Lung Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, lung cancer, psychological distress, caretakers
Brief summary
The aim of the current study is to examine the (cost)effectiveness of mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) in comparison with treatment as usual for patients with lung cancer and their partners.
Detailed description
Receiving a diagnosis of cancer is a major cause of distress and is usually characterized by anxiety and depression. Compared to patients with other cancer diagnoses, patients with lung cancer report higher levels of distress, which probably can be explained by the poor prognosis. At the time of diagnosis, lung cancer is often locally or systematically advanced and 5-year survival is only 15 percent. Mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) is a recently developed psychological intervention that appears to be promising in terms of reducing psychological distress in cancer patients. It consists of 8 weekly group sessions in which formal and informal mindfulness practices are practiced. As most of the earlier studies have been conducted in patients with breast cancer, it is important to examine the effectiveness of this approach in patients with other types of cancer, such as lung cancer. Furthermore, a diagnosis of cancer is not only highly distressing for the patient but also for the partner and family. In this study, the (cost)effectiveness of MBSR compared with treatment as usual will be investigated in 110 patients with lung cancer and 110 partners.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMindfulness Based Stress Reduction
A weekly training of eight sessions lasting two and a half hours.
Sponsors
Dutch Cancer Society
Radboud University Medical Center
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Cytologically or histologically proven non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. * Patients can participate after lung cancer diagnosis, from start of treatment or after treatment. * Sufficient understanding of Dutch language.
Exclusion criteria
* Former participation in MBSR or MBCT course. * Current psychological treatment by psychologist or psychiatrist. * Cognitive impairments hampering participation in MBSR and completion of questionnaires. * Physical impairments prohibiting participation in MBSR training.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change from baseline in Psychological Distress at 3 and 6 months | at 0, 3, 6 months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change from baseline in Marital satisfaction at 3 and 6 months | at 0, 3, 6 months |
| Change from baseline in Quality of Life at 3 and 6 months | at 0, 3, 6 months |
| Change from baseline in Medical costs at 3 and 6 months | at 0, 3, 6 months |
| Change from baseline in Mindfulness Skills at 3 and 6 months | 0, 3, 6 months |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed