Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR Irving et al., 2009 Kabat-Zinn, 2009) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT Teasdale et al., 2000) are commonly used MBIs found to significantly improve outcomes such as depressive symptoms, anxiety, stress, and physical functioning for patients with cancer, chronic pain, cardiovascular disease, somatic diseases, and depression (Duarte et al., 2019). MBIs have developed over the last 30 years as a lifestyle approach to manage chronic health conditions and avert the negative psychological impacts from a range of medical and psychological disorders (Duarte et al., 2019). Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) aim to develop a nonjudgmental awareness and experiential acceptance of present experiences (Ludwig & Kabat-Zinn, 2008). Other MBIs may result in cost savings from both healthcare and societal perspectives among high-risk patient populations. Conclusionsīased on this review, more standardized MBI protocols such as MBSR and MBCT compare favorably with usual care in terms of health outcomes and cost-effectiveness. From a societal perspective, the cost-saving property of mindfulness training was evident when used as the treatment of aggressive behaviors among persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities in mental health facilities. MBCT’s cost-effectiveness advantage was also identified among breast cancer patients with persistent pain, non-depressed adults with a history of major depressive disorder episodes, adults diagnosed with ADHD, and all cancer patients. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) was also less costly and more effective than the comparison group among patients with depression, medically unexplained symptoms, and multiple sclerosis. MBSR among patients with various physical/mental conditions was associated with reductions in healthcare costs. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) was less costly and more effective when compared with the usual care of cognitive behavioral therapy among patients with chronic lower back pain, fibromyalgia, and breast cancer. Twenty-eight mindfulness-based intervention studies (18 CEAs and 10 CBAs) were included in this review. A qualitative assessment of bias was performed using the Drummond checklist. MethodsĪ literature search was conducted using PubMed, Web of Science, JSTOR, and CINAHL for studies published between January 1985 and September 2021, including an original cost-related evaluation of an MBI. This study includes a systematic review of cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) and cost–benefit analyses (CBAs) of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs).

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