Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Mental Pain, Distress Tolerance and Psychological Hardiness in Breast Cancer Patients
Seyed Hadi Seyed Ali Tabar, Zohreh Zadhasan
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design with control group and one-month follow-up Peer reviewed |
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| Sample size | 30 |
| Population | Female patients with a definite diagnosis of breast cancer referred to medical clinics in Babol, Iran, in 2022 |
| Intervention | Mindfulness therapy |
| Duration | 8 sessions of 90 minutes; one-month follow-up |
| Measures | Psychological Hardiness Questionnaire (2003), Distress Tolerance Scale (2005), Mental Pain Inventory (2003) |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Citations | 4 |
| Key findings | Mindfulness therapy was reported to be effective for reducing mental pain and improving distress tolerance and psychological hardiness in breast cancer patients, with benefits maintained at one-month follow-up. The authors conclude it can be used to reduce the adverse effects of the disease on patients' lives. |
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness therapy on mental pain, distress tolerance and psychological hardiness in breast cancer patients. The method of this study was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design and a one-month follow-up with control group. The statistical population consisted of all female patients referred to the medical clinics of Babol in 2022 who received definite diagnosis of breast cancer. Among these, 30 patients with breast cancer were selected by non-random sampling method and were randomly assigned to two experimental groups (mindfulness therapy) and control group (15 patients in each group). Mindfulness therapy was performed in 8 sessions of 90 minutes in the experimental group. Data were collected using Psychological Hardiness Questionnaire (2003), Distress Tolerance Scale (2005) and Mental Pain Inventory (2003). Data were analyzed using SPSS-22 software and repeated measure analysis of variance. The results showed that mindfulness therapy is effective on mental pain, distress tolerance and psychological hardiness in patients with breast cancer. It can be concluded that mindfulness therapy is effective on subjective pain, distress tolerance and psychological hardiness in patients with breast cancer and can be used to reduce the adverse effects of the disease on patients' lives and to take supportive measures
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 |