Perioperative Mindfulness Proposal

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18+
SponsorHoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

About this trial

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.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

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.

Disqualifiers

Recurrent breast cancer

Current or history of major psychiatric diagnosis.

Subjects who are receiving neo-adjuvant chemotherapy

Subjects undergoing modified radical mastectomy or reconstruction

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Meditation

Treatment groups

24 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group