Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction in Cancer Treatment

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Neoplasms
• Interventions: Behavioral: Mindfulness-based day-care clinic group program

• Registration Number: NCT01303822
• Lead Sponsor: Universität Duisburg-Essen

Brief Summary

Emotional and mental symptoms are common consequences of cancer diagnosis and treatment. Coping with these symptoms seems to be influenced by interpretation of illness, locus of health control and spiritual attitudes in dealing with illness.

Mindfulness-based stress reduction has been shown to reduce physical and mental symptoms in cancer patients.

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a mindfulness-based day-care clinic group program on quality of life, anxiety and depression in cancer patients and to evaluate the association with coping styles, spiritual attitudes in dealing with illness, mindfulness and interpretation of illness.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2011-02-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-02-24
• Study First Posted: 2011-02-25
• Study Start: 2011-03
• Primary Completion: 2013-03
• Study Completion: 2013-06
• Status Verified: 2013-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-07-23
• Last Update Posted: 2013-07-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 117

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosis of cancer
• Physical and mental ability to participate in the program

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Mindfulness-based day-care clinic group program	Mindfulness-based day-care clinic group program	11 weeks of mindfulness-based day-care clinic group program. 6 hours per week.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health-related quality of life	Week 11	European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30).; Reference: Carlson LE, Speca M, Patel KD, Goodey E. Mindfulness-based stress reduction in relation to quality of life, mood, symptoms of stress, and immune parameters in breast and prostate cancer outpatients. Psychosom Med. 2003;65:571-581.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health-related quality of life	Week 32	European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30).; Reference: Carlson LE, Speca M, Patel KD, Goodey E. Mindfulness-based stress reduction in relation to quality of life, mood, symptoms of stress, and immune parameters in breast and prostate cancer outpatients. Psychosom Med. 2003;65:571-581.
Anxiety and depression	Week 11; week 32	Hospital Anxiety and Depression Score (HADS)
Life satisfaction	Week 11; week 32	Brief Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale (BMLSS).; Reference: Büssing A, Fischer J. Interpretation of illness in cancer survivors is associated with healthrelated variables and adaptive coping styles. BMC Womens Health. 2009;9:2.
Mindfulness	Week 11; week 32	Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI). Reference:Walach H, Buchheld N, Buttenmüller V, Kleinknecht N, Grossmann P, Schmidt S (2003). Empirische Erfassung der Achtsamkeit - Die Konstruktion des Freiburger Fragebogen zur Achtsamkeit (FFA) und weitere Validierungsstudien. In Heidenreich T, Michalak J: Achtsamkeit und Akzeptanz in der Psychotherapie, dgvt-Verlag.
Adaptive coping styles	Week 11; week 32	AKU questionnaire.; Reference: Büssing A, Fischer J. Interpretation of illness in cancer survivors is associated with healthrelated variables and adaptive coping styles. BMC Womens Health. 2009;9:2.
Spiritual and religious attitudes in dealing with illness	Week 11; week 32	SpREUK questionnaire.; Reference: Büssing A. Spirituality as a resource to rely on in chronic illness: the SpREUK questionnaire. Religions 2010;1:9-17.
Interpretation of illness	Week 11; week 32	Interpretation of Illness Questionnaires (IIQ).; Reference: Büssing A, Fischer J. Interpretation of illness in cancer survivors is associated with healthrelated variables and adaptive coping styles. BMC Womens Health. 2009;9:2.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Knappschafts-Krankenhaus, Department for Internal and Integrative Medicine; 🇩🇪 Essen, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany