Online mindfulness and stretching trial reports improved student well-being scores
Health sciences students assigned to a combined online program improved on questionnaire measures compared with students receiving no intervention.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
The combined online program produced statistically significant improvements in mindfulness, self-compassion, and mental well-being scores relative to the untreated control group. The abstract does not report the size of these differences or how long they lasted. It also cannot determine whether mindfulness, stretching, or their combination accounted for the observed changes.
The study was not preregistered and involved a small student sample. The abstract provides no numerical effect estimates or follow-up timing, limiting judgments about the practical size and persistence of the reported improvements.
What improvement meant here
Researchers measured mindfulness, self-compassion, and mental well-being using questionnaires. The results concern changes in those scores; the abstract does not report whether students experienced less burnout or improvements in academic performance or clinical functioning.
What the comparison can answer
The control group received no treatment, while the intervention combined mindfulness and stretching. This tests the whole program against that control condition, but does not compare its components or establish an advantage over another structured support program.
The original publication
A Brief Online Program Integrating Mindfulness and Stretching Exercises: Effects on Well-Being in Health Sciences Students.
Terzioğlu ZA, Çakır-Çelebi SG
J Clin Psychol · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 40802831
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