Relations of Mindfulness and Illness Acceptance With Psychosocial Functioning in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer and Caregivers.
Kelly Chinh, Ekin Secinti, Shelley A Johns, Adam T Hirsh, Kathy D Miller, Bryan Schneider, Anna Maria Storniolo, Lida Mina, Erin V Newton, Victoria L Champion, Catherine E Mosher
Oncology nursing forum November 1, 2020 DOI: 10.1188/20.onf.739-752 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Cross-sectional study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 33 |
| Population | Patient-caregiver dyads in which the patient has metastatic breast cancer, recruited from an academic cancer center in the United States |
| Topics | Depression Meditation |
| Keywords | Humans Breast neoplasms Cross-sectional studies Quality of life Female Psychosocial functioning Family caregivers Acceptance processes |
| Key findings | Caregivers' greater nonjudging, acting with awareness, and illness acceptance were associated with better relationship quality as perceived by both patients and caregivers, and higher levels of these processes were associated with fewer anxiety and depressive symptoms in both groups. The authors characterize these benefits as primarily intrapersonal. |
Abstract
Objectives: To examine relationships in mindfulness and illness acceptance and psychosocial functioning in patients with metastatic breast cancer and their family caregivers. Sample &
Setting: 33 dyads from an academic cancer center in the United States. Methods & variables: Participants completed questionnaires on mindfulness, illness acceptance, relationship quality, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. Dyadic, cross-sectional data were analyzed using actor-partner interdependence models.
Results: Greater nonjudging, acting with awareness, and illness acceptance among caregivers were associated with patients' and caregivers' perceptions of better relationship quality. Higher levels of these processes were associated with reduced anxiety and depressive symptoms in patients and caregivers. Implications for nursing: Aspects of mindfulness and illness acceptance in dyads confer benefits that are primarily intrapersonal in nature. Nurses may consider introducing mindfulness and acceptance-based interventions to patients and caregivers with adjustment difficulties.
Comparable studies
Other cross-sectional and survey studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construct Validity of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in Meditating and Nonmeditating Samples Experienced meditators and nonmeditating comparison groups | 2008 | Cross-sectional study | |
| Neural Correlates of Dispositional Mindfulness During Affect Labeling Adult participants | 2007 | Observational cross-sectional | n = 27 |
| Assessing mindfulness in children and adolescents: Development and validation of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM). School-aged children and adolescents | 2011 | Cross-sectional validation study | n = 1,413 |
| Mindfulness and self-compassion as predictors of psychological wellbeing in long-term meditators and matched nonmeditators Experienced meditators and demographically matched nonmeditators | 2012 | Cross-sectional study | n = 152 |
| Mechanisms of Action in the Inverse Relationship Between Mindfulness and Psychological Distress Undergraduates | 2008 | Cross-sectional, correlational |
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