[Mindfulness and Skills Based Distress Reduction in Oncology: The Web-Based Psycho-Oncological Make It Training].

[Mindfulness and Skills Based Distress Reduction in Oncology: The Web-Based Psycho-Oncological Make It Training]. Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 2019 Feb 07;: Authors: Ringwald J, Gerstner L, Junne F, Ziser K, Schäffeler N, Wallwiener M, Hautzinger M, Bäuerle A, Brucker S, Zipfel S, Teufel M Abstract In rural areas, breast cancer-affected patients still do not receive sufficient psycho-oncological care that addresses their specific needs. As a partial solution, telemedicine and web-based applications (eHealth) can add value to their psycho-oncological care as part of self-management regardless of personnel resources, geographical distance from providers, and time constraints. Thus far, however, those supportive aspects of psycho-oncological care are lacking in German-speaking rural areas. For this reason a web-based intervention was developed. Based on the results of a representative cross-sectional and the current literature, we developed a manual and program called Make It Training (Mindfulness and skills based distress reduction in oncology) which was programmed for the websetting. The interactive web-based intervention with 8 sessions integrates different media, including tutorial videos, audio, personal skills box and individual exercises to enhance knowledge about specific disease-related themes. The intervention derives from mindfulness and conveys psychoeducational elements and cognitive behavioural skills with the theme...
Source: PPmP Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol Source Type: research