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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2016 Jun 24;25(6):824–831. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2016.06.017

Table 3. Correlation Coefficients between Mindfulness and Health Outcomes.

Mindfulness Physical Outcomes r (P-value) Psychological Outcomes r (P-value)

FFMQ Score (Score Range) WOMAC Pain (0-500) WOMAC Physical Function (0-1700) 6MW (400-700)*# SF-36 PCS (0-100) * SF-36 MCS (0-100) * BDI-II (0-63) ASES-8 (0-10)* PSS (0-40)
Total (39-195) -0.12 (0.30) -0.04 (0.75) 0.05 (0.69) 0.23 (0.04) 0.45 (<0.001) -0.47 (<0.001) 0.28 (0.01) -0.51 (<0.001)
95% CI [-0.33, 0.11] [-0.25, 0.19] [-0.18, 0.27] [0.01, 0.43] [0.25, 0.61] [-0.62, -0.27] [0.06, 0.47] [-0.65, -0.32]
Observing (8-40) -0.12 (0.28) -0.06 (0.61) 0.01 (0.91) 0.08 (0.46) -0.10 (0.39) -0.06 (0.61) 0.09 (0.41) 0.08 (0.48)
95% CI [-0.33, 0.10] [-0.27, 0.16] [-0.21, 0.24] [-0.14, 0.30] [-0.31, 0.13] [-0.28, 0.17] [-0.13, 0.31] [-0.14, 0.29]
Describing (8-40) -0.09 (0.43) 0.02 (0.86) 0.12 (0.30) 0.22 (0.05) 0.44 (<0.001) -0.37 (<0.001) 0.26 (0.02) -0.55 (<0.001)
95% CI [-0.30, 0.13] [-0.20, 0.24] [-0.11, 0.33] [0.00, 0.42] [0.24, 0.60] [-0.55, -0.16] [0.04, 0.45] [-0.69, -0.38]
Acting with Awareness (8-40) 0.03 (0.79) 0.10 (0.39) -0.11 (0.33) 0.10 (0.40) 0.37 (<0.001) -0.31 (0.005) 0.20 (0.07) -0.40 (<0.001)
95% CI [-0.19, 0.25] [-0.13, 0.31] [-0.33, 0.11] [-0.13, 0.41] [0.16, 0.54] [-0.50, -0.10] [-0.02, 0.40] [-0.57, -0.20]
Non-judging (8-40) -0.01(0.93) -0.02 (0.87) 0.09 (0.46) 0.08 (0.47) 0.46 (<0.001) -0.36 (0.001) 0.05 (0.69) -0.41 (<0.001)
95% CI [-0.23, 0.21] [-0.24, 0.20] [-0.14, 0.30] [-0.14, 0.30] [0.26, 0.61] [-0.54, -0.15] [-0.18, 0.26] [-0.58, -0.21]
Non-reacting (7-35) -0.18 (0.11) -0.19 (0.09) 0.06 (0.61) 0.21 (0.06) 0.10 (0.39) -0.24 (0.03) 0.20 (0.08) -0.16 (0.15)
95% CI [-0.38, 0.04] [-0.39, 0.03] [-0.17, 0.28] [-0.01, 0.43] [-0.12, 0.31] [-0.44, -0.02] [-0.02, 0.40] [-0.37, 0.06]
*

Higher scores indicate improved health.

#

Normal range reported for the general population36.

CI = Confidence Interval