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Use of mindfulness, meditation and relaxation to treat vasomotor symptoms.

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Goldstein, KM; Shepherd-Banigan, M; Coeytaux, RR; McDuffie, JR; Adam, S; Befus, D; Goode, AP; Kosinski, AS; Masilamani, V; Williams, JW
Published in: Climacteric
April 2017

Postmenopausal women with bothersome vasomotor symptoms (VMS) often seek alternatives to hormone-based treatment due to medication risks or personal preference. We sought to identify the effects of meditation, mindfulness, hypnosis and relaxation on VMS and health-related quality of life in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. To do this, we conducted an umbrella review supplemented by new randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) published since the most recent good-quality systematic review for eligible interventions. We searched MEDLINE and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL and the Allied and Complementary Medicine Databases. We identified five systematic reviews and six new RCTs that met eligibility criteria. In a new meta-analysis examining four RCTs comparing paced respiration with a control group, we found that paced respiration is not associated with a statistically significant decrease in VMS frequency (standardized mean difference (SMD) 0.04, 95% confidence interval (CI) -0.73 to 0.82, I2 = 56.6%, three trials) or severity (SMD 0.06, 95% CI -0.69 to 0.80; I2 = 65.1%, three trials). There was not sufficient new information to conduct meta-analyses that examined the effect of mindfulness or hypnosis on our outcomes of interest. No effect on VMS or quality of life was found between various relaxation or mindfulness interventions.

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Climacteric

DOI

EISSN

1473-0804

Publication Date

April 2017

Volume

20

Issue

2

Start / End Page

178 / 182

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Sweating
  • Relaxation Therapy
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Mindfulness
  • Middle Aged
  • Menopause
  • Meditation
  • Humans
  • Hot Flashes
  • Female
 

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Goldstein, K. M., Shepherd-Banigan, M., Coeytaux, R. R., McDuffie, J. R., Adam, S., Befus, D., … Williams, J. W. (2017). Use of mindfulness, meditation and relaxation to treat vasomotor symptoms. Climacteric, 20(2), 178–182. https://doi.org/10.1080/13697137.2017.1283685
Goldstein, K. M., M. Shepherd-Banigan, R. R. Coeytaux, J. R. McDuffie, S. Adam, D. Befus, A. P. Goode, A. S. Kosinski, V. Masilamani, and J. W. Williams. “Use of mindfulness, meditation and relaxation to treat vasomotor symptoms.Climacteric 20, no. 2 (April 2017): 178–82. https://doi.org/10.1080/13697137.2017.1283685.
Goldstein KM, Shepherd-Banigan M, Coeytaux RR, McDuffie JR, Adam S, Befus D, et al. Use of mindfulness, meditation and relaxation to treat vasomotor symptoms. Climacteric. 2017 Apr;20(2):178–82.
Goldstein, K. M., et al. “Use of mindfulness, meditation and relaxation to treat vasomotor symptoms.Climacteric, vol. 20, no. 2, Apr. 2017, pp. 178–82. Pubmed, doi:10.1080/13697137.2017.1283685.
Goldstein KM, Shepherd-Banigan M, Coeytaux RR, McDuffie JR, Adam S, Befus D, Goode AP, Kosinski AS, Masilamani V, Williams JW. Use of mindfulness, meditation and relaxation to treat vasomotor symptoms. Climacteric. 2017 Apr;20(2):178–182.

Published In

Climacteric

DOI

EISSN

1473-0804

Publication Date

April 2017

Volume

20

Issue

2

Start / End Page

178 / 182

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Sweating
  • Relaxation Therapy
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Mindfulness
  • Middle Aged
  • Menopause
  • Meditation
  • Humans
  • Hot Flashes
  • Female