Abstract
Purpose Patients with breast cancer experience considerable stress and anxiety related to their diagnosis, with resulting lower quality of life. The current study was designed to assess the effect of a Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART) program for increasing resiliency and decreasing stress and anxiety among a group of mentors who themselves previously were diagnosed with breast cancer (pink ribbon mentors).
Highlights
Patients with breast cancer experience considerable stress and anxiety related to their diagnosis, with resulting lower quality of life
The current study was designed to assess the effect of a Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART) program for increasing resiliency and decreasing stress and anxiety among a group of mentors who themselves previously were diagnosed with breast cancer
Twenty-five pink ribbon mentors at Mayo Clinic Rochester were randomized in a single-blind wait-list controlled clinical trial to either the SMART intervention or a control group for twelve weeks
Summary
Stress Management and Resilience Training (SMART) program to decrease stress and enhance resilience among breast cancer survivors: a randomized trial. From International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health 2012 Portland, Oregon, USA. Purpose Patients with breast cancer experience considerable stress and anxiety related to their diagnosis, with resulting lower quality of life. The current study was designed to assess the effect of a Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART) program for increasing resiliency and decreasing stress and anxiety among a group of mentors who themselves previously were diagnosed with breast cancer (pink ribbon mentors)
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