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...
CancerApril 6, 2022Alicia Duval, Christopher G. Davis, Eve-Ling Khoo et al.
Breast cancer (BC) survivors frequently report changes in cognition after chemotherapy. Mindfulness may benefit survivors by mitigating cancer‐related cognitive impairment. As part of a larger study investigating the effects of mindfulness‐based stress reduction (MBSR) for BC survivors living with neuropathic pain, the authors assessed whether MBSR would have an effect on cognitive outcomes.
This study aims to examine if mindfulness is associated with pain catastrophizing, depression, disability, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in cancer survivors with chronic neuropathic pain (CNP). We conducted a cross-sectional survey with cancer survivors experiencing CNP. Participants (n = 76) were men (24 %) and women (76 %) with an average age of 56.5 years (SD = 9.4)....