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Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy reduces chronic cancer-related fatigue: a treatment study 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명van der Lee, M. L.,Garssen, B.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
  • 출판년도2012
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기PSYCHOONCOLOGY
  • 발행사항Vol.21No.3[2012]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN1057-9249
  • 소개/요약About one-third of cancer survivors suffer from severe chronic fatigue. Aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy in reducing severe chronic fatigue in cancer survivors with mixed diagnoses. Participants (n = 100) were randomly selected from a cohort and allocated to an intervention and a waiting list condition. Analyses were based on 59 participants in the intervention condition and 24 in the waiting-list condition. Fatigue severity (Checklist Individual Strength), functional impairment (Sickness Impact Profile) and well being (Health and Disease-Inventory) were assessed before and after the 9-week intervention. The intervention group had a follow-up 6 months following the intervention. At post-treatment measurement the proportion of clinically improved participants was 30%, versus 4% in the waiting list condition (χ(2) (1) = 6.71; p = 0.007). The mean fatigue score at post-measurement was significantly lower in the intervention group than in the waiting list group corrected for pre-treatment level of fatigue. The mean well-being score at post-measurement was significantly higher in the intervention group than in the waiting list group corrected for pre-treatment level of well-being. The treatment effect was maintained at 6-month follow-up. No difference between the two conditions was found in functional impairment. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy is an effective treatment for chronic cancer-related fatigue.