Review Article

Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Mental Health and Psychological Quality of Life among University Students: A GRADE-Assessed Systematic Review

Table 1

Systematic review search strategy: research terms used to identify RCT of mindfulness-based stress reduction in those databases.

PubMed(“Students, University”[Mesh] or (university students) or (Student, college) or (College Student) or (Undergraduate students) or (undergraduate students) or (undergraduate education)) AND (“Mindfulness”[Mesh] or (Mindfulness meditation) or (Kabat-Zinn protocol) or (Kabat-Zinn programme) or (mindfulness-based stress reduction) or (mind-body skill training) or (MBSR) or (Mindfulness) or (mindfulness) AND (“Randomized controlled trial”[Mesh] or (RCT) or (randomized controlled trial)

EMBASE(“University student”/exp OR “university student” OR “university students”/exp OR “college students” OR “college student” OR “undergraduate education”/exp OR “undergraduate education” OR “college students”/exp OR “college student”) AND (“mindfulness”/exp OR “mindfulness” OR “mindfulness-based stress reduction”/exp OR “mindfulness-based stress reduction” OR “mindfulness training”/exp OR “mindfulness training” OR “mindfulness meditation”/exp OR “mindfulness meditation” OR “mindfulness-based stress reduction program”/exp OR “mindfulness-based stress reduction program”) or (“Kabat-Zinn protocol”/exp OR “Kabat-Zinn protocol” OR “Kabat-Zinn programme” OR MBSR’/exp OR “MBSR”) AND (“Randomized controlled trial”/exp OR “Randomized controlled trial” OR (“Randomized controlled trials”/expor (“Randomized controlled trials” or (“RCT”/exp OR “RCT”)

Web of Science((((((((((University students) or (university students) or (university student) or (university student) or (College students) or (College students) or (College student) or (College student) or (Undergraduate students) or (undergraduate students) or (undergraduate student)))))))))) or (undergraduate education) AND (Mindfulness) or (Mindfulness meditation) or ((((((((Kabat-Zinn programme) or (Kabat-Zinn protocol) or (Kabat-Zinn) or (mindfulness-based stress reduction) or (mind-body skill training) or (MBSR)))))))) AND (((Randomized controlled trial) or (Randomized controlled trials) or (randomized controlled trials) or (RCT)))

PsycINFO (formerly PsychLit)((((((((((University students) or (university students) or (university student) or (university student) or (College students) or (College students) or (College student) or (College student) or (Undergraduate students) or (undergraduate students) or (undergraduate student)))))))))) or (undergraduate education) AND (Mindfulness) or (Mindfulness meditation) or ((((((((Kabat-Zinn programme) or (Kabat-Zinn protocol) or (Kabat-Zinn) or (mindfulness-based stress reduction) or (mind-body skill training) or (MBSR)))))))) AND (((Randomized controlled trial) or (Randomized controlled trials) or (randomized controlled trials) or (RCT)))

Ovid MEDLINE#1 university/college students: ti, ab, kw
#2 MeSH descriptor: [university/college students] explode all trees
#3 Undergraduate students: ti, ab, kw
#4 MeSH descriptor: [Undergraduate students] explode all trees
#5 #1 or #2 or #3 or #4
#6 MeSH descriptor: [mindfulness-based stress reduction] explode all trees
#7 mindfulness-based stress reduction: ti, ab, kw or MBSR: ti, ab, kw or Mindfulness meditation: ti, ab, kw or Mindfulness: ti, ab, kw or Kabat-Zinn programme: ti, ab, kw or Kabat-Zinn protocol: ti, ab, kw or Kabat-Zinn: ti, ab, kw
#8 #1 or #2 or #3 or #4
#9 Randomized controlled trial: ti, ab, kw
#10 MeSH descriptor: [randomized controlled trial] explode all trees
#11 Randomized controlled trial: ti, ab, kw or randomized controlled trial: ti, ab, kw or RCT
#12 #5 or #8 or #11

ERIC((((((((((University students) or (university students) or (university student) or (university student) or (College students) or (College students) or (College student) or (College student) or (Undergraduate students) or (undergraduate students) or (undergraduate student)))))))))) or (undergraduate education) AND (Mindfulness) or (Mindfulness meditation) or ((((((((Kabat-Zinn programme) or (Kabat-Zinn protocol) or (Kabat-Zinn) or (mindfulness-based stress reduction) or (mind-body skill training) or (MBSR)))))))) AND (((Randomized controlled trial) or (Randomized controlled trials) or (randomized controlled trials) or (RCT)))

Scopus#1 university/college students: ti, ab, kw
#2 MeSH descriptor: [university/college students] explode all trees
#3 Undergraduate students: ti, ab, kw
#4 MeSH descriptor: [Undergraduate students] explode all trees
#5 #1 or #2 or #3 or #4
#6 MeSH descriptor: [mindfulness-based stress reduction] explode all trees
#7 mindfulness-based stress reduction: ti, ab, kw or MBSR: ti, ab, kw or Mindfulness meditation: ti, ab, kw or Mindfulness: ti, ab, kw or Kabat-Zinn programme: ti, ab, kw or Kabat-Zinn protocol: ti, ab, kw or Kabat-Zinn: ti, ab, kw
#8 #1 or #2 or #3 or #4
#9 Randomized controlled trial: ti, ab, kw
#10 MeSH descriptor: [randomized controlled trial] explode all trees
#11 Randomized controlled trial: ti, ab, kw or randomized controlled trial: ti, ab, kw or RCT
#12 #5 or #8 or #11

Google Scholar and ProQuestUniversity students, university student, college students, college student or undergraduate students or undergraduate education and mindfulness or Mindfulness meditation or Kabat-Zinn programme or Kabat-Zinn protocol or Kabat-Zinn or mindfulness-based stress reduction or mind-body skill training or MBSR

Cochrane LibraryCochrane Library 504 studies
#1 MeSH descriptor: [Students, General] explode all trees
#2 University General
#3 university general
#4 (Student, College)
#5 (student, college)
#6 MeSH descriptor: [Undergraduate Students] explode all trees
#7 (Undergraduate)
#8 (undergraduate students)
#9 (undergraduate education)
#10 #1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 or #7 or #8 or #9
#11 MeSH descriptor: [Mindfulness] explode all trees
#12 (Mindfulness meditation)
#13 (Kabat-Zinn protocol)
#14 (MBSR programme)
#15 (mindfulness-based stress reduction)
#16 (mind-body skill training)
#17 (Mindfulness)
#18 (MBSR)
#19 (Kabat-Zinn)
#20 (Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy)
#21 #10 or #11 or #12 or #13 or #14 or #15 or #16 or #17 or #18 or #19 or #20
#22 (Randomized controlled trial)
#23 (RCT)
#24 (randomized controlled trial)
#25 #22 or #23 or #24
#26 #10 AND #21 AND #25