A short-term mindfulness and auricular acupressure program for preoperative sleep fragmentation in patients with spinal metastases: a retrospective quasi-experimental study.
Frontiers in Psychiatry 2026 Dandan Li, Xiaomin Lang, Min Wang et al.
To evaluate the association of a short-term mindfulness-based stress reduction program combined with auricular acupressure with preoperative sleep fragmentation, anxiety, pain, and physiological stress responses in patients with spinal metastases using a retrospective quasi-experimental before-and-after design. This retrospective quasi-experimental before-and-after cohort study included...
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1761276 (opens in new tab)
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Auricular acupressure
Mindfulness-based stress reduction
Non-pharmacological intervention
Preoperative sleep disturbance
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