Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Pain Self-Efficacy and Hope in Breast Cancer Patients
Mina Ansari, Ghodratollah Abbasi, Ramezan Hassanzadeh
International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture 2025 DOI: 10.61838/ijbmc.v12i3.877 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study with control group Peer reviewed |
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| Sample size | 30 |
| Population | Women with breast cancer referred to Bazarganan Hospital, Tehran, in 2022 |
| Duration | Eight weekly 90-minute sessions; two-month follow-up |
| Measures | Pain Self-Efficacy Scale, Snyder's Hope Scale |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | MBSR significantly improved pain self-efficacy and hope in women with breast cancer compared with a control group, with improvements sustained at a two-month follow-up. The authors argue that MBSR may serve as an effective complementary therapy for psychological outcomes in this population. |
Abstract
Objective: This study evaluates the effectiveness of MBSR in improving pain self-efficacy and Hope in women with breast cancer. Methods and Materials: This quasi-experimental study used a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population included breast cancer patients referred to Bazarganan Hospital, Tehran, in 2022. Thirty patients were purposively selected and randomly assigned to intervention (MBSR) and control groups (15 each). The MBSR intervention consisted of eight weekly 90-minute sessions, and data were collected using the Pain Self-Efficacy Scale and Snyder's Hope Scale at three stages: pretest, posttest, and two-month follow-up. Mixed-design ANOVA and Bonferroni post hoc tests were used for data analysis in SPSS-27.
Findings: MBSR significantly improved pain self-efficacy (P<0.001) and Hope (P<0.001) compared to the control group. These improvements were sustained at the two-month follow-up, indicating the intervention's long-term effectiveness.
Conclusion: The findings highlight the potential of MBSR as an effective complementary therapy for improving psychological outcomes in breast cancer patients. Clinicians and therapists are encouraged to integrate MBSR into supportive care programs to enhance patients’ coping abilities and quality of life.
Comparable studies
Other experimental studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Cancer patients (clinical intervention study) | 2003 | Mixed methods: scale development, correlational, quasi-experimental, laboratory, experience-sampling, and clinical intervention study | |
| Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness. | 2008 | Controlled laboratory experiment | |
| Mindfulness and mind-wandering: Finding convergence through opposing constructs. | 2012 | Two studies: correlational study and experimental study | |
| Mental Training Enhances Attentional Stability: Neural and Behavioral Evidence | 2009 | Experimental study | |
| Mindfulness meditation and substance use in an incarcerated population. Incarcerated population | 2006 | Quasi-experimental with treatment-as-usual control condition |