Characteristics of Adults Who Used Mindfulness Meditation: United States, 2012.


Author: Morone NE1,2, Moore CG3, Greco CM4.

Affiliation: 11 Division of General Internal Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh, PA.

22 Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh, PA.

33 Dickson Advanced Analytics, Carolinas HealthCare System , Charlotte, NC.

44 Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Center for Integrative Medicine at UPMC, Shadyside, PA.
Conference/Journal: J Altern Complement Med.
Date published: 2017 Jan 13
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  Special Notes: doi: 10.1089/acm.2016.0099.   ,  Word Count: 87  
        OBJECTIVES:

To describe estimates of the number and characteristics of persons who had used mindfulness meditation in the U.S.

POPULATION:

DESIGN:

Data from 108,131 adults from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey were weighted to produce national estimates representative of the U.S.

POPULATION:

Persons who used mindfulness meditation were identified by their response to the question "During the past 12 months, did you use mindfulness meditation?"

RESULTS:

An estimated 2,029,720 adults had used mindfulness meditation. Compared with those who did not meditate, more meditators endorsed moderate exercise (79.6% vs. 54.8%; p