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Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary psychological benefits of mindfulness meditation training in a sample of men diagnosed with prostate cancer on active surveillance: results from a randomized controlled pilot trial.

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Victorson, D; Hankin, V; Burns, J; Weiland, R; Maletich, C; Sufrin, N; Schuette, S; Gutierrez, B; Brendler, C
Published in: Psycho Oncology
August 2017

In a pilot randomized controlled trial, examine the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of an 8-week, mindfulness training program (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) in a sample of men on active surveillance on important psychological outcomes including prostate cancer anxiety, uncertainty intolerance and posttraumatic growth.Men were randomized to either mindfulness (n = 24) or an attention control arm (n = 19) and completed self-reported measures of prostate cancer anxiety, uncertainty intolerance, global quality of life, mindfulness and posttraumatic growth at baseline, 8 weeks, 6 months and 12 months.Participants in the mindfulness arm demonstrated significant decreases in prostate cancer anxiety and uncertainty intolerance, and significant increases in mindfulness, global mental health and posttraumatic growth. Participants in the control condition also demonstrated significant increases in mindfulness over time. Longitudinal increases in posttraumatic growth were significantly larger in the mindfulness arm than they were in the control arm.While mindfulness training was found to be generally feasible and acceptable among participants who enrolled in the 8-week intervention as determined by completion rates and open-ended survey responses, the response rate between initial enrollment and the total number of men approached was lower than desired (47%). While larger sample sizes are necessary to examine the efficacy of mindfulness training on important psychological outcomes, in this pilot study posttraumatic growth was shown to significantly increase over time for men in the treatment group. Mindfulness training has the potential to help men cope more effectively with some of the stressors and uncertainties associated with active surveillance. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Psycho Oncology

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EISSN

1099-1611

ISSN

1057-9249

Publication Date

August 2017

Volume

26

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1155 / 1163

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Quality of Life
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Pilot Projects
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Mindfulness
  • Mental Health
  • Meditation
  • Male
 

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Victorson, D., Hankin, V., Burns, J., Weiland, R., Maletich, C., Sufrin, N., … Brendler, C. (2017). Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary psychological benefits of mindfulness meditation training in a sample of men diagnosed with prostate cancer on active surveillance: results from a randomized controlled pilot trial. Psycho Oncology, 26(8), 1155–1163. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4135
Victorson, David, Vered Hankin, James Burns, Rebecca Weiland, Carly Maletich, Nathaniel Sufrin, Stephanie Schuette, Bruriah Gutierrez, and Charles Brendler. “Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary psychological benefits of mindfulness meditation training in a sample of men diagnosed with prostate cancer on active surveillance: results from a randomized controlled pilot trial.Psycho Oncology 26, no. 8 (August 2017): 1155–63. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4135.
Journal cover image

Published In

Psycho Oncology

DOI

EISSN

1099-1611

ISSN

1057-9249

Publication Date

August 2017

Volume

26

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1155 / 1163

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Quality of Life
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Pilot Projects
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Mindfulness
  • Mental Health
  • Meditation
  • Male