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 R 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...