Table 2.
Meta-regression analysesa.
| Outcome and predictor | N comp b | Slope | Z | P value | |||||
| Depression | |||||||||
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Study quality | 88 | 0.05 | 1.09 | .28 | ||||
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N sessions | 84 | 0 | 0 | .99 | ||||
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Mean age | 80 | 0 | 0.47 | .64 | ||||
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% female | 87 | 0.01 | 1.37 | .18 | ||||
| Anxiety | |||||||||
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Study quality | 73 | 0.07 | 2.04 | .04c | ||||
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N sessions | 69 | 0 | –1.25 | .21 | ||||
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Mean age | 66 | 0 | –0.03 | .98 | ||||
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% female | 73 | 0 | 0.83 | .40 | ||||
| Stress | |||||||||
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Study quality | 55 | –0.04 | –0.74 | .46 | ||||
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N sessions | 49 | 0.03 | 2.45 | .05 | ||||
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Mean age | 43 | 0.01 | 2.88 | .004d | ||||
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% female | 55 | 0 | 0.25 | .80 | ||||
| Well-being | |||||||||
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Study quality | 51 | 0.07 | 0.90 | .37 | ||||
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N sessions | 49 | 0 | –0.33 | .74 | ||||
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Mean age | 51 | 0 | –0.28 | .78 | ||||
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% female | 51 | 0 | 0.17 | .86 | ||||
| Mindfulness | |||||||||
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Study quality | 71 | 0.01 | 0.26 | .80 | ||||
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N sessions | 66 | –0.01 | –2.80 | .005d | ||||
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Mean age | 65 | 0 | 0.06 | .95 | ||||
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% female | 71 | 0.01 | 1.83 | .07 | ||||
aMeta-regression analyses were conducted using a mixed effects model with unrestricted maximum likelihood.
bNcomp: number of comparisons.
cP<.05.
dP<.01.