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Beneficial effect of mindfulness based art therapy in patients with breast cancer - A randomized controlled trial

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

S.Y. Lee ,
J. Duck-In ,
M. Kyung-Joon ,
L. Hye-Jin  and
L. Kwang-heun
S.Y. Lee*
Affiliation:
Wonkwang university and hospital, psychiatry, Iksan, Republic of Korea
J. Duck-In
Affiliation:
Hallym university college of medicine, psychiatry, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
M. Kyung-Joon
Affiliation:
Chungang university college of medicine, psychiatry, Seoul, Republic of Korea
L. Hye-Jin
Affiliation:
Wonkwang university graduate school, public health, Iksan, Republic of Korea
L. Kwang-heun
Affiliation:
Dongkuk university college of medicine, psychiatry, Kyoungju, Republic of Korea
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Background

Mindfulness based art therapy induces emotional relaxation in cancer patients and is a treatment known to improve psychological stability. The objective of this research was to evaluate the treatment effects of MBAT for breast cancer patients.

Methods

Twenty-four breast cancer patients were selected as subjects of the study. Two groups, the MBAT group and control group with 12 patients each, were randomly assigned. The patients in the MBAT group were given 12 sessions of treatments. To measure depression and anxiety, low scales of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) was used. Health-related quality of life was evaluated using the European organization for research and treatment of cancer quality of life questionnaire (EORTC-QLQ-C30). The treatment results were analyzed using Ancova and two-way repeated measures Anova.

Results

The results showed that depression and anxiety decreased significantly and health-related quality of life improved significantly in the MBAT group. In the control group, however, there was no significant change.

Conclusions

MBAT can be seen as an effective treatment method that improves breast cancer patients’ psychological stability and quality of life. Evaluation of treatment effects using program development and large-scale research for future clinical application is needed.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
EV424
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 33 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 24th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2016 , pp. S391
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2016
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