Mind-Body Approaches for Medical Conditions

Chronic diseases are currently the most prevalent and most costly health conditions world‐wide, and morbidity is expected to increase over coming years. Factors such that increased life‐expectancy and certain life style‐related factors, such as smoking, high‐fat diet and alcohol‐consumption, are commonly associated with the increase in most of the common chronic diseases. However, more complex psychosocial factors such as depression, stress, work‐related dynamics and thinking patterns are thought be associated with poor health status and impaired health related quality of life among patients with suffering from chronic physical conditions (i.e. a biopsychosocial approach). Therefore, psychosocial intervention has been suggested as a complementary treatment strategy for patients with chronic conditions. The aim of this randomized trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of mind‐body multidisciplinary rehabilitation on health‐related quality of life, and disease specific endpoints in people with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, or heart failure.