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Mindful exercise, quality of life, and survival: a mindfulness-based exercise program for women with breast cancer
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 02/05/09

Tacon AM et al. - In an article to describe the rationale and protocol for a pilot study in women with breast cancer that integrates 2 complementary therapies of mindfulness and exercise, it was concluded that if preliminary findings and a replication study are encouraging, a future goal will be the development of a Mindfulness-based Exercise Program Manual for dissemination and use by researchers and clinicians to help empower pts with cancer.

Methods

30 women diagnosed with breast cancer within the previous 12 mos who have completed initial treatment will be recruited from oncology physicians' offices.
The pilot will be a pre-post design, and the study will occur within a hospital counseling center for 2 h 1 day/wk for 8 wks.
Participants will complete pre-and post-questionnaires on anxiety, depression, quality of life, and post-traumatic stress disorder checklist.
Pts will receive audiotapes and pedometers and will keep detailed logs of their weekly homework assignments.

Results

Appropriate statistical analyses will be carried out to arrive at data-driven results.
If results show significant benefit for the participants, the program will be revised as needed for improvement.
Future directions will be based on findings of the proposed pilot, which will dictate how to proceed after completion of the pilot study.

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