Heart Rate Variability as a Marker of Distress and Recovery: The Effect of Brief Supportive Expressive Group Therapy With Mindfulness in Cancer Patients

• Published in: Integrative cancer therapies Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 825 - 831
• Main Authors: Park, HyeYoun, Oh, Sohee, Noh, Yumi, Kim, Ju Young, Kim, Jeong-Hyun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.09.2018; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Adult; Anger - physiology; Anxiety; Anxiety - diagnosis; Anxiety - etiology; Anxiety - physiopathology; Anxiety - psychology; Biomarkers; Biomarkers, Tumor - physiology; Cancer; Emotions; Female; Group therapy; Heart rate; Heart Rate - physiology; Humans; Mental depression; Middle Aged; Mindfulness; Neoplasms - diagnosis; Neoplasms - physiopathology; Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - rehabilitation; Patients; Prognosis; Psychotherapy, Group - methods; Quality of life; Recovery (Medical); Recovery of Function - physiology; Self-Help Groups; Sleep; Stress, Psychological - diagnosis; Stress, Psychological - etiology; Stress, Psychological - physiopathology; Treatment Outcome; cancer; heart rate variability; distress management; anger; marker

Objectives. We aimed to investigate the effects of brief supportive expressive group therapy with mindfulness for cancer patients and to assess the utility of heart rate variability (HRV) as a biomarker of distress and treatment effect. Methods. A total of 28 female patients with nonmetastatic cance...