Effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction for depression in post-stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ying Sun, Shirong Bo, Yongsheng Li · 2026
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Ying Sun, Shirong Bo, and Yongsheng Li pool the trials of mindfulness training against depression after stroke. Their 2026 meta-analysis gathers eight randomized trials with 469 patients. Mindfulness-based stress reduction is a structured program of meditation and attention training, and single studies had disagreed about its effect on post-stroke mood.
Pooled, the program cut depressive symptoms by a large standardized margin against control care. The authors then qualify their own result carefully. The trials disagreed with each other a great deal, and the prediction range for a new setting reached zero. Benefits were clear in Asian trials and in patients treated in the stable phase after stroke, and murkier elsewhere and earlier. Overall certainty was rated low, on bias risk and inconsistency. Their verdict: promising, especially later in recovery, and in need of bigger, cleaner trials.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ying Sun, Shirong Bo, Yongsheng Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |