Effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction on somatic symptoms, distress, mindfulness and spiritual wellbeing in women with breast cancer: Results of a randomized controlled trial

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 712-719

  Würtzen, Hanne ^a,b   Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg ^a   Christensen, Jane ^a   Andersen, Klaus Kaae ^a   Elsass, Peter ^c   Flyger, Henrik L ^d   Pedersen, Anne E ^e   Sumbundu, Antonia ^c   Steding Jensen, Marianne ^a   Johansen, Christoffer ^a,b  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e Department of Breast Surgery University Hospital Ringsted   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINDFULNESS; MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPIRITUAL CARE; SPIRITUAL WELL BEING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLICATION; DENMARK; FOLLOW UP; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERAPY; TIME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84928775699     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2014.997371     Document Type: Article

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