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Table 2 Outcomes reported in the reviewed articles describing mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) for wellbeing in low socioeconomic settings

From: Mindfulness-based interventions to support wellbeing of adults in low socio-economic settings: a realist review

Category

Outcomes

Abercrombie et al. (2007) [32]

Bermudez et al. (2013) [33]

Bhambhani and Gallo (2022) [34]

Felder et al. (2018) [36]

Gallegos et al. (2015) [37, 44]

Hick and Furlotte (2010) [42]

Jacobs et al. (2017) [38]

Szanton et al. (2011) [40]

Van der Gucht et al. (2015) [16]

Zhang and Emory (2015) [41]

Total

Physiological

Improved health / pain management

Yes

 

Yes

       

2

Improved sleep quality

      

Yes

   

1

Cognitive

Improved focus

  

Yes

       

1

Increased awareness / self-awareness

 

Yes

Yes

       

2

Increased self-kindness / self-compassion

 

Yes

   

Yes

    

2

Improved self-advocacy/ assertive communication / capacity to affect changes to challenges

 

Yes

Yes

  

Yes

    

3

Increased capacity to overcome personal trauma

 

Yes

        

1

Improved anger management

 

Yes

Yes

    

Yes

  

3

Improved coping skills relating to depression and medical procedures

       

Yes

  

1

Improved eating habits

  

Yes

       

1

Improved overall subjective wellbeing

     

Yes

  

Yes

 

2

Decreased reactivity

        

Yes

 

1

Decreased over-generalization

        

Yes

 

1

Decreased self-judgement / judgement

  

Yes

  

Yes

    

2

Emotional

Improved emotional regulation

 

Yes

  

Yes

     

2

Improved emotional health

  

Yes

       

1

Increased serenity

  

Yes

       

1

Decreased emotional dysregulation

    

Yes

     

1

Decreased emotional exhaustion

      

Yes

   

1

Decreased depression

  

Yes

 

Yes

   

Yes

Yes

4

Decreased anxiety

    

Yes

   

Yes

 

2

Interpersonal

Increased capacity for socialization/ connection

 

Yes

   

Yes

    

2

Improved quality of relationships/ interpersonal functioning

 

Yes

Yes

       

2

Decreased isolation

     

Yes

    

1

Stress

Decreased stress

Yes

   

Yes

   

Yes

 

3

Decreased perceived stress

   

Yes

  

Yes

   

2

Decreased post-traumatic stress symptoms

    

Yes

     

1

Mindfulness

Increased mindfulness (capacity for awareness and description of experiences as well as non-judgement and non-reactivity)

    

Yes

   

Yes

 

2

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