Kim, Yeon Hee; Kim, Hwa Jung; Ahn, Seung Do; Seo, Yun Jeong; Kim, So Hee
Complementary therapies in medicine
2013Aug ; 21 ( 4 ) :379-87.
PMID : 23876569
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Kim, Yeon Hee -
Kim, Hwa Jung -
Ahn, Seung Do -
Seo, Yun Jeong -
Kim, So Hee -
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of meditation on anxiety, depression, fatigue, and quality of life in women who are receiving radiation therapy for breast cancer. DESIGN: Randomized, non-program controlled, parallel intervention clinical trial. SETTING: The ASAN Cancer Center located in Seoul, Korea. INTERVENTION: The subjects of this study included 102 female breast cancer patients who had undergone breast-conserving surgery; these female patients were randomized into equally assigned meditation control groups, with each group consisting of 51 patients. The test group received a total of 12 meditation therapy sessions during their 6-week radiation therapy period, and the control group underwent only a conventional radiation therapy. OUTCOME: The tools used to evaluate the effects of meditation were Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale, Revised Piper Fatigue scale, and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer-Quality of Life Core-30. The results were analyzed based on the principles of intention-to-treat analysis, and, as a corollary analysis, per-protocol analysis was conducted.
RESULTS: The breast cancer patients who received meditation therapy compared with the non-intervention group saw improvements in reduction of anxiety (p=.032), fatigue (p=.030), and improvement in global quality of life (p=.028).
CONCLUSIONS: Based on the results of this study, an affirmation can be made that meditation can be used as a non-invasive intervention treatment for improving fatigue, anxiety, quality of life, and emotional faculties of women with breast cancer. CI - Copyright ??2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
keyword
Anxiety; Breast cancer; Fatigue; Meditation; Quality of life
MESH
Adult, Anxiety/etiology/*therapy, Breast Neoplasms/*psychology/radiotherapy/surgery/*therapy, Depression/etiology/*therapy, Fatigue/etiology/*therapy, Female, Humans, Mastectomy, Segmental, *Meditation, Middle Aged, Quality of Life
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