TY - JOUR
T1 - Mindfulness meditation to reduce symptoms after organ transplant
T2 - A pilot study
AU - Gross, Cynthia R.
AU - Kreitzer, Mary Jo
AU - Russas, Valerie
AU - Treesak, Charoen
AU - Frazier, Patricia A.
AU - Hertz, Marshall I.
PY - 2004/5
Y1 - 2004/5
N2 - Context. Solid organ transplant patients require life-long immune suppression that can produce distressing side effects and complications. Objective. To evaluate the potential of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance and improve quality of life after solid organ transplantation. Design. Longitudinal with evaluations at baseline, postcourse and 3-month follow-up. Participants and setting. Kidney, lung, or pancreas transplant recipients (N=20), aged 35 to 59 years, living in the community. Intervention. An MBSR class (2.5 hours weekly, for 8 weeks), modeled after the program of Jon Kabat-Zinn. Home practice (goal: 45 minutes, 5 days weekly) was monitored. Main outcome measures: Self-report scales for depression (CES-D), anxiety (STAI-Y1), and sleep dysfunction (PSQI). Results. Nineteen participants completed the course. Findings suggest improvement from baseline symptom scores for depression (P=.006) and sleep (P=.011) at the completion of the MBSR program. At 3 months, improvement in sleep continued (P=.002), and a significant improvement in anxiety scores was seen (P=.043); scores for both symptoms demonstrated a linear trend and dose-response relationship with practice time. In contrast, depression scores showed a quadratic trend, and at 3 months were no longer different from baseline. A composite symptom measure was significantly improved at 3-month follow-up (P=.007). Global and health-related quality of life ratings were not improved. Effects of group support and instructor attention were not controlled, and sample size and follow-up time were limited. A randomized trial to overcome these shortcomings should be done, as symptom distress in transplant recipients appears responsive to MBSR.
AB - Context. Solid organ transplant patients require life-long immune suppression that can produce distressing side effects and complications. Objective. To evaluate the potential of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance and improve quality of life after solid organ transplantation. Design. Longitudinal with evaluations at baseline, postcourse and 3-month follow-up. Participants and setting. Kidney, lung, or pancreas transplant recipients (N=20), aged 35 to 59 years, living in the community. Intervention. An MBSR class (2.5 hours weekly, for 8 weeks), modeled after the program of Jon Kabat-Zinn. Home practice (goal: 45 minutes, 5 days weekly) was monitored. Main outcome measures: Self-report scales for depression (CES-D), anxiety (STAI-Y1), and sleep dysfunction (PSQI). Results. Nineteen participants completed the course. Findings suggest improvement from baseline symptom scores for depression (P=.006) and sleep (P=.011) at the completion of the MBSR program. At 3 months, improvement in sleep continued (P=.002), and a significant improvement in anxiety scores was seen (P=.043); scores for both symptoms demonstrated a linear trend and dose-response relationship with practice time. In contrast, depression scores showed a quadratic trend, and at 3 months were no longer different from baseline. A composite symptom measure was significantly improved at 3-month follow-up (P=.007). Global and health-related quality of life ratings were not improved. Effects of group support and instructor attention were not controlled, and sample size and follow-up time were limited. A randomized trial to overcome these shortcomings should be done, as symptom distress in transplant recipients appears responsive to MBSR.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 15154154
AN - SCOPUS:2442473338
SN - 1078-6791
VL - 10
SP - 58
EP - 66
JO - Alternative therapies in health and medicine
JF - Alternative therapies in health and medicine
IS - 3
ER -