Influence of a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction intervention on rates of skin clearing in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis undergoing phototherapy (UVB) and photochemotherapy (PUVA)

Author(s): Kabatzinn, J., Wheeler, E. , Light, T. , Skillings, A. , Scharf, M. J. , Cropley, T. G. , Hosmer, D. , Bernhard, J. D.

Journal/Book: Psychosomatic Med. 1998; 60(5): 625-632.

Abstract: Objective: This study tests the hypothesis that stress reduction methods based on mindfulness meditation can positively influence the rate at which psoriasis clears in patients undergoing phototherapy or photochemotherapy treatment. Methods: Thirty-seven patients with psoriasis about to undergo ultraviolet phototherapy (UVB) or photochemotherapy (PUVA) were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction diotape during ultraviolet light therapy can increase the rate of resolution of psoriatic lesions in patients with psoriasis.

Keyword(s): cam. medit. derm. cr. Psoriasis.

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