• Support Care Cancer · Oct 2016

    The relationship between mindfulness, pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, depression, and quality of life among cancer survivors living with chronic neuropathic pain.

    • Patricia A Poulin, Heather C Romanow, Noriyeh Rahbari, Rebecca Small, Catherine E Smyth, Taylor Hatchard, Brahm K Solomon, Xinni Song, Cheryl A Harris, John Kowal, Howard J Nathan, and Keith G Wilson.
    • The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic, 501 Smyth Rd., Box 249B, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada. ppoulin@toh.on.ca.
    • Support Care Cancer. 2016 Oct 1; 24 (10): 4167-75.

    PurposeThis study aims to examine if mindfulness is associated with pain catastrophizing, depression, disability, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in cancer survivors with chronic neuropathic pain (CNP).MethodWe conducted a cross-sectional survey with cancer survivors experiencing CNP. Participants (n = 76) were men (24 %) and women (76 %) with an average age of 56.5 years (SD = 9.4). Participants were at least 1 year post-treatment, with no evidence of cancer, and with symptoms of neuropathic pain for more than three months. Participants completed the Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), along with measures of pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, pain interference, depression, and HRQOL.ResultsMindfulness was negatively correlated with pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, pain interference, and depression, and it was positively correlated with mental health-related HRQOL. Regression analyses demonstrated that mindfulness was a negative predictor of pain intensity and depression and a positive predictor of mental HRQOL after controlling for pain catastrophizing, age, and gender. The two mindfulness facets that were most consistently associated with better outcomes were non-judging and acting with awareness. Mindfulness significantly moderated the relationships between pain intensity and pain catastrophizing and between pain intensity and pain interference.ConclusionIt appears that mindfulness mitigates the impact of pain experiences in cancer survivors experiencing CNP post-treatment.Implications For Cancer SurvivorsThis study suggests that mindfulness is associated with better adjustment to CNP. This provides the foundation to explore whether mindfulness-based interventions improve quality of life among cancer survivors living with CNP.

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