5-Minute Audio-Guided Mindfulness Meditation Delivered to Patients' Own Devices for Postoperative Anxiety After Ambulatory Cancer Surgery: Nonrandomized Single-Arm Feasibility Study (Preprint)
Jennifer Majumdar, Raymond Zakhari, Amy Caramore et al.
BACKGROUND Anxiety is common among patients undergoing ambulatory cancer surgery and can persist into the immediate postoperative period. Mindfulness-based interventions reduce anxiety in oncology populations, but conventional programs can be too intensive for fast-paced perioperative care, and most digital alternatives require apps, accounts, subscriptions, or multiweek engagement. An...