Perioperative Mindfulness Proposal
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18+
SponsorHoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
The purpose of this study is to determine if a regular meditation and breath work practice started before surgery and continued through post-surgical recovery can improve anxiety and pain related to breast cancer and its treatment.
Females 18 years of age or older
Subject must be able to speak and read English
Newly diagnosed with primary breast cancer
Will receive primary surgical treatment for their breast cancer diagnosis.
Recurrent breast cancer
Current or history of major psychiatric diagnosis.
Subjects who are receiving neo-adjuvant chemotherapy
Subjects undergoing modified radical mastectomy or reconstruction