Pain Research and Management
July 7, 2022
Yaad Shergill, D. Rice, Eve-Ling Khoo et al.
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...
Cancer
April 6, 2022
Alicia 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.
Evidence-Based Mental Health
January 23, 2019
Eve-Ling Khoo, Rebecca Small, Wei Cheng et al.
Question This review compares mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) to cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) in its ability to improve physical functioning and reduce pain intensity and distress in patients with chronic pain (CP), when evaluated against control conditions. Study selection and analysis Ovid MEDLINE, EmbaseClassic+Embase, PsycINFO and the Cochrane Library were searched to...
PAIN Reports
2019
Rex Park, Mohammed Mohiuddin, Patricia A Poulin et al.
Most current chronic pain treatment strategies have limitations in effectiveness and tolerability, and accumulating evidence points to the added benefits of rational combinations of different therapies. However, most published clinical trials of treatment combinations have involved combinations of 2 drugs, whereas very little research has been performed to characterize interactions between drug...
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
July 12, 2018
Ola Mioduszewski, Heather J. MacLean, Patricia A Poulin et al.
13 citations
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, progressive, autoimmune, neurodegenerative disorder that can interfere with physical and psychological functioning, negatively affecting health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Fostering mindfulness may mitigate the negative consequences of MS on HRQoL. The relationship between mindfulness, mood and MS-related quality of life was investigated. In total, 52...
Clinical diabetes : a publication of the American Diabetes Association
December 2017
Howard J Nathan, Patricia A Poulin, Denise Wozny et al.
IN BRIEF Painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (PDPN) has a large negative impact on patients' physical and mental functioning, and pharmacological therapies rarely provide more than partial relief. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a group psychosocial intervention that was developed for patients with chronic illness who were not responding to existing medical treatments. This...
Supportive Care in Cancer
October 2016
Patricia A Poulin, Heather Romanow, Noriyeh Rahbari et al.
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)....
Systematic Reviews
November 10, 2014
Taylor Hatchard, Christian Lepage, B. Hutton et al.
BackgroundChronic pain disorders impact the physical, psychological, social, and financial well-being of between 10%–30% of Canadians. The primary aims of psychological interventions targeting chronic pain disorders are to reduce patients’ pain-related disability and to improve their quality of life. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the prevailing treatment for chronic pain, however...
Applied nursing research : ANR
May 2006
Corey S Mackenzie, Patricia A Poulin, Rhonda Seidman-Carlson
Whereas the causes and negative consequences of stress among nurses are well known, less is known about effective ways to reduce or prevent this growing problem. Mindfulness-based stress reduction programs are proving to be effective in reducing stress and improving health in a variety of clinical populations. A smaller body of evidence suggests that these programs are also effective for...