Effect of mindfulness training intervention on cancer related fatigue after chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2016.21.022
- VernacularTitle:正念训练干预对乳腺癌患者化疗后癌因性疲乏的研究
- Author:
Xing CAO
;
Huan ZHANG
;
Ling LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
mindfulness training;
cancer-related fatigue;
breast cancer
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2016;45(21):2953-2955
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effects of mindfulness training on cancer related fatigue (CRF) in patients with breast cancer .Methods Two hundreds young and middle‐aged patients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy in our hospital from January to June 2015 were divided into the observation group and control group ,100 cases in each group .The control group was given the routine nursing ,while on this basis the observation group was given the mindfulness training .The cancer related fa‐tigue status was evaluated according to the CFS scale .The CFS various dimensions and total fatigue scores before and after inter‐vention were compared between the two groups .Results The fatigue status existed in most of patients with breast cancer after chemotherapy ,the occurrence rate of CRF was 97 .0% ,which was dominated by moderate fatigue ,followed by mild fatigue ,severe fatigue was minimal ;the body fatigue ,cognitive fatigue ,emotional fatigue and total fatigue scores in the second time of chemothera‐py had no statistically significant differences between the two groups (P>0 .05);in the fourth and sixth time of chemotherapy ,the body fatigue ,cognitive fatigue ,emotional fatigue and total fatigue scores in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group ,the differences were statistically significant (P<0 .05) .Conclusion The mindfulness training interven‐tion can relieve the fatigue status and improve the living quality of the patient .
