Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program on Stress, Depression, and Psychological Well-being in
Dilek Yildirim1, Cennet Çiriş Yildiz, Ferda Akyuz Ozdemir
1Author Affiliations: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Aydin University (Drs Yildirim and Çiriş Yildiz); Fethiye Faculty of Nursing, Mugla Sıtkı Koçman University (Dr Akyuz Ozdemir); Dialysis Programme, Department of Medical Services and Techniques, Vocational School of Health Services, Sinop University (Ms Harman Özdoğan); and Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa (Dr Can), Turkey.
Background:
A mindfulness-based stress reduction program combined with music therapy is one of the interventions designed to help patients cope with stress and depression.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of an online mindfulness-based stress reduction program combined with music therapy on stress, depression, and psychological well-being in adult patients with cancer.
Methods:
This study was a single-blinded, prospective, randomized-controlled experimental design. One hundred twenty cancer patients were recruited (60 each in the intervention and control groups). Patients in the intervention group received a 10-day mindfulness-based stress reduction program combined with music therapy. Stress was measured with the State Trait Anxiety Inventory-State, psychological well-being was measured with the Psychological Well-being Scale, and depression was measured with the Beck Depression Inventory at baseline and the end of the study.
Results:
The intervention group showed significantly lower stress and depression scores than the control group in the total scores at 10 days ( P < .05). The intervention group had significantly higher scores in the psychological well-being ( P < .001) than the control group at 10 days. Intragroup comparison of the stress and depression scores showed that posttest score of the intervention group was significantly lower than its pretest score ( P < .05).
Conclusion:
Mindfulness-based stress reduction program combined with music therapy reduced the levels of stress and depressive symptoms and improved psychological well-being in cancer patients.
Implications For Practice:
A nurse-led mindfulness-based stress reduction program combined with music therapy is an innovative and effective psychological intervention that may be integrated with regular patient care for adults receiving treatment of cancer.
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