Acceptability and preliminary test of efficacy of the mind programme in women with breast cancer: An acceptance, mindfulness, and compassion-based intervention

Publication date: Available online 25 December 2019Source: Journal of Contextual Behavioral ScienceAuthor(s): Inês A. Trindade, Cláudia Ferreira, José Pinto-GouveiaAbstractAlthough there is some evidence on the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions in improving health and psychological outcomes in women with breast cancer, further research is needed to understand these findings’ clinical significance. Furthermore, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention studies on breast cancer are scarce, and no compassion-based intervention has been tested for cancer patients. Given the complementarity and compatibility of mindfulness practice, ACT, and Compassion Focused Therapy, the current study combined these approaches to develop an integrative intervention specifically adapted to cancer patients, the Mind programme. Participants were recruited at the [hospital name] and were assigned to one of two groups: the experimental group (Treatment As Usual + Mind Programme (8 weekly sessions and homework assignments) – n = 15) and the control group (Treatment As Usual – n = 17). There was a 100% retention on the experimental group, during the intervention. Results support the use of the Mind programme as a useful complement to the medical treatment of breast cancer. The effect size for psychological health (g = 0.79) was particularly noteworthy, which suggests that the intervention presented benefits that are comparable to mindfulness only-based interv...
Source: Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research