Impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on sleep, mood, stress and fatigue symptoms in cancer outpatients.

@article{citeulike:2422343, abstract = {Sleep disturbance is a very common problem for cancer patients that has largely not been addressed in the clinical intervention literature. Mindfulness meditation has demonstrated clinical benefits for a variety of patient populations in other areas of functioning. This study examined the effects of an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program on the sleep quality of a heterogeneous sample of 63 cancer patients. Overall sleep disturbance was significantly reduced (p < .001) and participants reported that their sleep quality had improved (p .001). There was also a significant reduction in stress (p < .001), mood disturbance (p = .001), and fatigue (p < .001). The associations among these changes and implications for improving quality of life of cancer patients are discussed.}, address = {Department of Oncology, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. l.carlson@ucalgary.edu}, author = {Carlson, L. E. and Garland, S. N. }, citeulike-article-id = {2422343}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15327558ijbm1204\_9}, issn = {1070-5503}, journal = {Int J Behav Med}, keywords = {fatigue, mbsr, sleep, stress}, number = {4}, pages = {278--285}, posted-at = {2008-02-24 16:10:19}, priority = {2}, title = {Impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on sleep, mood, stress and fatigue symptoms in cancer outpatients.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15327558ijbm1204\_9}, volume = {12}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2422343 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2422343 N2 - Sleep disturbance is a very common problem for cancer patients that has largely not been addressed in the clinical intervention literature. Mindfulness meditation has demonstrated clinical benefits for a variety of patient populations in other areas of functioning. This study examined the effects of an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program on the sleep quality of a heterogeneous sample of 63 cancer patients. Overall sleep disturbance was significantly reduced (p < .001) and participants reported that their sleep quality had improved (p .001). There was also a significant reduction in stress (p < .001), mood disturbance (p = .001), and fatigue (p < .001). The associations among these changes and implications for improving quality of life of cancer patients are discussed. IS - 4 JF - Int J Behav Med SN - 1070-5503 AD - Department of Oncology, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. l.carlson@ucalgary.edu EP - 285 TI - Impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on sleep, mood, stress and fatigue symptoms in cancer outpatients. VL - 12 SP - 278 KW - fatigue KW - mbsr KW - sleep KW - stress AU - Carlson, LE AU - Garland, SN PY - 2005/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15327558ijbm1204_9 ER -