A Randomized Controlled Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Intervention in Women With Breast Cancer

Skaraborg Hospital

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Treatments

Other: MBSR

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01591915

499-09

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of mindfulness based stress reduction intervention in women with breast cancer

Enrollment

150 patients

Sex

Female

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

patients diagnosed with breast cancer after completion of adjuvant chemotherapy or radiation therapy, with/or without endocrine therapy

Exclusion criteria

patients with advanced illness at diagnosis
patients previously used MBSR

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Factorial Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

150 participants in 3 patient groups

MBSR self care program including weekly sessions

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will participate in an 8 week course of MBSR practice of homework assignments consisting of 20 minutes sessions, 6 days/week. Participants will partake in a structured group-formatted 8 week course that patients attend once a week for an average of 2 hours.

Treatment:

Other: MBSR

MBSR self care program

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will participate in an 8 week course of MBSR practice of homework assignments consisting of 20 minutes sessions, 6 days/week.

Treatment:

Other: MBSR

Standard care

No Intervention group