Changes in perceived stress between baseline, end of intervention and follow-up (Perceived Stress Scale)
| Course | Stress score (baseline) (mean±SD) | Stress score (end of intervention) | Stress score (follow-up) | Imputed follow-up score | Mean difference from follow-up | Mean difference from baseline (imputed data) |
| .b | 20.35±8.72 (n=17) | 13.08±7.54 (n=12) | 15.7±6.36 (n=10) | 13.0 (n=15) | 2.8 (95% CI −2.6 to 8.15) (n=10) | 6.38 (95% CI 1.74 to 11.02) |
| MBSR | 22.52±5.54 (n=27) | 14.25±5.22 (n=20) | 16.22±8.6 (n=9) | 12.3 (n=20) | 6.1 (95% CI −2.0 to 14.2) (n=9) |
9.69
(95% CI 4.9 to 14.5) |
| Difference | 2.17 (95% CI 1.17 to 3.16) | |||||
*Baseline score in the 10 with follow-up 18.5.
†Baseline score in the 9 with follow-up 22.3.
MBSR, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.
Bold values are statistically significant at p<0.05.