MINDFULNESS IN THE ONCOLOGICAL PATIENT:

APPLICATION OF THE BREATHWORKS’ S MBPM PROGRAM (MBPM)

Lorena Alonso-Llacer1,2, Marta Ramos Campos1,2; Paula Marco, Dharmakirti Zuazquita .
1 Junta Asociada Provincial de la Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (AECC Valencia)
2 Catholic University of Valencia (Spain).
5th International Meeting on Mindfulness 3 Breathworks’ s Director.

INTRODUCTION
Cancer is a frequent and complex disease that compromises the survival of the person who suffers it, and generates a social-
emotional stress that conditions the quality of life and justifies the demand for psychotherapeutic care.

Previous studies show that a program based on mindfulness contributes to a greater psychological adjustment in oncological
patients, reduction in levels of anxiety and depression, improvement of sleep quality, use of better coping strategies, changes in the
immune system and endocrine, increased quality of life and pain reduction.

The aim of the present study is to assess the improvement of the psychological adjustment of the oncological patient through the
application of the Mindfulness Based Paint Management (MBPM) treatment program.

MBPM PROGRAM
MATERIAL Y MÉTODO

The sample of patients (N = 22) was derived from the psycho-oncology unit of
the AECC Valencia.

All the subjects were interviewed and evaluated before and after the
intervention, through: ad hoc sociodemographic questionnaire, FFMQ, SCS,
PANAS, SWLS, SVS and a CBD.

The MBPM program created by Vidyamala Burch. It is a group therapy consists

of 8 sessions of 2.5 hours and weekly frequency, which teaches a healthier way
of relating to suffering, through self-management.

RESULTS

CONCLUSIONS
As the results show, it improves the psychological adjustment of the patients.

It is important to highlight the importance of replicating this study with a control group and a higher N in order to generalize these
results, although the results are promising.