Aydin, SafakBudak, Funda Kavak2024-08-042024-08-0420230048-57131938-2456https://doi.org/10.3928/00485713-20230207-06https://hdl.handle.net/11616/101189The aim of this study is to determine how mindfulness-based stress reduc-tion (MBSR) training affects levels of anxiety, depression, and hopeless-ness in menopausal women. This ex-perimental study was conducted as a pretest-posttest, control group design in two family health centers. The sam-ple consisted of 100 (50 in the control group, 50 in the experimental group) menopausal women, determined on basis of power analysis. Data were col-lected using the Descriptive Charac-teristics Form, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, and the Beck Hopeless-ness Scale. Whereas women in the experimental group received eight ses- sions of MBSR training, the women in the control group did not receive any intervention. There was a posttraining decrease in the mean anxiety, depres-sion, and hopelessness scores of the experimental group, compared with the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < .05). We found that MBSR training effec-tively reduced anxiety, depression, and hopelessness in menopausal women.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessRandomized Controlled-TrialSymptomsTherapySamplesArticle532839410.3928/00485713-20230207-062-s2.0-85148739682Q4WOS:000993992800005Q4