Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Women With Breast Cancer.

Tacón, Anna M.; Caldera, Yvonne M.; Ronaghan, Catherine

doi:10.1037/1091-7527.22.2.193

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“…That finding accords with earlier meta-analyses on mbsr for heterogeneous cancer populations that reported small effect sizes for mental health 20 and mood, and moderate effect sizes for distress 21 . However, a recent systematic review 23 reported large effect sizes for mbsr in improving anxiety and perceived stress in breast cancer patients, but only for uncontrolled trials [34][35][36] .…”

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Breast Cancer—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Breast Cancer—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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“…Five mental and behavioral coping strategies have been identified: Fighting Spirit (FS), where the patient accepts the diagnosis with an optimistic attitude; Helpless-Hopelessness (HH), refers to being overwhelmed by the diagnosis; Anxious Preoccupation (AP), is characterized by an anxious preoccupation with the disease; Stoic-Fatalism (FA), reflects a resigned attitude and passive acceptance about cancer; and, Avoidance (Denial), is where patients avoid or deny the notion of having cancer. 6,11 One study with cancer patients demonstrated positive shifts in cancer adjustment after completing the MBSR intervention, 12 yet no study has explored intervention effects in patients suffering specifically with cancer pain.…”

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Mindfulness, cancer, and pain

Tacón

2011

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Pain is the most distressing and incapacitating symptom experienced by cancer patients. While mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) interventions have been conducted with cancer patients, no study has explored psychological and pain-related factors in patients with cancer-related pain. The effects of an eight-week MBSR intervention were investigated on pre-post scores for pain catastrophizing, pain-related anxiety, pain intensity ratings, and mental adjustment to cancer in breast cancer patients with pain. Forty-one women diagnosed with cancer-related pain participated in the study. The MBSR was conducted for 1.5 hours/week for eight weeks; participants were trained in the body scan, sitting meditation, and hatha yoga with formal guidance and direction as to daily homework practice. Results showed significant reduction in scores for pain catastrophizing, pain anxiety, and pain ratings; also significant positive changes occurred for mental adjustment to cancer. This study is the first to investigate MBSR effects for psychological factors in patients with cancer pain. Much more research is needed in this area.

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“…34 The outcomes were stress (measured by a visual analog scale), state anxiety (measured by the State scores of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory), 35 mental adjustment to cancer (measured by the Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale), 36 and health locus of control (measured by the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale). 37 The intervention followed the typical MBSR activities of didactic, inductive, and experiential learning about the stress response and mindfulness techniques of sitting meditation, body scan, and hatha yoga, which were conducted over 1.5-hour sessions held once a week for 8 weeks.…”

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Mindfulness Meditation for Oncology Patients: A Discussion and Critical Review

2006

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The purpose of this article is to (1) provide a comprehensive overview and discussion of mindfulness meditation and its clinical applicability in oncology and (2) report and critically evaluate the existing and emerging research on mindfulness meditation as an intervention for cancer patients. Using relevant keywords, a comprehensive search of MEDLINE, PsycInfo, and Ovid was completed along with a review of published abstracts from the annual conferences sponsored by the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society and the American Psychosocial Oncology Society. Each article and abstract was critiqued and systematically assessed for purpose statement or research questions, study design, sample size, characteristics of subjects, characteristics of mindfulness intervention, outcomes, and results. The search produced 9 research articles published in the past 5 years and 5 conference abstracts published in 2004. Most studies were conducted with breast and prostate cancer patients, and the mindfulness intervention was done in a clinic-based group setting. Consistent benefitsimproved psychological functioning, reduction of stress symptoms, enhanced coping and well-being in cancer outpatients-were found. More research in this area is warranted: using randomized, controlled designs, rigorous methods, and different cancer diagnoses and treatment settings; expanding outcomes to include quality of life, physiological, health care use, and health-related outcomes; exploring mediating factors; and discerning dose effects and optimal frequency and length of home practice. Mindfulness meditation has clinically relevant implications to alleviate psychological and physical suffering of persons living with cancer. Use of this behavioral intervention for oncology patients is an area of burgeoning interest to clinicians and researchers.

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Women With Breast Cancer.

Cited by 119 publications

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Breast Cancer—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Breast Cancer—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Mindfulness, cancer, and pain

Mindfulness Meditation for Oncology Patients: A Discussion and Critical Review

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