{"id":2789,"date":"2025-02-24T10:06:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T15:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/mindfulness\/?p=2789"},"modified":"2025-02-24T10:06:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T15:06:51","slug":"research-update-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/mindfulness\/2025\/02\/24\/research-update-65\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for the Treatment of Palpitations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Benign palpitations are a common symptom which, while not associated with a serious cardiac condition, can be highly disturbing and may lead to costly and repetitive diagnostic testing.\u00a0 The goal of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for the treatment of benign palpitations. Twenty participants reporting heart palpitations of at least two months duration were randomly assigned to either an eight-week MBSR course or to a wait list control group. Participants completed an eight-point rating scale of the frequency of their heart palpitations from 0\u00a0=\u00a0never to 7\u00a0=\u00a0more than once a day. Baseline 24\u00a0h Holter recordings were evaluated to confirm no evidence of serious arrhythmias.<\/p>\n<p>MBSR participants reported a reduction in heart palpitations at the conclusion of the MBSR training of 2.2 points on the eight-point palpitation frequency scale, while the control group had an average reduction of only 0.1 points.\u00a0 This difference was highly significant (p\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.002). 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