BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
July 3, 2026
Virginie Prévost, François Christy, Alexandra Leconte et al.
BACKGROUND: Mindfulness-based interventions are recommended for improving well-being. We evaluated the potential added value of shared meditation involving patients with cancer, health professionals, and third persons compared with patient-only meditation. METHODS: We designed a randomised controlled trial (CONSORT guidelines) to assess the benefit of shared meditation, where patients with...
Integrative Cancer Therapies
April 1, 2026
V. Prevost, T. Tran, B. Clarisse et al.
In recent years, mindfulness-based interventions have gained in popularity as a non-pharmacological intervention for improving well-being in oncology. Our project aims to address the benefit of shared meditation involving patients, medical staff ant third parties (neither patients, nor carers). The intervention programme was based on 12 weekly 2h sessions (including 2 half-day retreats),...
BMC cancer
September 4, 2024
Virginie Prévost, Titi Tran, Alexandra Leconte et al.
2 citations
In oncology, the suffering of patients and the burnout of health professionals are key issues. Mindfulness meditation is a holistic approach that can help to improve well-being. While numerous studies have shown the benefits of meditation for both patients and health professionals, the added value of offering shared meditation to groups of patients, health professionals and third persons has...
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
May 18, 2022
Virginie Prévost, Sophie Lefèvre‐Arbogast, Alexandra Leconte et al.
7 citations
BACKGROUND: Alleviating suffering and improving quality of life are universally shared goals. In this context, we implemented a pilot study to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a mindfulness intervention in the form of meditation involving together cancer patients, health professionals, and third persons. METHODS: Two groups of 15 participants equally composed of patients, health...