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Am J Hosp Palliat Care · Jul 2016
Randomized Controlled TrialDistress Reduction for Palliative Care Patients and Families With 5-Minute Mindful Breathing: A Pilot Study.
- Tan Seng Beng, Fazlina Ahmad, Lam Chee Loong, Loh Ee Chin, Nor Zuraida Zainal, Ng Chong Guan, Yee Hway Ann, Lee Mei Li, and Christopher Boey Chiong Meng.
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia pramudita_1@hotmail.com.
- Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2016 Jul 1; 33 (6): 555-60.
AbstractA pilot study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of 5-minute mindful breathing in distress reduction. Twenty palliative care patients and family caregivers with a distress score ≥4 measured by the Distress Thermometer were recruited and randomly assigned to mindful breathing or "listening" (being listened to). Median distress reductions after 5 minutes were 2.5 for the mindful breathing group and 1.0 for the listening group. A significantly larger reduction in the distress score was observed in the mindful breathing group (Mann-Whitney U test: U = 8.0, n1 = n2 = 10, mean rank1 = 6.30, mean rank2 = 14.70, z = -3.208, P = .001). The 5-minute mindful breathing could be useful in distress reduction in palliative care. © The Author(s) 2015.
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