title: Mindfulness as an Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors.
abstract: Breast cancer survivors often turn to complementary health approaches (CHAs) to address the effects of treatment. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a type of CHA that uses attentional and meditative exercises to minimize stress and increase awareness of the present. This article aims to determine whether adequate evidence-based research with uniform methodologies and outcomes to support MBSR as an intervention for breast cancer survivors exists.
authors.forename: Deirdre
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kiely
authors.forename: Shira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019122:Meditation; D008875:Middle Aged; D064866:Mindfulness; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: breast cancer; mindfulness-based stress reduction; symptom clusters