Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Breast Cancer Survivors with Chronic Neuropathic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of group-delivered mindfulness-based stress reduction as compared to a waitlist control group among breast cancer survivors living with CNP.

Methods

A randomized controlled trial design was applied, and outcomes collected included pain, emotional function, quality of life, and global impression of change.

Results

A total of 98 women were randomized and included in analyses. The sample included 49 women in the mindfulness-based stress reduction group, and 49 women in the waitlist control group. The intervention group participants (mean age 51.3 years, standard deviation = 11.4) and waitlist participants (mean age 55.1 years, standard deviation = 9.6) reported an average pain duration of approximately three

SUBMITTER: Shergill Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9282981 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature