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Investigation on Complementary Medicine Intervention in Breast Cancer Patients with Pain | Chapter 5 | New Frontiers in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 7

 The goal of this study was to look into a five-week complementary medicine intervention called mindfulness-based intervention (MBSR) in breast cancer patients who were suffering from chronic pain. Pain is the most debilitating and chronic symptom that cancer patients face. For the first time, psychological pain inflexibility, pain self-efficacy, and expressive suppression were studied in breast cancer patients suffering from cancer-related pain.

Pre- and post-intervention design in one group.
The study took place in the spring of 2010 at a medical centre in Lubbock, Texas.

Methodology: The sample comprised of 46 participants, with 36 women in stage II (78%) and 10 women in stage III (22%) with an average age of 55 years. The MBSR intervention was held for eight weeks in a hospital counselling centre for 1.5 hours per week, with preliminary data collected at five weeks (reported here), three weeks later at the end of the whole programme, and three months later. The following preliminary data was collected on standardised instruments before (pre) and after (post) the five-week point of the eight-week MBSR programme to examine intervention effects on: Pain self-efficacy, psychological inflexibility, and emotional modulation of suppressive expression

Results: Pain self-efficacy prior to the programme (M=20.61, SD=11.47) increased significantly by the end of the five-week period of the complementary mindfulness intervention (M=22.47, SD=10.63) (t=3.11, P 0.05); psychological inflexibility in pain scores prior to the programme (M=60.05, SD=14.22) decreased significantly by the end of the five-week period of the programme (M=57.68, SD=13.46)

Conclusion: The results of the supplemental mindfulness intervention should be viewed with caution, as replication and further research are needed at this time. The findings, on the other hand, provide information for women suffering from breast cancer-related pain, as well as the prospect of complimentary mind-body interventions.

 


Author (S) Details

A. M. Tacón
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.


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