Effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction for depression in post-stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis (opens in new tab)

BackgroundDepression is a common complication after stroke. Although prior studies suggest that mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) may alleviate depressive symptoms in post-stroke patients, the evidence remains inconclusive. This meta-analysis aimed to synthesize randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate the effects of MBSR on depressive symptoms after stroke.MethodsPubMed, Web of Science, Embase, the Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, CNKI, and Wanfang Data were searched from inception...