A Prospective Pilot Clinical Trial of “The Work” Meditation Technique for Survivors of Breast Cancer
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IBSR has been demonstrated to improve mental health and well-being in adults, including breast cancer survivors, the general population, and teachers.
“IBSR has been demonstrated to improve mental health and well-being in adults and may alleviate psychological and psychosocial symptoms of stuttering.”
From Inquiry based stress reduction (Ibsr) improves overall stuttering experience among adults who stutter: A randomized controlled trial (2021) · cites this paper as [36]
A sample size of 56 participants (28 per group) was calculated to achieve 80% power at a 5% alpha, based on an expected 0.5-point OASES-A gap between groups at T2 and adjustment for at least 15% dropout.
“According to the literature [4,49] we hypothesized that at the end of the intervention program (at T2), a 0.5-point gap at this test would be obtained between the intervention group and the control group. Furthermore, after adjustment of at least 15% of dropout rate that was expected in the study [36,38,39] a required sample size of 56 participants was calculated in order to achieve an alpha of 5%”
From Inquiry based stress reduction (Ibsr) improves overall stuttering experience among adults who stutter: A randomized controlled trial (2021) · cites this paper as [36]
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- Authors
- Lev-ari, S., Zilcha-Mano, S., Rivo, L., Geva, R., & Ron, I.
- Affiliations
- Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (IL)
- Corresponding author
- Ron, Ilan
- ORCID
- Geva, Ravit
- Venue
- European Journal of Integrative Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-12
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 487-494
- ISSN
- 1876-3820 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2043857204
- Cited by
- 19
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 0.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- European Journal of Integrative Medicine (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Keywords
- breast cancer survivors, meditation intervention, psychological well-being, physical well-being, sleep quality, fatigue, health-related quality of life, sense of coherence, feasibility
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