Next Article in Journal
Adjuvant Inhaled Corticosteroids in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Review Article
Next Article in Special Issue
Expert Group Recommendations on the Effective Use of Bolus Insulin in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Previous Article in Journal
The Mechanisms for the Association of Cancer and Esophageal Dysmotility Disorders
 
 
Search for Articles:
Title / Keyword
Author / Affiliation / Email
Journal
Article Type
 
 
Advanced Search
 
Section
Special Issue
Volume
Issue
Number
Page
 
Journals
Medical Sciences
Volume 9
Issue 2
10.3390/medsci9020033
Review Report
medsci-logo
Submit to this Journal Review for this Journal Propose a Special Issue
► Article Menu

Article Menu

share Share announcement Help format_quote Cite question_answer Discuss in SciProfiles
Article
Peer-Review Record

Mindfulness Meditation as Adjunctive Therapy to Improve the Glycemic Care and Quality of Life in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes

Med. Sci. 2021, 9(2), 33; https://doi.org/10.3390/medsci9020033
by Rishi Shukla 1,2, Manisha Gupta 1, Neha Agarwal 1,2,* and Anurag Bajpai 2
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Reviewer 2: Anonymous
Med. Sci. 2021, 9(2), 33; https://doi.org/10.3390/medsci9020033
Submission received: 2 April 2021 / Revised: 11 May 2021 / Accepted: 14 May 2021 / Published: 21 May 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Contemporary Endocrinology)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

In this randomized controlled study, the Authors studied the effect of mindfulness meditation on glycemic control and Quality of Life in people living with Type 1 Diabetes.

They found an improvement in the biochemical parameters in the intervention group as well as in control group. Moreover, the authors observed a significant reduction in the total diabetes distress score and in the in the health and functioning domain of the QoL assessment only in the intervention group.

Even if the topic of the paper could be of some interest for the reader, the paper has some issues that might to be addressed:

- Please provide an explanation about the randomization method.

- The discussion section appears not clear, that may pose some difficulties to readers when trying to understand which is the focus of the paper. Please carefully review this section by better explaining how the results have filled the gap that was identified in the introduction as well as providing caveats to the interpretation.

- It may be useful to divide results section by subheadings.

Author Response

Please see the attachment

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 2 Report

In this study, the authors investigated the effects of mindfulness meditation on glycemic control in patients with T1D. A total of 32 T1D patients were randomly allocated to control or mindfulness mediation group. After follow up of 6 months, glycemic as well as blood pressure control were significantly improved in mindfulness meditation group.

Comments:

1) Did mindfulness mediation affect hypoglycemic episodes? 

2) Did mindfulness meditation contribute to decrease daily insulin dose? 

3) Did mindfulness meditation alter levels of insulin counter regulatory hormone?

Author Response

Please see the attachment

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

No more comments, the manuscript has been
sufficiently improved to warrant publication in Medical Sciences

Back to TopTop