TY - JOUR
T1 - Mindfulness, psychosocial factors, and breast cancer
AU - Tacón, Anna M.
AU - Caldera, Yvonne M.
AU - Ronaghan, Catherine
N1 - Funding Information:
Following Human Subjects approval, par ticipants were recruited within medical settings to participate in a study to explore the effects of a mindfulness-based stress reduction and relaxation program (MBSR) in women with breast cancer. Physicians and research nurses recruited participants during office visits; also, this study was supported by the local American Cancer Society which disseminated flyers and informed support groups. The criteria for entering the study was that participants had been diagnosed with breast cancer and obtained approval from their physician. Participants were 30 women in a Southwestern community of approximately 200,000. The age range was 28 to 75 (mean of 52.40 years). The majority of study participants were primarily white middle class: Caucasian (90%), Protestant religious affiliation (90%), married (76.7%), a modal family income between $25,000-$49,999 (60.0%), with education beyond high-school (70.0%), and the majority (63.3%) were working full-time during the study. Twenty women (66.7%) indicated having a family history of cancer.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The number of cancer patients seeking complementary and psychosocial therapies has increased within the past decades. The effects of an eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction and relaxation intervention (MBSR) on state anxiety, coping styles, and mental adjustment to cancer were investigated in thirty women with breast cancer. Adherence to mindfulness techniques also were assessed at follow-up. Results showed significant changes from pre- to post-measures on the above factors with adequate adherence of mindfulness techniques. More trials are needed to fully determine the usefulness of MBSR programs for individuals suffering with cancer.
AB - The number of cancer patients seeking complementary and psychosocial therapies has increased within the past decades. The effects of an eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction and relaxation intervention (MBSR) on state anxiety, coping styles, and mental adjustment to cancer were investigated in thirty women with breast cancer. Adherence to mindfulness techniques also were assessed at follow-up. Results showed significant changes from pre- to post-measures on the above factors with adequate adherence of mindfulness techniques. More trials are needed to fully determine the usefulness of MBSR programs for individuals suffering with cancer.
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U2 - 10.1300/J427v01n01_06
DO - 10.1300/J427v01n01_06
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:27644447878
SN - 1543-7671
VL - 1
SP - 45
EP - 53
JO - Journal of Cancer Pain and Symptom Palliation
JF - Journal of Cancer Pain and Symptom Palliation
IS - 1
ER -