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Table 5 Physical outcomes

From: Mindfulness based interventions in multiple sclerosis - a systematic review

Study

Outcome (measure)

Post intervention effect size (p)

Follow up effect size (p) and time point

Grossman et al. [40]

Full intervention group

Fatigue (MFIS)

0.41 (0.0001)

0.38 (0.001) at six months

Sub-group analysis

1.27 (0.0005)

1.09 (0.02) at six months

Mills and Allen [41]

Fatigue (POMS)

p > 0.05*

NR

Single leg standing balance

p < 0.05*

p < 0.05* at three months

Tavee et al. [42]

Fatigue (MFIS)

p = 0.035*

NR

Pain (VAS)

p = 0.031*

NR

PDDS

p > 0.05*

NR

  1. 1. MFIS - Modified Fatigue Index Scale; 2. POMS - Profile of Mood States; 3. VAS - Visual Analogue Scale for pain; 4. PDDS - Patient Determined Disease Steps; 5. NR - Not recorded; *Effect size not recorded.