The Positive Effect of Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery on Cancer-Related Fatigue in a Transitional Health Management Model

Abstract

Compared with general fatigue, cancer-related fatigue is characterized by rapid onset, high severity, substantial energy expenditure, long duration, unpredictability, and inability of relief. There has been no effective treatment for it so far, which greatly affects the patients' self-care ability and quality of life. It has been proved in previous studies that mindfulness-based cancer recovery (MBCR) can effectively alleviate the negative reactions of cancer patients such as fatigue, pain and fear during the treatment process and enhance the level of cancer recovery. In this article, we propose to intervene in cancer-related fatigue by resorting to mindfulness based on a "hospital-family transitional health management model". It is expected that this model will play a positive role in the adjuvant treatment of cancer-related fatigue because of its operability and low medical cost.