Open AccessA Specific Type of Tibetan Medicine Meditation for Women with Breast Cancer: A Pilot Survey
Author(s) -
Gioacchino Pagliaro,
Francesco P. Bernardini
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.987
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1423-0232
pISSN - 0030-2414
DOI - 10.1159/000500676
Subject(s) - breast cancer , meditation , medicine , anxiety , depression (economics) , mood , cancer , clinical psychology , psychiatry , philosophy , theology , economics , macroeconomics
Breast cancer is one of the most common tumors in the world and is associated with high psychological distress such as depression, anxiety, and stress. Meditation is efficacious to reduce psychological distress, but there are no studies which have evaluated a specific type of Tibetan medicine meditation in patients with breast cancer. The present research aimed to understand the effect a specific type of Tibetan medicine meditation on psychological distress in a sample of women with breast cancer.