Mindfulness in the treatment of chronic pain and improvement in the quality of life of both oncological and non-oncological patients
A. Kieszkowska-Grudny
June 30, 2016 DOI: 10.5604/20828691.1207990 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review |
|---|---|
| Intervention | Mindfulness |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | Argues that mindfulness, as a modality of cognitive behavioural therapy, can serve as an adjunct to pharmacological pain management, reducing subjective pain experience in oncological and non-oncological patients and potentially improving quality of life and reducing depressive symptoms and anxiety. The authors state that current results support continued research into mindfulness training across medical fields. |
Abstract
Pain, which accompanies almost every third Pole, is an ever greater medical, psychological and social challenge. Relieving pain, and chronic one in particular, is now becoming one of the most important tasks for contemporary health care systems. It involves searching for efficacious therapeutic methods, not only with respect to pharmacotherapy, but also psychotherapy, physiotherapy, surgery, and a combination of those forms of treatment. Mindfulness is one of the newest modalities of cognitive behavioural therapy, and as a method that supports pharmacological pain management, it appears to be an interesting and efficacious way of reducing subjective pain experience in both oncological and non-oncological patients. It may also have a positive impact on the quality of life, reducing disease-related depressive symptoms and anxiety. Current study results encourage us to continue research in the field, and to further assess the efficacy of mindfulness trainings in different realms of medicine.
Comparable studies
Other narrative reviews on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical populations | 2003 | Review | |
| Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundations and Evidence for its Salutary Effects | 2007 | Review | |
| Mindfulness Interventions | 2016 | Review | |
| Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation | 2017 | Review | |
| Mindfulness and acceptance: expanding the cognitive-behavioral tradition | 2005 | Review |
Citations in the library
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