Publications by authors named "M Sado"
Article Synopsis
- Anxiety disorders are common mental health issues, and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) has shown effectiveness in treating them, but its cost-effectiveness had not been previously explored.
- This study involved a randomized controlled trial with 40 anxiety disorder patients to analyze the cost-effectiveness of MBCT compared to standard treatment.
- MBCT was found to be more expensive than standard treatment by about JPY 13,885 but improved anxiety scores and quality of life, resulting in specific incremental cost-effectiveness ratios that suggest it has a high probability of being a cost-effective option.
Insomnia is a major concern among stressed workers worldwide. Although stress generally has a detrimental effect on sleep quality, the impact of biological stress, especially the immunological stress response, on sleep quality is not yet fully understood. Stressed workers were recruited through a screening process using a Brief Job Stress Questionnaire.
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- The study investigates the long-term effects of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) on stress levels, focusing on MBI graduates' practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- A survey of 95 MBI graduates revealed that those who continued practicing mindfulness reported lower depression and higher resilience and overall health compared to those who did not practice.
- The findings suggest that regular mindfulness practice can enhance resilience and help mitigate depression, particularly when facing new stressors like the pandemic.
Aim: Live two-way video, easily accessible from home via smartphones and other devices, is becoming a new way of providing psychiatric treatment. However, lack of evidence for real-world clinical setting effectiveness hampers its approval by medical insurance in some countries. Here, we conducted the first large-scale pragmatic, randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of long-term treatment for multiple psychiatric disorders via two-way video using smartphones and other devices, which are currently the primary means of telecommunication.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: This study aimed to conduct an economic evaluation of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) in healthy participants by performing cost-utility analysis (CUA) and cost-benefit analysis (CBA).
Patients And Methods: CUA was carried out from a healthcare sector perspective and CBA was from the employer's perspective in parallel with a randomized controlled trial. Of the 90 healthy participants, 50 met the inclusion criteria and were randomized to the MBCT group (n = 25) or wait-list control group (n = 25).