Distress Reduction for Palliative Care Patients and Families With 5-Minute Mindful Breathing: A Pilot Study.
Author: Beng TS1, Ahmad F2, Loong LC2, Chin LE2, Zainal NZ3, Guan NC3, Ann YH3, Li LM2, Meng CB4.
Affiliation:
1Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia pramudita_1@hotmail.com. 2Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 3Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 4Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Conference/Journal: Am J Hosp Palliat Care.
Date published: 2015 Jan 27
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Special Notes: 1049909115569048. , Word Count: 116
A pilot study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of 5-minute mindful breathing in distress reduction. Twenty palliative care patients and family caregivers with a distress score ≥4 measured by the Distress Thermometer were recruited and randomly assigned to mindful breathing or "listening" (being listened to). Median distress reductions after 5 minutes were 2.5 for the mindful breathing group and 1.0 for the listening group. A significantly larger reduction in the distress score was observed in the mindful breathing group (Mann-Whitney U test: U = 8.0, n1 = n2 = 10, mean rank1 = 6.30, mean rank2 = 14.70, z = -3.208, P = .001). The 5-minute mindful breathing could be useful in distress reduction in palliative care.
© The Author(s) 2015.
KEYWORDS:
distress; mindful breathing; mindfulness; palliative care; psychosocial care; suffering
PMID: 25632044
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