{"id":31692,"date":"2021-07-05T08:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T07:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=31692"},"modified":"2021-07-05T08:39:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T07:39:00","slug":"systematic-review-of-mind-body-interventions-to-treat-me-cfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/systematic-review-of-mind-body-interventions-to-treat-me-cfs\/","title":{"rendered":"Systematic review of mind-body interventions to treat ME\/CFS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Systematic review of mind-body interventions to treat Myalgic Encephalomyelitis\/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome<\/a>, by Samaneh Khanpour Ardestani, Mohammad Karkhaneh, Eleanor Stein, Salima Punja, Daniela R. Junqueira, Tatiana Kuzmyn, Michelle Pearson, Laurie Smith, Karin Olson, Sunita Vohra in<\/span> Medicina<\/em> Vol 57, #7, p 652, June 24, 2021 [doi.org\/10.3390\/medicina57070652] This article belongs to the Special Issue ME\/CFS: Causes, Clinical Features and Diagnosis<\/h3>\n

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Review abstract:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Background and Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis\/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME\/CFS) is a chronic condition distinguished by disabling fatigue associated with post-exertional malaise, as well as changes to sleep, autonomic functioning, and cognition. Mind-body interventions (MBIs) utilize the ongoing interaction between the mind and body to improve health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n

Purpose<\/strong><\/p>\n

To systematically review studies using MBIs for the treatment of ME\/CFS symptoms.<\/p>\n

Materials and Methods<\/strong><\/p>\n

MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Cochrane CENTRAL were searched (inception to September 2020). Interventional studies on adults diagnosed with ME\/CFS, using one of the MBIs in comparison with any placebo, standard of care treatment or waitlist control, and measuring outcomes relevant to the signs and symptoms of ME\/CFS and quality of life were assessed for inclusion.<\/p>\n

Characteristics and findings of the included studies were summarized using a descriptive approach.<\/p>\n

Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"12 out of 382 retrieved references were included. Seven studies were randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with one including three reports (1 RCT, 2 single-arms); others were single-arm trials. Interventions included mindfulness-based stress reduction, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, relaxation, Qigong, cognitive-behavioral stress management, acceptance and commitment therapy and isometric yoga.<\/p>\n

The outcomes measured most often were fatigue severity, anxiety\/ depression, and quality of life. Fatigue severity and symptoms of anxiety\/depression were improved in nine and eight studies respectively, and three studies found that MBIs improved quality of life.<\/p>\n

Conclusions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fatigue severity, anxiety\/depression and physical and mental functioning were shown to be improved in patients receiving MBIs. However, small sample sizes, heterogeneous diagnostic criteria, and a high risk of bias may challenge this result. Further research using standardized outcomes would help advance the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Systematic review of mind-body interventions to treat Myalgic Encephalomyelitis\/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Samaneh Khanpour Ardestani, Mohammad Karkhaneh, Eleanor Stein, Salima Punja, Daniela R. Junqueira, Tatiana Kuzmyn, Michelle Pearson, Laurie Smith, Karin Olson, Sunita Vohra in Medicina Vol 57, #7, p … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[6872,6868,6869,6870,6876,6874,568,6873,6875,6867,6871],"class_list":["post-31692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-daniela-r-junqueira","tag-karin-olson","tag-laurie-smith","tag-michelle-pearson","tag-mind-body-interventions","tag-mohammad-karkhaneh","tag-prof-eleanor-stein","tag-salima-punja","tag-samaneh-khanpour-ardestani","tag-sunita-vohra","tag-tatiana-kuzmyn"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-8fa","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31692"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31735,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31692\/revisions\/31735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}