A Pilot Mobile-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Cancer Patients and Their Informal Caregivers

Kubo, Ai; Altschuler, Andrea; Kurtovich, Elaine; Hendlish, Sarah; Laurent, Cecile A.; Kolevska, Tatjana; Yan, Li; Avins, Andrew L.

doi:10.1007/s12671-018-0931-2

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“…Therefore, our study does not confirm the concern that adherence in mHealth interventions is in general poor, which would limit treatment implementation. The adherence of our patients is also comparable with recent research on adherence to e-and mHealth interventions for cancer patients [32,33]. A study by Beatty el al.…”

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“…[32] reported that 60% of cancer patients completed four or more modules of an eHealth intervention with six modules, which aimed at reducing distress in cancer patients. A mindfulness app study for cancer patients and caregivers [33] reported that 71% of the participants practiced with the app on more than half of the days throughout eight weeks.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although recent eHealth studies report acceptable rates of adherence (e.g. 60% completed four or more out of six modules [32] and 71% practiced more than 50% of the days during eight weeks [33], respectively), little is known about the adherence to mindfulness and relaxation mHealth programs for cancer patients. Therefore, when setting up a self-care mHealth intervention, it is important to know which factors might influence the patient adherence.…”

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Adherence to a Mindfulness and Relaxation Self-Care App for Cancer Patients: Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study (Preprint)

Mikolasek¹,

Witt²,

Barth³

2018

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Witt²,

Barth³

2018

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“…The attrition rate ranged from 8% to 52%. The most common reasons for dropping out were time issues, eg, caregiving responsibility increased, holiday schedules interfered, travel, no time, work demands; disease‐related issues, eg, died or too sick, illness progressed, illness‐related distress; and others, eg, unfamiliar with the Internet, uninterested, and loss to follow‐up …”

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“…Fourteen out of the 17 studies reported the timing of the interventions. Ten studies targeted the patients at different treatment stages, including pretreatment, undergoing chemotherapy or undergoing treatment, and post‐treatment (eg, radiotherapy, primary treatment, surgery, or radiotherapy stages I‐IV, and advanced stage …”

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A critical literature review of dyadic web‐based interventions to support cancer patients and their caregivers, and directions for future research

Luo

Li-hong

et al. 2019

Psycho-Oncology

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Objective: With the rapid development of the Internet, e-health interventions are becoming popular and are showing positive impacts. Cancer affects not only patients but also their caregivers, leading to a recognition that cancer patient-caregiver dyads cope with cancer as a unit rather than as individuals. The objectives of this paper are to explore web-based interventions for cancer patient-caregiver dyads coping with cancer from the aspects of intervention content, delivery format, outcome measurements, and outcomes and to provide recommendations on developing patientcaregiver dyadic web-based interventions for future research. Methods: Literature focused on cancer patient-caregiver dyadic web-based interventions, published in English or Chinese from the launch of five databases (CINAHL, PsycINFO, EMBase, Medline, Science Citation Index Expanded) to April 2019, was systematically searched. Manual searching through the references of full-text articles was also conducted. Results: Of a total of 812 articles, 17 articles met the inclusion criteria. The content of these web-based dyadic interventions mainly included information support, communication and support, skills-building, and psycho-education. These web-based interventions reported a small to large positive impact on patients with cancer and their caregivers in terms of physical health (d = 0.17-0.75), psychological health (d = 0.04-0.80), overall quality of life (d = 0.20-0.68), and dyadic relationship (d = 0.30-0.95). Conclusions: Web-based dyadic interventions can be designed for tailored content, which benefits both patients and their caregivers. Future research on cancer patient-caregiver web-based interventions should be conducted in diverse cultures. K E Y W O R D S cancer, caregiver, dyadic intervention, e-health, oncology, patient, web-based intervention Xingjuan Luo and Lihong Gao contributed equally to this work.

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Pilot pragmatic randomized trial of mHealth mindfulness‐based intervention for advanced cancer patients and their informal caregivers

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ObjectiveAssess the feasibility of conducting a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing technology‐delivered mindfulness‐based intervention (MBI) programs against a waitlist control arm targeting advanced cancer patients and their informal caregivers.MethodsTwo‐arm cluster RCT within Kaiser Permanente Northern California. We recruited patients with metastatic solid malignancies or hematological cancers and their informal caregivers. Intervention‐group participants chose to use either a commercially available mindfulness app (10–20 min/day) or a webinar‐based mindfulness course for 6 weeks. The waitlist control group received usual care. We assessed feasibility measures and obtained participant‐reported data on quality of life (QoL; primary outcome) and distress outcomes (secondary) pre‐ and postintervention.ResultsA hundred and three patients (median age 67 years; 70% female; 81% White) and 39 caregivers (median age 66 years; 79% female; 69% White) were enrolled. Nearly all participants chose the mindfulness app over the webinar‐based program. Among the participants in the intervention arm who chose the mobile‐app program and completed the postintervention (6‐week) survey, 21 (68%) patients and 7 (47%) caregivers practiced mindfulness at least 50% of the days during the 6‐week study period. Seventy‐four percent of intervention participants were “very” or “extremely” satisfied with the mindfulness program. We observed improvements in anxiety, QoL, and mindfulness among patients in the intervention arm compared to those in the control group.ConclusionsWe demonstrated the feasibility of conducting a cluster RCT of mHealth MBI for advanced cancer patients and their caregivers. Such remote interventions can be helpful particularly during the COVID‐19 pandemic.

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A Pilot Mobile-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Cancer Patients and Their Informal Caregivers

Cited by 66 publications

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Adherence to a Mindfulness and Relaxation Self-Care App for Cancer Patients: Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study (Preprint)

Adherence to a Mindfulness and Relaxation Self-Care App for Cancer Patients: Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study (Preprint)

A critical literature review of dyadic web‐based interventions to support cancer patients and their caregivers, and directions for future research

Pilot pragmatic randomized trial of mHealth mindfulness‐based intervention for advanced cancer patients and their informal caregivers

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