Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing
December 1, 2025
Chunyan He, Shuhui Liu, Xiaoping Ding et al.
This study examined the heterogeneity of illness perceptions in patients with lung cancer and evaluated the mediating role of self-transcendence in the relation between illness perception and demoralization. A convenience sample of 477 patients with lung cancer was selected from three tertiary hospitals in Wuhan, China, between January and June 2024. Participants completed the Brief Illness...
Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing
August 1, 2024
Jennifer R Majumdar, Cidalia J Vital, Justin M O'Leary et al.
4 citations
Patients undergoing surgery, particularly patients undergoing surgery for oncology diagnoses, experience anxiety. Surgery remains the primary treatment for many common types of cancer. One promising potential intervention to alleviate anxiety in the preoperative and postoperative period is meditation, an integrative medicine intervention. However, there remains a gap in the literature regarding...
Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing
January 2023
Xu Tian, Zhongli Liao, Lijuan Yi et al.
This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a 4-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program on psychological distress in patients with lung cancer and elucidate its mechanisms. This single-center, single-blinded, longitudinal, randomized controlled trial was conducted on 175 patients with lung cancer randomly allocated to a 4-week MBSR or a waiting-list group. The efficacy and...
Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing
2021
Sanae Aoki, Sawa Fujita
The present study examined self-transcendence of Japanese female breast cancer patients with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) syndrome. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 women with HBOC in their thirties to sixties, who consented to participate in the study. The obtained data were analyzed using a modified grounded theory approach. The analysis yielded seven...
Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing
April 1, 2019
Srisuda Ngamkham, Janean E Holden, Ellen Lavoie Smith
Moderate-to-severe pain is a common problem experienced by patients with cancer. Although analgesic drugs are effective, adverse side effects are common and some analgesic drugs are addictive. Nonpharmacological treatment may be a way to treat cancer pain without causing negative side effects. Mindfulness is used as an effective nonpharmacological treatment to improve quality of life (QoL) and...
Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing
September 4, 2018
Zeinab Jalambadani, Abasalt Borji
42 citations
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based art therapy (MBAT) in promoting quality of life in Neyshabur women with breast cancer. METHODS: This study was an interventional design that was conducted on 124 women with breast cancer (any stage) in Iran 2018. One hundred and fourteen women with breast cancer were paired by age and randomized to...