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- Title
The effect of 5‐min mindfulness of love on suffering and spiritual quality of life of palliative care patients: A randomized controlled study.
- Authors
Lim, Min Ai; Ang, Bin Ting; Lam, Chee Loong; Loh, Ee Chin; Zainuddin, Sheriza Izwa; Capelle, David Paul; Ng, Chong Guan; Lim, Poh Khuen; Khor, Pei Yi; Lim, Jia Yu; Huang, See Yong; Low, Gladys Qiao Jyn; Gan, Xhi Yan; Tan, Seng Beng
- Abstract
Objective: Suffering is a common experience in palliative care. In our study, we aimed to determine the effect of 5‐min mindfulness of love on suffering and the spiritual quality of life of palliative care patients. Methods: We conducted a parallel‐group, blinded, randomized controlled study at the University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Malaysia from February 2019 to April 2019. Sixty adult palliative care patients with an overall suffering score of 4/10 or above based on the Suffering Pictogram were recruited and randomly assigned to either the 5‐min mindfulness of love group (N = 30) or the 5‐min supportive listening group (N = 30). Results: There were statistically significant improvements in the overall suffering score (mean difference = −2.9, CI = −3.7 to −2.1, t = −7.268, p = 0.000) and the total FACIT‐Sp‐12 score (mean difference = 2.9, CI = 1.5 to 4.3, t = 4.124, p = 0.000) in the intervention group compared to the control group. Conclusion: The results provided evidence that 5‐min mindfulness of love could affect the actual state of suffering and the spiritual quality of life of palliative care patients.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; MINDFULNESS; SPIRITUALITY; ACADEMIC medical centers; CONFIDENCE intervals; SOCIAL support; ANALYSIS of variance; RESEARCH methodology; MULTIVARIATE analysis; CRITICALLY ill patient psychology; INTERVIEWING; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; T-test (Statistics); COMPARATIVE studies; TREATMENT effectiveness; QUALITY of life; BLIND experiment; CHI-squared test; REPEATED measures design; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; SUFFERING; LOVE; STATISTICAL sampling; DATA analysis software; PALLIATIVE treatment
- Publication
European Journal of Cancer Care, 2021, Vol 30, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
0961-5423
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ecc.13456