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Effectiveness of mindfulness-based treatment on addiction relapse prevention: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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Mojtaba Rajabpour   , Mohammad Narimani , Nilofar Mikaeili , Nader Hajloo |
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| Introduction: A lot of research has been done on the effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapies in the treatment of addiction and the reduction of its long-term challenges. Correspondingly, this study was done with the aim of systematically reviewing and meta-analyzing the studies conducted in Iran on the effectiveness of mindfulness-based treatments on addiction relapse prevention.
Materials and Methods: Accordingly, all articles performed in the country and published in creditable domestic or international journals were collected by searching the Sid, Magiran, Google scholar, Science direct, Web of Science and Pubmed databases. Search was conducted both in Farsi and English. After searching, screening, assessing the quality of research papers and applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, data was analyzed by utilizing Pooled RD extracted from results and Metan command.
Results: Out of the 503 original articles, five articles had meta-analysis criteria. The meta-analysis performed on these studies indicated the significant effectiveness of this treatment on addiction relapse prevention.
Conclusion: Regarding the effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapies, policy-makers and therapists need to pay more attention to the treatment of addiction using this therapeutic method. |
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| Keywords: Meta-Analysis, Mindfulness, Addiction, Substance-Related Disorders. |
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Type of Study: Review |
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Received: 2018/09/17 | Accepted: 2019/06/17 | Published: 2020/03/15
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