Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial comparing Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction with treatment as usual in reducing psychological distress in patients with lung cancer and their partners: The MILON study

BMC Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Schellekens, Melanie P J ^a   van den Hurk, Desiree G M ^a   Prins, Judith B ^a   Molema, Johan ^a   Donders, A Rogier T ^a   Woertman, Willem H ^a   van der Drift, Miep A ^a   Speckens, Anne E M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lung cancer patients; Mindfulness based stress reduction; Partners; Psychological distress; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; RUMINATION; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANXIETY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPLICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN RELATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MINDFULNESS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE; TIME;

ANXIETY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MINDFULNESS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPIRITUALITY; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892474750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-3     Document Type: Article

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