7. Description of mindfulness interventions.
Trial | Group size | Session duration (mins) | Session frequency | Intervention | Comparison | |||
Primary focus | Secondary components | |||||||
Relaxation techniques | Peer support | Education | ||||||
Duncan 2012 | Not stated | 150 to 180 | Weekly for 8 weeks plus 1 day retreat | Mindfulness‐stress reduction | Mindfulness meditation | Not described | Stress physiology and reactivity | No intervention ‐ waitlist group |
Gayner 2012 | 14 to 18 | 180 | Weekly for 8 weeks plus 1 day retreat | Mindfulness‐stress reduction | Mindfulness meditation | Not described | Not described | No intervention ‐ treatment as usual (TAU) group offered at end of intervention |
Bormann 2006 | 8 to 15 | 90 | Weekly for 5 weeks, then 4 automated phone calls, then a final session in week 10 | Mindfulness‐stress reduction | Mantram repetition | Not described | Not described | Attention control |