A controlled study of the effect of a mindfulness-based stress reduction technique in women with multiple chemical sensitivity, chronic fatigue syndrome, and fibromyalgia

Figures & data

Table 1 Mean (SD) SCL-90R scores and p-values within groups by time (pre- to post-, and post- to follow-up)

SCL-90R Scale	BMAP: Pre Mean (SD)	BMAP: Post Mean (SD)	BMAP: FUP Mean (SD)	Pre-Post t-test p value	Post-FUP t-test p value	Con: Pre Mean (SD)	Con: Post Mean (SD)	Con: FUP Mean (SD)	Pre-Post t-test p value	Post-FUP t-test p value
Somatization	13.30 (7.47)	10.30 (5.93)	8.50 (6.14)	<0.001	<0.01	19.92 (10.38)	17.92 (10.11)	17.31 (8.87)	0.29	0.72
O–C	14.66 (8.97)	10.72 (5.87)	8.32 (4.71)	<0.001	<0.001	13.77 (10.34)	12.31 (11.03)	13.38 (9.27)	0.5	0.47
I-S	7.70 (5.57)	5.14 (3.49)	4.26 (3.37)	<0.001	<0.01	7.96 (8.88)	6.73 (8.05)	7.58 (9.46)	0.46	0.56
Depression	15.42 (9.19)	9.36 (5.82)	7.78 (5.34)	<0.001	<0.01	14.73 (11.32)	15.23 (12.36)	15.53 (11.86)	0.82	0.89
Anxiety	8.48 (6.13)	6.26 (5.62)	4.46 (3.07)	<0.05	<0.05	8.04 (7.27)	8.62 (7.78)	7.04 (7.20)	0.66	0.23
Hostility	3.86 (3.51)	3.38 (2.62)	2.64 (2.24)	ns	<0.05	2.58 (2.76)	2.27 (2.39)	2.73 (2.86)	0.60	0.30
Phobic	2.68 (3.19)	1.66 (1.89)	1.40 (1.56)	<0.01	ns	3.19 (4.74)	2.96 (3.67)	3.15 (4.39)	0.66	0.57
Paranoid	5.00 (3.36)	3.16 (2.48)	2.58 (2.15)	<0.001	<0.05	4.27 (3.92)	4.62 (5.11)	4.77 (4.42)	0.56	0.84
Psychoticism	4.52 (4.44)	2.70 (3.11)	2.36 (2.53)	<0.01	ns	5.15 (5.64)	5.54 (5.43)	4.46 (5.19)	0.47	0.91
GSI	84.10 (44.67)	59.78 (27.38)	47.56 (21.59)	<0.001	<0.001	88.27 (62.65)	83.77 (62.17)	84.08 (60.09)	0.67	0.97

Abbreviations: BMAP, body mind awareness program; Con, wait list control group; FUP, follow-up; GSI, global severity index; I-S, interpersonal sensitivity; ns, not significant; O–C, obsessive–compulsive; SCL-90R, symptoms checklist inventory; SD, standard deviation.