Table 3.
Included studies.
| Study | Study Design | Mindfulness- or Compassion-Related Intervention Group | Control Group | Mean Age (Standard Deviation) [Control Group] |
Mindfulness- or Compassion-Related Intervention | Mindfulness- or Compassion-Related Intervention Details | Comparison Intervention(s) | Comparison Intervention(s) Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon et al., 2014 | Cross-sectional | 21 unmedicated OCD patients (13 females) | 21 healthy controls (13 females) | 33.1 (10.8) [33.1 (10.1)] |
Distracting bar orientation task | Self-referential evaluation task | ||
| Bhatnagar et al., 2013 | Cohort | 8 PTSD patients (1 female) | No control group | 59.5 (range, 42–71 years) |
MBSR | 8 weeks | No comparison intervention | |
| Kang et al., 2018 | Cohort | 29 PTSD patients (6 females) | No control group | 59.0 (12.8) | Transcendental Meditation (TM) | 8 weeks | No comparison intervention | |
| King et al., 2016 | Pre-Post | 14 PTSD patients (0 females) | 9 PTSD patients (0 females) | 32.43 (7.54) [31.37 (10.14)] |
Mindfulness-Based Exposure Therapy (MBET) | 16 weeks | Present-Centered Group Therapy (PCGT) | 16 weeks |
| Williams et al., 2020 | RCT | 80 PTSD patients (females n° not reported) | 2 groups of 80 PTSD patients (females n° not reported) | Not reported | Mindfulness Meditation (MM) | 8 weeks | Hypnosis, Education condition | 8 weeks |
| Wahbeh et al., 2016 | RCT | 27 PTSD patients (2 females) | 3 groups of 25 PTSD patients (4 females) | 53.3 (12.6) [1. 52.2 (12.5) 2. 50.0 (12.8) 3. 53.0 (11.8)] |
Mindfulness Meditation (MM) | 6 weeks | MM and Slow breathing (SB), SB, Sitting quietly (SQ) | 6 weeks |