The eCALM Trial-eTherapy for cancer appLying mindfulness: online mindfulness-based cancer recovery program for underserved individuals living with cancer in Alberta: protocol development for a randomized wait-list controlled clinical trial
Date
2013-2-16
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Springer Nature
Abstract
Elevated stress can exacerbate cancer symptom severity, and after completion of primary cancer treatments, many individuals continue to have significant distress. Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR) is an 8-week group psychosocial intervention consisting of training in mindfulness meditation and yoga designed to mitigate stress, pain, and chronic illness. Efficacy research shows face-to-face (F2F) MBCR programs have positive benefits for cancer patients; however barriers exist that impede participation in F2F groups. While online MBCR groups are available to the public, none have been evaluated.
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Cancer, Meditation Yoga, Stress reduction, Online, Randomized waitlist controlled trial, Mindfulness, Oncology
Citation
Zernicke, K. A., Campbell, T. S., Speca, M., McCabe-Ruff, K., Flowers, S., Dirkse, D. A., & Carlson, L. E. (2013). The eCALM Trial-eTherapy for cancer appLying mindfulness: online mindfulness-based cancer recovery program for underserved individuals living with cancer in Alberta: protocol development for a randomized wait-list controlled clinical trial. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-13-34