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Mindfulness-based cognitive theory on cancer pain management: comments on the outcomes of the Aarhus University Hospital research protocol

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Published: Jan 11, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/healthresj.29189
Keywords:
Cancer Pain Management Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy MBCT Mindfulness-Based Interventions Psychooncology
Georgios Pilafas
MSc, MSc, Research Associate, Psychology Laboratory, City Unity College, Athens
Georgios Lyrakos
MSc, MPhil, PhD, MSc Health Psychology Program Director, Department of Psychology, Cardiff Metropolitan University at City Unity College and Clinical Health Psychologist, Psychiatric Department, General Hospital of Nicaea ‘AgiosPanteleimon’ Athens
Abstract

Over the last 20 years a branch of ‘Mindfulness-Based Interventions’ (MBIs) has been strongly introduced against anxiety and depression. In between, practitioners perform ‘Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy’ (MBCT) to cancer patients in order to assist them manage the intensity of cancer pain. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) communicated very recently that MBIs should be used against cancer pain to compliment the effect of medical drugs. However, the scientific community is still quite skeptical regarding the efficacy of MBCT on cancer pain management, since there is a lack of proper scientific evidence in clinical trials. This article makes comments on the outcomes that were obtained by a single research protocol in Denmark. The published studies tested the efficacy and cost effectiveness of MBCT. What is more, the findings are reflected, as well as further considerations and suggestions are communicated throughout this article.

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