A meta-analysis of the benefits of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on psychological function among breast cancer (BC) survivors

Background Psychological issue is the most common co-morbidity of women with breast cancer (BC) after receiving treatment. Effective coping with this problem is significant importance. The aim of this meta-analysis is to evaluate the benefits of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on psycholog...

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Published in:Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2016-07, Vol.23 (4), p.568-576
Main Authors: Huang, Hua-ping, He, Mei, Wang, Hai-yan, Zhou, Mengjun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety - prevention & control
Anxiety - psychology
Breast Neoplasms - psychology
Breast Neoplasms - therapy
Cancer Research
Cognitive Therapy - methods
Depression - prevention & control
Depression - psychology
Female
Humans
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mindfulness
Oncology
Original Article
Quality of Life
Stress, Psychological - prevention & control
Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Survivors - psychology
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Summary:Background Psychological issue is the most common co-morbidity of women with breast cancer (BC) after receiving treatment. Effective coping with this problem is significant importance. The aim of this meta-analysis is to evaluate the benefits of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on psychological distress among breast cancer survivors. Methods PUBMED, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were systematically searched from their inception to June 30, 2014. Two reviewers independently reviewed and extracted the data. The primary outcomes of interest were psychological domains. Review Manager 5.3 was used to pool collected data. Results Nine articles involving 964 participants were identified. Compared with those in control group, patients in MBSR group have a significant improvement on psychological domains: depression [mean difference (MD), 5.09; 95 % confidence interval (CI), 3.63–6.55; P  
ISSN:1340-6868
1880-4233
DOI:10.1007/s12282-015-0604-0