Pilot Testing of a Brief Couple-Based Mind-Body Intervention for Patients With Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Their Partners
| Autor: | April Owens, Rosalinda Engle, Alejandro Chaoul, Anne Tsao, Eduardo Bruera, Kathrin Milbury, Lorenzo Cohen, Zhongxing Liao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Sleep Wake Disorders medicine.medical_specialty Mindfulness media_common.quotation_subject Pilot Projects Context (language use) Article Spiritual distress 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Carcinoma Non-Small-Cell Lung Intervention (counseling) Gratitude medicine Humans Spirituality 030212 general & internal medicine Neoplasm Metastasis Spouses Lung cancer General Nursing Aged media_common Depression Mind-Body Therapies business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Distress Sexual Partners Treatment Outcome Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Quality of Life Physical therapy Female Neurology (clinical) business Stress Psychological |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 55:953-961 |
| ISSN: | 0885-3924 |
| Popis: | Context Given the generally incurable nature of metastatic lung cancer, patients and their spouses/partners are at risk for psychological and spiritual distress. To address this concern, we developed a couple-based mind-body (CBMB) intervention. Objectives This formative research aimed at examining the intervention's acceptability and initial efficacy in patients with metastatic lung cancer undergoing treatment and their spouses. Methods Intervention content evaluation sessions and an ensuing single-arm trial were conducted. To evaluate intervention content, participants performed intervention exercises and then participated in semistructured interviews and completed written evaluations. In the single-arm trial, four intervention sessions were delivered over two weeks, focusing on cultivating mindfulness, interpersonal connection, gratitude, and purpose. Newly recruited couples completed measures of depressive symptoms, cancer distress, spiritual well-being, and sleep disturbances before and after the intervention. Results Content evaluations by seven dyads of patients and their partners revealed high acceptability ratings for the CBMB intervention (e.g., all participants would recommend the intervention). Consent and adherence rates (54% and 67%, respectively) were acceptable in the single-arm trial. All patients ( n = 7 dyads; 67% male; mean age, 55 years) and partners (33% male; mean age, 59 years) rated the intervention as useful. Paired t-test analyses revealed large effect sizes for reduced sleep disturbances ( d = 1.83) and medium effect sizes for cancer-specific distress ( d = 0.61) for patients and large effect sizes for depressive symptoms ( d = 0.90) for partners. Conclusion Based on these results, the CBMB intervention appears to be acceptable and subjectively useful. In addition, we observed preliminary evidence of quality of life gains in both patients and their partners. |
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