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The effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for survivors of breast cancer: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mind over Malignancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Psychological Distress, Coping, and Therapeutic Interventions in Oncology.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Mindfulness-based stress reduction for women diagnosed with breast cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on breast cancer symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2018Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a nurse-led Mindfulness-based Tai Chi Chuan (MTCC) program on Posttraumatic Growth and perceived stress and anxiety of breast cancer survivors.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2022Trial
- Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the stressors in breast cancer scale: a translation and validation study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The efficacy of mindfulness-based stress reductionTranslational cancer research · 2022Article
- Efficacy of New Mindfulness-Based Swinging Technique Intervention: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial Among Women With Breast Cancer.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Long-Term Effect of a Nonrandomized Psychosocial Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Hispanic/Latina Breast Cancer Survivors.Integrative cancer therapiesArticle
- Relationship between Perceived Stress, Coping Strategies, and Life Satisfaction among Women with Breast Cancer.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundAfter treatment completion, breast cancer (BC) survivors frequently experience residual symptoms of pain, fatigue, high levels of psychological stress, anxiety, depression, fear of recurrence, and metastasis. Post-treatment stress, in particular, can adversely affect health-related quality of life, which, in turn, induces onset or recurrence of chronic diseases. Effective interventions that target these psychological symptoms and their physiological consequences are needed, especially for economically disadvantaged patients. However, in China, few evidence-based intervention strategies have been established among BC survivors. This study will formally adapt, develop, and evaluate an intensive mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention protocol to improve mental health, quality of life, and compliance with medication among Chinese BC survivors.
methodsA randomized, waitlist-controlled clinical trial will be conducted. Based on our power calculation, 418 BC survivors will be recruited from 10 low-income communities in Shanghai. All subjects will be randomly assigned either to the MBSR program or to a waitlisted usual care regimen that will offer the MBSR program after the completion of the other trial arm (after 6 months follow-up). Our 8-week MBSR intervention program will provide systematic training to promote stress reduction by self-regulating arousal to stress. Assessments will be made at baseline, 4 weeks (in the middle of the first MBSR intervention), 8 weeks (at the end of the first MBSR intervention), 6 months, and 12 months, and will include measures of psychological symptoms (depression, anxiety, and perceived stress), quality of life, and medication adherence. The expected outcome will be the improvement in psychological symptoms, quality of life, and medication compliance in the MBSR intervention group. DISCUSSION: This study will help develop an affordable, self-care psychological intervention protocol to help Chinese BC survivors improve their quality of life, and could be helpful in further developing affordable disease management plans for patients of other chronic diseases.
trial registrationChiCTR-IOR-14005390 (10/27/2014).
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