Effect of mindfulness-based intervention on perceived stress among breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

IF 1.1 Q4 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-26 DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1713_23

Soumi Naskar, Sanjukta Dixit, Sivasankari Varadharasu, Jigyansa I Pattnaik, Reena Singh

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Introduction: Breast cancer is the second most prevalent disease among women in India and one of the most dangerous and lethal. Chemotherapy-treated breast cancer patients may have perceived stress, which is defined as emotions of mental or physical exhaustion that make them feel angry or anxious. Mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) gives some ideas in line with the conventional mindfulness technique.

Purposes: (i) To assess the effect of MBI on perceived stress among breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. (ii) To determine the association between perceived stress with selected demographic variables among breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Methods: The current quantitative pre- and postexperimental study was carried out in two oncology departments of selected cancer hospitals, Bhubaneswar. A total number of 40 breast cancer patients of perceived stress receiving chemotherapy and data were gathered by using a self-structured socio-demographic proforma and a structured Perceived Stress Scale 10. The experimental group received MBI, and a posttest was conducted on the 17^th day on both the groups after 10 days of the termination of intervention. This MBI was provided to breast cancer patients for five sessions over five days continuously, each session for 45 min with mindfulness breathing exercises, progressive muscle relaxation techniques, practising meditation, and guided imagery technique.

Results: The study findings illustrated that reduction of perceived stress among female breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy with (t = 2.2463) (P = 0.0306) at the P < 0.05; furthermore, there is one socio-demographic variable which had association with perceived stress that is history of psychiatric illness (χ ² = 14.1176) (P = 0.0009) and others had no association with perceived stress.

Conclusion: MBI was an effective therapy for reducing the perceived stress of breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

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正念干预对接受化疗的乳腺癌患者感知压力的影响。

导言：乳腺癌是印度妇女第二大高发疾病，也是最危险、最致命的疾病之一。接受化疗的乳腺癌患者可能会有压力感知，压力感知是指精神或身体疲惫的情绪，会让他们感到愤怒或焦虑。基于正念的干预（MBI）提供了一些与传统正念技术一致的想法。目的：（i）评估 MBI 对接受化疗的乳腺癌患者感知压力的影响。(ii) 确定接受化疗的乳腺癌患者感知到的压力与选定人口统计学变量之间的关联：本实验前后定量研究在布巴内斯瓦尔市选定的两家癌症医院的肿瘤科进行。共有 40 名接受化疗的乳腺癌患者感知到了压力，研究人员使用自编的社会人口调查表和结构化感知压力量表 10 收集了相关数据。实验组接受了 MBI，并在干预结束 10 天后的第 17 天对两组患者进行了后测。该 MBI 为乳腺癌患者提供了连续五天的五个疗程，每个疗程 45 分钟，包括正念呼吸练习、渐进式肌肉放松技术、冥想练习和引导想象技术：研究结果表明，接受化疗的女性乳腺癌患者感知到的压力减少了（t = 2.2463）（P = 0.0306），P < 0.05；此外，有一个社会人口变量与感知到的压力有关，即有精神病史（χ 2 = 14.1176）（P = 0.0009），其他变量与感知到的压力无关：结论：MBI 是减少接受化疗的乳腺癌患者感知压力的有效疗法。

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