Cancer Nursing
January 23, 2023
Bixia Zhang, Xiaohuan Jin, X. Kuang et al.
Background Emerging evidence supports that virtual reality (VR)–based meditation interventions may improve anxiety and depression among patients with cancer. However, empirical studies involving patients with acute leukemia during induction chemotherapy are limited. Objective This study aimed to examine the effects of VR-based meditation intervention on alleviating anxiety and depression and...
Cancer Nursing
December 11, 2022
Dilek Yıldırım, Cennet Çiriş Yildiz, Ferda Akyuz Ozdemir et al.
A mindfulness-based stress reduction program combined with music therapy is one of the interventions designed to help patients cope with stress and depression. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of an online mindfulness-based stress reduction program combined with music therapy on stress, depression, and psychological well-being in adult patients with cancer. This study was a...
Cancer Nursing
December 21, 2021
Rebecca H Lehto, A. Sikorskii, K. Marshall et al.
Background Studies evaluating the use of meditative practices for supporting symptom management among patients undergoing cancer treatment have increased substantially in recent years. Although meditative practices as adjuncts to promoting health have become mainstream, concerns that such strategies conflict with traditional religious tenets have co-occurred. In the context of a 12-week...
Cancer Nursing
November 16, 2018
Jouhayna Bajjani-Gebara, P. Hinds, Kathleen C Insel et al.
BACKGROUND Childhood cancer profoundly impacts the well-being of many parental caregivers in the United States yearly. Empirical evidence is extensive for negative well-being and scarce for positive well-being in this population. OBJECTIVE Study aims were to (1) describe resilience, self-transcendence, and positive (general well-being) and negative well-being (depression and anxiety); (2)...
Cancer Nursing
2013
Rebecca H Lehto, Gwen Wyatt
Patients with lung cancer are in need of effective strategies to modify symptom burden and improve health-related quality of life (HRQOL). One promising approach to symptom management is an 8-week mindfulness-based intervention, which incorporates meditation, breathing, and gentle yoga exercises. It requires few resources to implement, but has not been adequately tested with lung cancer...
Cancer Nursing
October 4, 2011
Rebecca Crane‐Okada, Holly Kiger, Fred Sugerman et al.
65 citations
BACKGROUND: Older breast cancer survivors (BCSs) are at risk for late and long-term treatment effects on quality of life (QOL), including lower physical functioning and fear of recurrence. Two promising approaches to address this include dance/movement therapy and mindfulness. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this 2-group randomized controlled pilot feasibility study was to test short-term effects of...
Cancer Nursing
October 4, 2011
Rebecca Crane‐Okada, Holly Kiger, Nancy Anderson et al.
19 citations
BACKGROUND: Little attention has been directed to the longer-term survivorship phase for older breast cancer survivors (BCSs) who often continue to struggle with late and long-term adverse effects of treatment including lower physical functioning, fear of recurrence, stress and anxiety, neuropathies, and pain. Creative and accessible strategies are needed that offer support to this population...
Cancer Nursing
2011
Experiences of a mindfulness-based stress-reduction intervention among patients with cancer.
Cancer Nursing
Sheeja Perumbil Pathrose, Bronwyn Everett, Pandora Patterson et al.
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have demonstrated benefits for adults with chronic illness and are becoming increasingly popular among children and young people. Mindfulness-based interventions could have benefits for young people with cancer throughout the treatment journey, through to survivorship. The aim was to review intervention studies about MBI used with young people with cancer...