-term conditions and their family caregivers experience when learning MBI together?
Methods: CINAHL, Medline, Nursing and Allied Health Database, PsycARTICLES, Psychology Database, PsycINFO were searched (1980-2017). Data were extracted and quality appraisal completed.
Results: The search identified 4008 studies, which reduced to 9 after screening. The review included varied designs: qualitative (n=2), quantitative (n=6), and mixed methods (n=1). Different conditions and various forms of partnerships were included. Mindfulness can alleviate psychological symptoms. Learning mindfulness in a partnership might improve dyadic coping and/or engagement with mindfulness. Results were sometimes contradictory and questions remain about the value of delivering mindfulness in a partnership.
Conclusions: Learning mindfulness in a partnership can improve psychological wellbeing, but improvements are often small and not experienced by everyone. Learning in a partnership can improve engagement with mindfulness and improve dyadic coping, but these findings are inconclusive and need further exploration.
Methods: CINAHL, Medline, Nursing and Allied Health Database, PsycARTICLES, Psychology Database, PsycINFO were searched (1980-2017). Data were extracted and quality appraisal completed.
Results: The search identified 4008 studies, which reduced to 9 after screening. The review included varied designs: qualitative (n=2), quantitative (n=6), and mixed methods (n=1). Different conditions and various forms of partnerships were included. Mindfulness can alleviate psychological symptoms. Learning mindfulness in a partnership might improve dyadic coping and/or engagement with mindfulness. Results were sometimes contradictory and questions remain about the value of delivering mindfulness in a partnership.
Conclusions: Learning mindfulness in a partnership can improve psychological wellbeing, but improvements are often small and not experienced by everyone. Learning in a partnership can improve engagement with mindfulness and improve dyadic coping, but these findings are inconclusive and need further exploration.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 76-86 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice |
Volume | 34 |
Early online date | 1 Nov 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2019 |
Keywords
- mindfulness
- long-term conditions
- psychological wellbeing
- caregivers
- partnership
- systematic review