Stress-reducing effects of a brief mindfulness intervention in palliative care

• Verfasst von: Warth, Marco [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Köhler, Friederike [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Aguilar-Raab, Corina [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Bardenheuer, Hubert J. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Ditzen, Beate [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Keßler, Jens [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Stress-reducing effects of a brief mindfulness intervention in palliative care
• Titelzusatz: Results from a randomised, crossover study
• Verf.angabe: Marco Warth, Friederike Koehler, Corina Aguilar-Raab, Hubert J. Bardenheuer, Beate Ditzen, Jens Kessler
• Jahr: 2020
• Umfang: 10 S.
• Fussnoten: First published: 21 May 2020 ; Gesehen am 05.01.2022
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: European journal of cancer care
• Ort Quelle: London : Hindawi Limited, 1992
• Jahr Quelle: 2020
• Band/Heft Quelle: 29(2020), 4, Artikel-ID e13249, Seite 1-10
• ISSN Quelle: 1365-2354
• DOI: doi:10.1111/ecc.13249
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1784853747
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Abstract

Objective Mindfulness-based interventions are a widely used and highly accepted adjunct treatment in oncology. Due to a paucity of research in advanced cancer and other terminal illnesses, we aimed to evaluate the stress-reducing effects of a brief, standardised mindfulness intervention for use in palliative care. Methods This study was a randomised, crossover trial where patients participated in both a single mindfulness intervention and a resting state control condition. The order of the conditions was randomised. Study outcomes encompassed self-report data on stress and well-being and measures of heart rate variability. All outcome data were measured at four times per day. Results Forty-two patients participated in this study. We found significantly stronger reductions in self-rated stress and mean heart rate as well as an increase in heart rate variability after the mindfulness intervention. Psychophysiological effects were strongest in the immediate pre- to post-intervention comparison, while the effect on subjective stress persisted after 20 to 40 min. No significant differences were found for self-rated well-being. Conclusions Despite the rather small magnitude of effects, the brief mindfulness intervention showed to be effective and accepted by patients in very advanced stages of a disease and could be offered by trained healthcare professionals in palliative care.