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Trial reportDepression and anxiety2025

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Alleviates Depression, Anxiety, and Internalized Stigma Compared With Treatment-as-Usual Among Head and Neck Cancer Patients: Findings From a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Zheng Zhang, Qingqin Zhang, Ping Lu, Nurul Izzah Shari, Nik Ruzyanei Nik Jaafar, Mohd Razif Mohamad Yunus, Qiyue Qiu, Fuad Ismail, Nor Faizah Ab Muin, Mohammad Farris Iman Leong Bin Abdullah

Abstract readRandomized Controlled TrialMulticenter Study
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Trial report in Depression and anxiety, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Zheng ZhangDepartment of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China.ORCID 0009-0003-3361-9504
Qingqin ZhangDepartment of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China.
Ping LuDepartment of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5359-949X
Nurul Izzah ShariSchool of Human Resource Development and Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.ORCID 0009-0005-3199-5308
Nik Ruzyanei Nik JaafarDepartment of Psychiatry, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Center, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-6262-229X
Mohd Razif Mohamad YunusDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Center, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-8563-9000
Qiyue QiuSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.ORCID 0009-0007-9244-6593
Fuad IsmailDepartment of Oncology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Center, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-5580-4888
Nor Faizah Ab MuinDepartment of Oncology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Center, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Mohammad Farris Iman Leong Bin AbdullahDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-7762-4052

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

AnxietyDepressionHead and Neck NeoplasmsMindfulnessSocial StigmaStress, PsychologicalAdultAgedDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMaleMiddle Agedanxietydepressionhead and neck cancerinternalized stigmaMBSRRCT

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PMID40979247
PMCPMC12446601

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