Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
College of Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
J Altern Complement Med. 2020 Sep;26(9):825-832. doi: 10.1089/acm.2019.0406.
Breast cancer treatment leaves breast cancer survivors (BCS) with an array of lasting side effects, including persistent postsurgical pain (PPSP). In this study, we explored the perceptions of BCS with PPSP as they learned Qigong mind-body exercise (QMBE), a multimodal practice rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Participants included 18 female BCS treated for stage 0-III breast cancer and experiencing PPSP. Participants were taught QMBE over 12 weeks. Semi-structured interviews were conducted before and after the intervention. BCS disclosed a disconnect between mind and body that emerged during treatment. They perceived QMBE as moving meditation, which enabled them to reconnect mind and body, lessen their pain, and make peace with their bodies. These women's experiences both inform the promise of integrating QMBE and related mind-body exercise into PPSP clinical practice guidelines and suggest new areas of research regarding the role of multimodal interventions for holistic healing in BCS.
乳腺癌治疗会给乳腺癌幸存者(BCS)留下一系列持久的副作用,包括持续的术后疼痛(PPSP)。在这项研究中,我们探索了患有 PPSP 的 BCS 对气功身心练习(QMBE)的看法,这是一种植根于中医的多模式实践。参与者包括 18 名接受过 0-III 期乳腺癌治疗并经历 PPSP 的女性 BCS。参与者在 12 周内接受 QMBE 教学。在干预前后进行了半结构化访谈。BCS 揭示了治疗过程中出现的心身脱节。他们将 QMBE 视为冥想运动,使他们能够重新连接身心,减轻疼痛,并与身体和解。这些女性的经历既体现了将 QMBE 及相关身心练习纳入 PPSP 临床实践指南的前景,也为多模式干预对 BCS 整体康复的作用提供了新的研究领域。