This group intervention seems to improve quality of life.
Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) often experience depression and fatigue. Unfortunately, medications directed at the disease may often not improve health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and researchers studying treatments for depression and fatigue in MS may not measure change in this important aspect of the disease. These investigators examined the efficacy of group mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) on patient-rated HRQOL and symptoms of depression and fatigue.
The researchers randomized 150 patients (79% women; average age, 47) with relapsing-remitting or secondary progressive MS to receive MBT or usual care. Assessments of HRQOL, depression, and fatigue occurred at baseline, after the intervention, and at 6-month follow-up. MBT includ…
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DisclosuresRoyaltiesTextbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd and 3rd editions
Editorial BoardsUpToDate; Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesNorth American Brain Injury Association (Board Member); National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (Chair of Data Monitoring Safety Board for study of donepezil on cognition after traumatic brain injury)
DisclosuresRoyaltiesTextbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd and 3rd editions
Editorial BoardsUpToDate; Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesNorth American Brain Injury Association (Board Member); National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (Chair of Data Monitoring Safety Board for study of donepezil on cognition after traumatic brain injury)