Who participates in a randomized trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) after breast cancer? A study of factors associated with enrollment among Danish breast cancer patients

Hanne Würtzen, Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton, Klaus Kaae Andersen, Peter Elsass, Henrik Lavlund Flyger, Antonia Dorthea Sumbundu, Christoffer Johansen

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Discussion regarding the necessity to identify patients with both the need and motivation for psychosocial intervention is ongoing. Evidence for an effect of mindfulness-based interventions among cancer patients is based on few studies with no systematic enrollment. METHODS: We used Danish population-based registries and clinical databases to determine differences in demographics, breast cancer and co-morbidity among 1208 women eligible for a randomized controlled trial (www.clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT00990977) of mindfulness-based stress reduction MBSR. RESULTS: Participants (N = 336) were found to be younger (p 
Original languageEnglish
JournalPsycho-Oncology
Volume22
Issue number5
Pages (from-to)1180-85
ISSN1057-9249
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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