Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Post-treatment Breast Cancer Patients: Immediate and Sustained Effects Across Multiple Symptom Clusters

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 85-95

  Reich, Richard R ^a   Lengacher, Cecile A ^b   Alinat, Carissa B ^b   Kip, Kevin E ^b   Paterson, Carly ^b   Ramesar, Sophia ^b   Han, Heather S ^a   Ismail Khan, Roohi ^a   Johnson Mallard, Versie ^c   Moscoso, Manolete ^b   Budhrani Shani, Pinky ^d   Shivers, Steve ^e   Cox, Charles E ^f   Goodman, Matthew ^g   Park, Jong ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR); physical symptoms; post treatment; psychological symptoms; symptom cluster

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DROWSINESS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PATIENT WORRY; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP QUALITY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRESS; STRESS MANAGEMENT; BREAST TUMOR; COMPLICATION; ETIOLOGY; FATIGUE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85006154136     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.08.005     Document Type: Article

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