Cancer, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if early provision of mindfulness based cognitive therapy can prevent psychological distress in adult patients with cancer one year after diagnosis. Researchers will compare mindfulness based cognitive therapy to usual care to see if psychological distress is lower in patients that followed mindfulness. Participants will follow 8 weekly sessions of mindfulness and fill in questionnaires.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMindfulness based stress reduction
8 weekly sessions of 2.5 hour per session, face-to-face in a group consisting of maximum 15 participants, supervised by a certified mindfulness trainer
Sponsors
Helen Dowling Institute
Isala
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Diagnosed with urological cancer or breast cancer * \<6 weeks since cancer diagnosis * Planned curative treatment or palliative treatment with life expectation \>1 year * Good proficiency in Dutch language
Exclusion criteria
* Serious psychiatric history or current psychiatric treatment (interfering with study participation): 1) current suicidal ideation, 2) current psychosis or bipolar disorder, 3) psychosis or bipolar disorder in history * Unable to understand study procedure * A priori unable to be available for 8 week MBCT
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Psychological distress | From enrollment to 2 years after diagnosis | Anxiety and depression as measured with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale |
Contacts
Primary ContactMarit Mentink, PhD
Backup ContactEva Noorda, PhD
Outcome results
None listed