a mindfulness-based intervention to improve quality of life among individuals who sustained traumatic brain injuries: one-year follow-up.
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Bedard, M., Felteau, M., Gibbons, C., Klein, R., Mazmanian, D., Fedyk, K., & Mack, G. (2005). A Mindfulness-Based Intervention to Improve Quality of Life Among Individuals Who Sustained Traumatic Brain Injuries: One-Year Follow-Up. Journal of Cognitive Rehabilitation, 23(1), 8-13.
Abstract
The article focuses on a mindfulness-based intervention to improve the quality of life among individuals who sustained traumatic brain injuries (TBI). In our previous study we found that individuals who completed the intervention reported greater improvements in quality of life and greater reductions in depression symptoms than a control group. We used an intervention based on a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSRR) approach to improve the quality of life of individuals with TBI. The current study was set up to determine if the gains experienced by participants of our previous study were maintained at one year post-intervention. The participants were originally recruited from an out-patient rehabilitation program, referrals from a local neuropsychologist, and from the local association for brain-injured individuals. The results add to an increasing body of evidence indicating that improvements achieved after MBSR in various clinical populations can be maintained over time. These results are encouraging given how difficult it often is to maintain gains obtained after non-pharmacological interventions and also because few interventions have successfully tackled quality of life and emotional issues among individuals with TBI. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved