Normandie University, UNICAEN, INSERM U1086, ANTICIPE, 14000, Caen, France.
Centre François Baclesse, 14000, Caen, France.
BMC Complement Med Ther. 2022 May 18;22(1):138. doi: 10.1186/s12906-022-03599-w.
Alleviating suffering and improving quality of life are universally shared goals. In this context, we implemented a pilot study to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a mindfulness intervention in the form of meditation involving together cancer patients, health professionals, and third persons.
Two groups of 15 participants equally composed of patients, health professionals and third persons were constituted. A dedicated programme on mindfulness and compassion was constructed, including 12 weekly sessions of 1.5 h and a half-day retreat. Adherence and satisfaction with the programme were evaluated. All participants completed questionnaires on perceived stress, quality of life, mindfulness, empathy, and self-efficacy. Burnout was assessed in health professionals.
Shared meditation was feasible as 70% of participants attended ≥ 80% of the 13 meditation sessions. Satisfaction with the programme was high (median satisfaction score: 9.1 out of 10) and all participants expressed positive attitudes towards shared meditation and a benefit on their global quality of life. Participants reported significant improvement in stress (p < 0.001), global quality of life (p = 0.004), self-efficacy (p < 0.001), and mindfulness skills (p < 0.001) from baseline to post-programme.
This study demonstrated the feasibility of a shared dedicated meditation programme in terms of participation and acceptability of participants. The measured benefits observed among participants furthermore justify the interest of a subsequent randomized study aiming to demonstrate the potential added value of shared meditation by promoting bridge-building between cancer patients, health professionals and others.
ClinicalTrials.gov. NCT04410185 . Registered on June 1, 2020.
减轻痛苦和提高生活质量是普遍的共同目标。在这种情况下，我们实施了一项试点研究，以评估以冥想形式进行的正念干预对癌症患者、卫生专业人员和其他人的可行性和可接受性。
由 15 名参与者组成的两组，每组由患者、卫生专业人员和其他人组成。构建了一个专门的正念和同情心方案，包括 12 次每周 1.5 小时的课程和半天的静修。评估对方案的依从性和满意度。所有参与者都完成了关于感知压力、生活质量、正念、同理心和自我效能感的问卷。评估卫生专业人员的倦怠情况。
共同冥想是可行的，因为 70%的参与者参加了 13 次冥想课程中的≥80%。对方案的满意度很高（中位数满意度评分：10 分中的 9.1 分），所有参与者对共同冥想和整体生活质量的改善都持积极态度。参与者报告说，从基线到方案后，压力（p<0.001）、整体生活质量（p=0.004）、自我效能感（p<0.001）和正念技能（p<0.001）都有显著改善。
这项研究表明，在参与和参与者的可接受性方面，共同的专门冥想方案是可行的。参与者观察到的益处进一步证明了后续随机研究的意义，该研究旨在通过促进癌症患者、卫生专业人员和其他人之间的桥梁建设，证明共同冥想的潜在附加值。
ClinicalTrials.gov。NCT04410185。于 2020 年 6 月 1 日注册。
