Gwangsoon Kang; Sangeun Oh

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Effects of Mindfulness Meditation Program on Perceived Stress, Ways of Coping, and Stress Response in Breast Cancer Patients: Gwangsoon Kang, Sangeun Oh; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2012;42(2):161-170.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2012.42.2.161
Published online: April 30, 2012

¹Full-time Instructor, Department of Nursing, Gwangju University, Gwangju, Korea.

²Professor, College of Nursing, CRINS, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Oh, Sangeun. College of Nursing, Chonnam National University, 5 Hak 1-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-746, Korea. Tel: +82-62-220-4354, FAX: +82-62-227-4009, seoh@jnu.ac.kr

• Received: November 8, 2010 • Accepted: April 26, 2012

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Abstract

Purpose
Purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the Mindfulness Meditation program on perceived stress, ways of coping, salivary cortisol level, and psychological stress response in patients with breast cancer.
Methods
This was a quasi-experimental study with a non-equivalent control group pre-post test design. Participants in this study were 50 patients who had completed breast cancer treatment (experimental group, 25, control group, 25). The experimental group received the Mindfulness Meditation program for 3 hours/session/ week for 8 weeks. Data were analyzed using χ²-test and t-test for subject homogeneity verification, and ANCOVA to examine the hypotheses.
Results
The experimental group had significantly lower scores for perceived stress, emotional focused coping, salivary cortisol level, and psychological stress response compared to the control group. However, no significant differences were found between two groups for the scores on problem focused stress coping.
Conclusion
According to the results, the Mindfulness Meditation program was useful for decreasing perceived stress, emotional focused coping, salivary cortisol level, and psychological stress response. Therefore, this program is an effective nursing intervention to decrease stress in patients with breast cancer.
Keywords: Meditation; Breast Cancer; Stress

This study was conducted by research funds from Gwangju University.

This article is based on a part of the first author's doctoral dissertation from Chonnam National University.

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Figure 1

Conceptual framework of this study.

Table 1

Mindfulness Meditation Program

Table 2

Homogeneity for Characteristics between Experimental and Control Groups

Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group.

^*Except not response.

Table 3

Homogeneity Test of Dependent Variables between Experimental and Control Groups

Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group.

Table 4

Comparison of Subcategories in Perceived stress, Ways of Coping, and Stress Response between Experimental and Control Groups

Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group.

^*F score is Analysis of Covariance with pretest scores as covariates.

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Effects of Mindfulness Meditation Program on Perceived Stress, Ways of Coping, and Stress Response in Breast Cancer Patients

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2012;42(2):161-170. Published online April 30, 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2012.42.2.161

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Effects of Mindfulness Meditation Program on Perceived Stress, Ways of Coping, and Stress Response in Breast Cancer Patients

Figure 1 Conceptual framework of this study.

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Effects of Mindfulness Meditation Program on Perceived Stress, Ways of Coping, and Stress Response in Breast Cancer Patients

Table 1

Mindfulness Meditation Program

Table 2

Homogeneity for Characteristics between Experimental and Control Groups

Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group.

^*Except not response.

Table 3

Homogeneity Test of Dependent Variables between Experimental and Control Groups

Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group.

Table 4

Comparison of Subcategories in Perceived stress, Ways of Coping, and Stress Response between Experimental and Control Groups

Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group.

^*F score is Analysis of Covariance with pretest scores as covariates.

Table 1 Mindfulness Meditation Program

Table 2 Homogeneity for Characteristics between Experimental and Control Groups

Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group.

^*Except not response.

Table 3 Homogeneity Test of Dependent Variables between Experimental and Control Groups

Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group.

Table 4 Comparison of Subcategories in Perceived stress, Ways of Coping, and Stress Response between Experimental and Control Groups