Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

540 Gaither Road

Rockville, MD 20850

www.ahrq.gov

Contract No. 290-02-0023

Prepared by:

University of Alberta Evidence-based Practice Center Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Investigators:

Maria B. Ospina, B.Sc., M.Sc.

Kenneth Bond, B.Ed., M.A.

Mohammad Karkhaneh, M.D.

Lisa Tjosvold, B.A., M.L.I.S.

Ben Vandermeer, M.Sc.

Yuanyuan Liang, Ph.D.

Liza Bialy, B.Sc.

Nicola Hooton, B.Sc., M.P.H.

Nina Buscemi, Ph.D.

Donna M. Dryden, Ph.D.

Terry P. Klassen, M.D., M.Sc., F.R.C.P.C.

AHRQ Publication No. 07-E010

June 2007

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Suggested Citation:

Ospina MB, Bond TK, Karkhaneh M, Tjosvold L, Vandermeer B, Liang Y, Bialy L, Hooton N, Buscemi N, Dryden DM, Klassen TP. Meditation Practices for Health: State of the Research. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 155. (Prepared by the University of Alberta Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0023.) AHRQ Publication No. 07-E010. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. June 2007.

This report is based on research conducted by the University of Alberta Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD (Contract No. 290-02-0023). The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its contents, and do not necessarily represent the views of AHRQ. No statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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The investigators have no relevant financial interests in the report. The investigators have no employment, consultancies, honoraria, or stock ownership or options, or royalties from any organization or entity with a financial interest or financial conflict with the subject matter discussed in the report.