Abstract

This study investigated the effects of K-MBSR in Korean breast cancer patients. research period was from the end of Feb. to 9th of Aug. in 2012. 20 breast cancer patients were participated in this program. 5 were assigned in non-treatment control group and 15 were assigned in experiment group. And 6 of experimental group who engaged in first experiment were participated in follow-up study. K-MBSR was implemented to experimental group for 4 hours for every week during 6 weeks. The control group did not have any treatment. The test instruments for pre-post experiment were RRS, PSQI, EROTC-BR23, SCL-90-R, FFMQ, K-CCQ, K-TPGI, Blood Pressure, and Salivary Test in this program. As the results of hypothesis pre-tests for homogeneity between experimental and control group, all the null hypothesis were accepted. However, after the 6 times K-MBSR treatments, several null hypothesis were denied, and research hypothesis were accepted such as Ruminative Response, Sleep Quality, physical symptoms of Quality of Life, Depression Hostility, Interpersonal Sensitivity, and Anxiety. This means that experimental group patients experienced some reduction for the tested issues. Especially depression in pre-post of experiment group showed significant reduction. Especially depression in pre-post of experiment group was a significant reductions. Although the number of cases was small, these results implies that the K-MBSR can contribute reductions for the rumination, physical symptoms, Sleep Quality, and Quality of Life of the breast cancer patients in Korea. For the future research, large sample experiment is needed to make more confident result for K-MBSR. (Korean J Str Res 2013;21:249∼262)

• Keywords: Breast cancer, Mindfulness, Quality of life, Depression;