Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Integrative Cancer Care – a Summary of Evidence
Overview
This paper summarizes evidence on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for cancer care, including a meta-analysis of 19 studies assessing quality of life, mood, and distress. The authors report statistically significant effect sizes indicating improvements in these areas for patients. The resource also highlights the need for higher-quality randomized controlled trials with larger samples and longer follow-up periods.
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- OpenAlex
- Author
- Frauke Musial (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health), Arndt Büssing (Witten/Herdecke University), Peter Heusser (Witten/Herdecke University), Kyung‐Eun Choi (University of Duisburg-Essen), Thomas Ostermann (Witten/Herdecke University)
- Published
- 2011-01-01
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- bronze
- DOI
- 10.1159/000330714
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- 115
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@article{allodium:1e44fbd0e8314250,
title = {Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Integrative Cancer Care – a Summary of Evidence},
author = {Frauke Musial and Arndt Büssing and Peter Heusser and Kyung‐Eun Choi and Thomas Ostermann},
year = {2011},
journal = {OpenAlex},
doi = {10.1159/000330714},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1159/000330714}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Integrative Cancer Care – a Summary of Evidence AU - Musial, Frauke AU - Büssing, Arndt AU - Heusser, Peter AU - Choi, Kyung‐Eun AU - Ostermann, Thomas PY - 2011 PB - OpenAlex DO - 10.1159/000330714 UR - https://doi.org/10.1159/000330714 ER -
APA
Musial, F., Büssing, A., Heusser, P., Choi, K., & Ostermann, T. (2011). Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Integrative Cancer Care – a Summary of Evidence. OpenAlex. https://doi.org/10.1159/000330714
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