The Pros And Cons Of MBSR Practice

There is not much research on specifically MBSR in BC survivors, but there is enough to show a promising future for patients who continue with MBSR practice. These studies had some limitations which were consistent throughout some and different for others. These limitations are important to know so the next study can be mindful of excluding that limitation.
A common problem with MBSR studies was that few participants continued practicing a formal form of MBSR after program completion. Carmody and Baer explicated noted that time spent engaging in a formal practice lead to more improvements in areas of mindfulness and measures of symptoms and well-being. It is also said the most stress state a women with breast cancer will be in is 1 year after

Lengacher’s 2010 study had a problem of non-attendance but the reason behind it was follow up appointments that could not be changed. Also the findings of this study are directly applicable to a specific population of Stage 0 and Stage 1 BC patients who were treated with primarily radiation (no chemotherapy). Both Legacher’s 2010 study and Matousek’s study had a small sample size, no control group or a follow up evaluation for participants, these limitations could easily be avoided in a future study. The participants were mostly Caucasian. It would be beneficial for studies to have a more diverse pool of participants. There is a cultural health gap between many ethnic groups in the United States. To bridge this gap and provide equal interventions to everyone it is important to teach about what MBSR is to cancer patients of all ethnicities. Future research should look at the population of BC patients who are recently diagnosed as

Their population was patients from stage 0-3 who had completed treatment. Data was self reported on measures of psychological, physical symptoms and quality of life. The program was home based and the design was to deliver 2-hour weekly sessions for 6 weeks on an iPad. There mean age of the 15 participants was 58, one participants was Black Non-Hispanic and the remaining were White Non-Hispanic. There were 13 who completed the study and they showed significant improvement from pre-MBSR to post-MBSR in symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, fear ofrecurrence, sleep quality, fatigue and quality of life (Lengacher, Ramesar, Reich, Paterson, Moscoso, & Carranza, 2014). This study really supported the idea that is a home based program is a great option and the clinical impact really supported the idea. It allowed the participants flexibility and they could also practice in their own judgment free zone which is really important in