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  P3.24 - Poster Session 3 - Supportive Care (ID 160)

  • Event: WCLC 2013
  • Type: Poster Session
  • Track: Supportive Care
  • Presentations: 1
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  • Coordinates: 10/30/2013, 09:30 - 16:30, Exhibit Hall, Ground Level

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    P3.24-010 - The efficacy of a Mindfulness Based Intervention Body and Affective Intervention(MB-BAI) with cancer patients and their relatives (ID 1065)

    09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): S. Carletto
    • Abstract

    Background
    Cancer has a great impact on psychological functioning of patients and relatives and can be associated with various psychological disorders and symptoms. Mindfulness Based Intervention (MBI) is a relatively brief and cost-effective program that has been studied in patients with several diseases. Recent analyses have shown the efficacy of MBI in improving psychological symptoms related with physical illnesses like cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic pain, arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and traumatic brain injury. MBI is based on the assumption that a non-judgmental awareness and acceptance of one’s moment-to-moment experience have an effect on the distressing tendencies to escape from or to over-engage with one’s disturbing feelings, emotions and thoughts. MBI can positively impact on coping strategies and on the adaptation to the disease, by encouraging patients to relate differently to their physical and psychological symptoms, resulting in a reduction of the psychological burden and improving patients’ Quality of Life (QoL). MB-BAI integrates MBI basic practices with increased attention to somatic resources and application of mindfulness in relationships.

    Methods
    We aim to evaluate whether a group-based Mindfulness Based Body and Affective Intervention can reduce psychological symptoms like anxiety, depression, perceived stress and improve the QoL of patients with cancer. Furthermore, our study involve patients’ caregivers/relatives in order to decrease the load of stress and difficulties related to the management of a disabling diseases like cancer. This project is designed as an observational study. The subjects currently involved in all are 36, including patients with advanced malignant disease (mostly lung cancer), their caregivers/relatives and the control group. Participants were enrolled at the Oncology Unit of San Luigi University Hospital of Orbassano, Italy, in collaboration with WALCE (Women Against Lung Cancer in Europe). The experimental group underwent a 8 weekly sessions of 3 hours each (plus an all day session) with a group based MB-BAI. The control group hasn’t receive any psychological intervention. The psychological assessment was performed at pre-intervention and after treatment for both groups. The evaluation encompasses the administration of the self-reportquestionnaires: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) and WHOQoL-Brief, patients qualitative reports.

    Results
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    Conclusion
    The study is currently ongoing. As far as we know this is the first MBI applicationinadvanced lung cancer. Specific attention to somatic resources and relationships may increase its effectiveness. Preliminary results from patients’ reports suggest that the MB-BAI both reduces symptoms of anxiety and depression and improves resources. Results will be presented after the complete achievement of the after-treatment assessment; we hope they will confirm that MBI favor positively impact on the adaptation to the disease, resulting in a reduction of the psychological burden and improving patients’ Quality of Life (QoL).